Columbia University Athletics

2023-24 (Senior): (XC) Won 8K with time of 24:36.8 at Lehigh Paul Short Run, ran 8K PR of 24:12.9 at IC4A/ECAC XC Championship, ran 10K PR of 30:31.6 at NCAA DI NE Region XC Championships. (OTF) Ran 3K at Ivy League Heps Outdoor T&F Championships.

2022-23 (Junior): (XC) Ran a 5.2m with time 26:22.6 in the Penn State National Open, placing 43rd (Oct. 14) … Clocked an 8k time of 25:55.2, earning 53rd place at the Ivy League XC Championships (Oct. 28) … Ran a personal best 10k time of 30:56.4, placing 60th at the NCAA D1 Northeast XC Championships (Nov. 11) … (ITF): PR mile time of 4:16:.26 at the NYC Gotham Cup, placing 17th (Jan. 20) … Earned 5th place with a personal best 5000m time of 14:06.43 at the Dr.Sander Invite (Jan. 27-28) … Competed in the David Valentine Invite (Feb. 10-11), finishing 103rd place with a PR 3000m time of 8:12.72 … (OTF): Finished with a PR in the 3000 Steeplechase, placing 4th with time 8:56.17 at the Ivy League Outdoor TF Championships (May 6-7) … Participated in the NCAA East Preliminary Round 3000 Steeplechase, earned 37th place with time of 9:12.56 (May 25-27)

2021-22 (Sophomore): (XC) Ran a personal best 25:47.1 8K at the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Oct. 30) ... Posted season-best finish of eighth in the 8K with a time of 27:19.9 at the Mets Cross Country Championships (Oct. 8) ... Ran 16:19.6 in the 5K in first collegiate race at teh Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (Sept. 24) ... (ITF) Ran a PR in the 3,000m for best finish of the indoor season, clocking a 12th-place time of 8:42.20 at the Rutgers Open (Feb. 11-12) ... (OTF) Set a PR mark of 9:10.38 in the 3,000m Steeplechase at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 7-8), finishing sixth ... Posted best finish in the 3,000m Steeplechase with a second-place time of 9:12.47 at the Sam Howell Invite (Apr. 2).

2020-21 (First-Year): Season canceled (COVID-19).

High School: Four-time letterwinner in Cross Country and Track at Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy in the Bronx, New York ... Member of Cross Country squad that took the 2016 XC Bronx Borough Championship ... Three-time XC Bronx Champion (2017-19) ... 2019 XC City Champion ...Three-time City Champion (3,000m Steeplechase) ... Two-time (2017-18) Bronx Borough Champion (3,000m Steeplechase) ... 2018 Bronx Borough Champion (3,200m).

Personal: Born, Jacob Ireland, on Aug. 22, 2001 in New Haven, Connecticut ... Son of Christi and Dan Ireland ... Has two siblings, Alaina (16) and Addison (9) ... Father, Dan, is current Director of Cross Country/Track & Field at Columbia ... Father (1987-91) and mother, Christi (1989-93), both competed in Track & Field at Georgetown ... Mother was a nine-time All-American at Georgetown and is a member of their Athletic Hall of Fame ... Grandfather, Wayne Constantin, graduated from Columbia College Class of 1971 ... During the Coronavirus quarantine, began YouTube channel running a solo "Chocolate Milk Mile" ... Received recruiting attention from Georgetown ... Went with Columbia because "I love the inner city feel at Columbia, but the isolated campus makes you feel at home and part of a singular community" ... Will enroll in Columbia College ... Plans on majoring in either Economics or Mathematics.

Career Bests
5K (XC) - 16:19.6
Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown - Sept. 24, 2021
8K (XC) - 25:47.1
Ivy League Cross Country Heps. - Oct. 30, 2021
3,000m (Indoor) - 8:42.20
Rutgers Open - Feb. 11-12, 2022
3,000m Steeplechase (Outdoor) - 9:10.38
Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps - May 7-8, 2022