Columbia University Athletics

2022-23 (Senior): (ITF) Took sixth-place in the 4x400m at Rutgers Holiday Classic with a time of 3:26.10 (Dec. 2) … PR of 7.02 in the 60m at Mets Indoor Championships (Feb. 3) … (OTF): Ran in 27th Annual Monmouth Season Opener (Mar. 24-25) in the 400m, placing 3rd with a time of 49.06 … Earned 5th in the 400m with a personal best of 48.19 at the 2023 Colonial Relays … Took 1st in the 100m at Mark Young (Apr. 22) with a personal best time of 10.88 … Competed in the Ivy League Outdoor TF Championships … Earned 10th in the 200m with a PR time of 21.63 (May 6-7) … Clocked first in Yale’s Last Chance Meet in the 200m with time 21.97 (May 13)

2019-20 (First-Year): (Indoor) Crossed the line in fifth place in the 60-Meter Dash with a time of 7.31 at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Jan. 23-25) ... Posted a personal record time of 23.09 in the 200-Meter Dash at the Villanova Inviational (Feb. 1) ... Set a PR in the 60m with a first place finish time of 7.12 at the Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 14) ... Clocked a PR time of 50.65 in the 400-Meter Dash at the Fastrack National Invite. (Outdoor) Season canceled.

High School: Four-time letterwinner in track and field at Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles, California ... Member of back-to-back CIF Division 3 Team Championships (2017-19) ... Helped the 4x400 relay team take the CIF Division 3 Championship in 2017 and 2019 ... First leg on fifth-place finishing 4x400 relay team (2017) and 4x100 relay team (2019) at the California State Finals.

Personal: Born, James Hong Hyun Chung, on Sept. 27, 2001 in Los Angeles, California ... Son of Soon and Esther Chung ... Has three siblings, Faith (26), Grace (23) and John (21) ... Sister, Faith, went to Cornell Law School ... Earned a Gold Presidential Award for Community Service ... Played the Clarinet in high school ... Is a third degree black belt in Taekwondo ... Will attend Columbia College ... Intended major is undecided.

Career Bests

60-Meter Dash (Indoor) - 7.12
Fastrack National Invite - Feb. 14, 2020
200-Meter Dash (Indoor) - 23.09
Villanova Invitational - Feb. 1, 2020
400-Meter Dash (Indoor) - 50.65
Fastrack National Invite - Feb. 14, 2020
4x400-Meter Relay (Indoor) - 3:26.63
Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge - Jan. 23-25, 2020