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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Zuriel Padua-Serrano

  • Position Throws
  • Class Junior
  • High School St. George's School
  • Hometown Albrightsville, Pa.
  • School Columbia College

Biography

2024-25 (Sophomore): (ITF) threw WT PR with mark of 14.09m at Kane Invite and competed in WT at conference indoor championships (OTF) JT PR of 35.44m at Oscar Moore, won JT at Mark Young Invite, HT season’s best with 45.74m at Larry Ellis Invite, finished season by competing in both HT and JT at conference outdoor championships

2023-24 (Freshman): (ITF) threw WT PR with mark of 14.07m at YDC showdown and finished 9th in the final, shot put PR with mark of 11.77m at columbia’s home meet (OTF) hammer throw PR with mark of 37.98m and finished 14th overall at Monmouth outdoor opener, finished 4th and threw javelin throw PR with mark of 35.08m at mets outdoor t&f championship, won javelin throw with mark of 33.15m and threw discus PR of 33.73m at yale springtime meet, placed 10th in javelin throw finals at Ivy Outdoor Heps Championship.

High School: Independent School League Girls Field MVP (2022-23)...NEPSAC League Girls Field MVP (2022)...All-New England in Shot Put, Discus, Javelin (2023)...All ISL in Shot Put, Discus, Javelin and the Hershey Track Cup (2022-23)...Owns school records in Shot Put, Discus, and Javelin... Qualified for New Balance Nationals in the Javelin (2023) and placed 3rd for the National Hispanic Heritage Foundation Sports & Fitness category…Granted a Certificate of Accomplishment Princeton Prize in Race Relations (2021)... Received the Arete Award (2021)...Member of the Heads List (2019-2023), Honor Roll (2019-2023), and Spanish Honors Society (2021-2023).

Personal: Enrolled in Columbia College…intends to major in psychology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

    Throws
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Throws
  • 2025-26Junior

    Throws