Sonya Chandra

The Columbia track and field teams had an indoor season that left them well-trained for their outdoor competitions. The athletes continued their performance trends from the cross country season, with the mid-distance and distance cores of both teams lending a large amount of support and standout sprinters and jumpers contributing as well.

The 2007-2008 season was a time of rebuilding for the Columbia cross country squads. With 18 freshmen and two new assistant coaches, the Lions worked to develop team depth for upcoming years.

This weekend’s final test run before Ivy League Championships next week proved fruitful for the Columbia track teams at the Princeton Elite Invitational. In the Lions’ last race tune-up, the Light Blue runners managed to nab some high-place finishes while keeping their legs in competitive shape.

The Columbia men’s and women’s track teams head into their final meet before the Ivy League Championships at this weekend’s Princeton Elite Invitational.

The Columbia men’s and women’s track teams head into their final meet before the Ivy League Championships at this weekend’s Princeton Elite Invitational.

As senior co-captain Liam Boylan-Pett toed up at the Penn Relays Championship of America 4x800-meter relay heat, he awaited his handoff from freshman Jeff Moriarty with what could only be trepidation.

Columbia track experienced success during the final two days of Penn Relays. While the Lions did not perform as outstandingly as they did last year, they managed to defeat tough Ivy League teams and place highly among nationally ranked competitors. The Light Blue then went on to compete in the Yale Springtime Invitational with some of its nascent athletes.

The Columbia track team kicked off the first day of the 2008 Penn Relays with a few successes on the women’s side.

The Lions will return back to the site of some of last season’s most memorable achievements as they compete at the historic Penn Relays today.

The Columbia track team had a tremendous weekend in individual performances as it raced at the Princeton-hosted Larry Ellis Invitational and New York Relays.

After soaking Columbia students with water guns in front of Low Library earlier this week in a spirit-raising event, the track and field teams will move on to try and drown their competition over this weekend. The Lions will be competing in two important meets, the Larry Ellis Invitational and the New York Relays.

The Columbia track and field team now has three more runners who will compete in NCAA Regional Championships at the end of May in Tallahassee, Fla. Coming off of a three-meet weekend, the Lions continue to keep Heptagonal and national championships in sight.

This weekend, the Columbia track teams will once again split up to compete in different parts of the country as they look to gain conference experience and train for league and national championships.

The Lions tore up track on both sides of the country this weekend, earning individual success at the Stanford Invitational and Penn Invitational.

The Columbia track and field teams will spread their members across the country this weekend, competing in a variety of events designed to better prepare the athletes for national championships.

Thanks to a new $50,000 grant, the Columbia women’s basketball team will be working alongside Roar-ee and the rest of the spirit squad to enhance attendance and audience participation at its games next season.

The Light Blue men’s heavyweight and women’s rowing teams will be opening their conference seasons this weekend. The men’s team will race against Rutgers at the Collins Cup in New York, while the women will travel to New Haven to compete in the Connell Cup against Penn and Yale.

The outdoor track season will be Columbia’s opportunity to turn its individual success on the indoor circuit and turn it into tangible team results.

The Columbia crew teams are returning from their Florida spring break with tans and triumphs. Competing in the Governor’s Cup Regatta, both the men and the women garnered substantial wins to make a notable spring season debut.

The Columbia heavyweight and lightweight crews will inaugurate their regular season with a training trip to Florida over spring break. Armed with new coaches and coming off of a short fall season, the Lions are looking to make their mark in key competitive meets.

Select athletes competed at this weekend’s Last Chance Qualifier in Seattle, Wash. for the opportunity to race at NCAA Championships next week. Although only one runner qualified for nationals at the University of Washington meet, the Lions managed to break school records and deliver quality performances.

After wrapping up a successful league season, the Columbia track teams will send select members across the country this weekend to compete in the University of Washington’s last-chance qualifier meet.

While this past weekend, the men’s basketball team faced the daunting task of taking down Dartmouth in Levien Gym, there was another group on the court who worked just as hard—Columbia cheerleading.

The Columbia track and field teams earned mixed results in the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships this weekend. While the women improved upon last year’s last place finish to tie for fifth place, the men’s team dropped from fourth to sixth place this season.

The Columbia indoor track team will travel up to Ithaca this weekend to compete in the two-day Ivy League Championship. The men’s team will be working to improve upon its fourth-place finish, while the women will be looking to top last season’s last-place finish. Competition will be stiff at Cornell’s Barton Hall, and the Light Blue will have to rely upon its depth to make an impact at the meet.

Those looking for a true battle within the Ancient Eight will be pleasantly surprised as this season’s Heptagonal Championship titles may be up for grabs for a few select teams with the depth to truly compete.

While this weekend’s Princeton Invitational will not be a very significant factor in the Lions’ season, the Columbia track and field teams managed to make history and run some impressive times at the meet.

Nearing the Ivy League Championships, the Columbia men’s and women’s track teams will compete at the Princeton Invitational this Saturday, facing off against the Tigers.

The Lafayette-Rider Invitational brought mixed tidings for the Columbia track and field teams this weekend. While individuals succeeded on both the men’s and women’s sides, the competition proved that come Ivy League Championships, the Lions will face tough opposition from this weekend’s participants, Penn and Cornell.

The Columbia wrestling team had a mixed weekend, falling hard in Philadelphia and scoring a win at Princeton. The Lions succumbed to nationally ranked Penn and Drexel on Friday, but went on to defeat Princeton on Saturday.

Coming off a strong performance at last weekend’s New Balance Collegiate Invitational, the Columbia track and field team hopes to use its recent success to compete at the Lafayette-Rider Invitational this Friday.

The Columbia wrestling team will take on three teams this weekend as it competes on Friday against Philadelphia schools Penn and Drexel and on Saturday against Princeton. The three opponents will all provide different levels of competition for Columbia, but the Light Blue hopes to be able to use these meets to gain a winning record this season.

The New Balance Invitational served as a milestone meet for the Light Blue’s winter season as Columbia track and field delivered solid performances against its toughest foes yet.

The Lions will have to dig deep into their pride in this weekend’s competitions.

The Lions managed to defeat the Bucknell Bison this past weekend as the Columbia wrestling team posted a 21-16 win in its home opener. Fighting in a neck-and-neck battle that lasted for most of the meet, the Light Blue was able to bounce back from trailing 16-12 to secure its victory, only to fall on Sunday to Maryland in a 22-12 loss.

The Columbia track and field teams brought a tough arsenal to the Armory this weekend, improving upon last year’s Metropolitan Championships performances and finishing third on the women’s side and fourth on the men’s. The men’s 4x800 relay also delivered a standout fourth-place finish at the Millrose Games later in the day.

The Columbia track teams will be taking their racing spikes uptown and downtown on Friday as the relay team will race at Madison Square Garden. After the men and women compete at the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Championships at the Armory Track & Field Center, the Lions’ 4x800-meter relay will travel to the Garden to race in front of a sold-out crowd at the Millrose Games.

The Columbia track teams ventured upstate to take on eastern competition at the University of Albany Great Dane Classic this weekend. With both the men and women’s teams placing 12th, the Lions saw some tough performances from Ivy League contenders Penn and Princeton.

The Columbia track and field teams will take on Eastern Conference competitors at the University of Albany’s Great Dane Classic this Friday.

The Columbia indoor track team traveled to Hanover, N.H. this weekend and was defeated by Dartmouth and Yale in bitter cold weather.

The Columbia indoor track team made a solid debut at the Yale Season Opener this past weekend. Competing in an unscored meet, the Lions managed to scoop up four wins while training veteran tracksters and preparing novice runners.

Columbia’s indoor track and field season will kick off this weekend at the Yale Opener.

Erison Hurtault, CC ’07, is, by many accounts, the best middle distance runner Columbia has ever seen.

The Columbia cross country teams experienced a season of rebuilding this year. With 18 freshmen and two new assistant coaches, the Lions needed to capitalize on the combination of youthful energy with a veteran program.

With nine athletes earning all-Ivy first-team honors and seven tracksters advancing to NCAA Regionals, last year’s indoor track season was a success as far as individual achievement was concerned.

Senior co-captain Carmen Ballard made her last race as a Columbia cross country runner truly memorable when she earned All-American honors at yesterday’s NCAA Cross Country Championships.

After scaring Harvard in a close meet and defeating Army by a large margin, the Light Blue (2-1, 1-1 Ivy) will wrap up its packed week with what is expected to be an easy victory against Fordham today.

Returning from last week’s decisive win over Yale, the women’s swimming team is prepared to take on Harvard and Army this weekend as it looks to improve upon last year’s Ivy standings.

The season has reached a close for the Columbia cross-country teams; the Lions trekked home from NCAA Northeast in Boston this past weekend with the women’s team taking sixth place and the men’s taking tenth.

The finish line is in sight for the Columbia cross-country teams.

As rain washed over the newly dedicated Kraft Field Saturday, it took with it any hope of an upset by the Columbia football team.

While a first place finish appears unlikely for the Columbia cross-country team at today’s Ivy League Heptagonal Cross-Country Championships, the Lions will duke it out all the way through Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx.

Columbia freshman Jackie Drouin has proven to be more than just the average runner.

For Morningside Heights and Manhattan Valley residents, finding a Starbucks isn’t the problem.

The upcoming match against Seton Hall on Friday holds special significance for Ilene Weintraub, CC ’02 and head coach of the women’s tennis team.

Freshman Bayo Adafin has been nothing short of a sensation since joining the men’s soccer team.

A line of Manhattanites outside Bank Street Bookstore wrapped around 112th Street Saturday, not for a world leader or presidential hopeful, but for long-time author of children’s and young adult’s books, Judy Blume. Blume, as part of her book tour, stopped at the Bank Street Bookstore to autograph her new book, Soupy Saturdays with the Pain and the Great One.

In the midst of a strong season, the Columbia men’s and women’s cross-country teams look to dominate in the upcoming Spiked Shoe Invitational this Saturday.

Many club sports captains might think twice before encouraging players to tackle an opponent or use elbows in a match. At a club sports training workshop last weekend, club sports officers learned that they, not the University, were liable to be sued in the event of a player or fan injury.

The Columbia field hockey team has let the sweet feeling of victory slip away yet again. In its third overtime loss this season, the Light Blue fell to Lafayette by a final score of 2-1.

Formerly an assistant coach at University of California, Santa Barbara, Leo Chappel will be returning on Friday as a head coach—but of the opposing team.

“I thought you’d be in jail by now,” Don Colflesh said laughingly to Barbara Hohol, his neighbor. Hohol has had several run-ins with the police due to her fixation with the local community garden on West 111th Street.

After dominating its opponent and evening its season record this past weekend, the Columbia women’s soccer team aims for its third straight win as they prepare to face off against the Hofstra Pride Friday night.

Columbia cross-country is heading into its 2007 season with a fresh start. Equipped with 18 new freshmen and two new assistant coaches, the Lions are prepared to dominate in the Ivy League and NCAA.