Sophomore guard Jake Klores has yet to play a single minute for men’s basketball. Having suffered two consecutive shoulder injuries, he has been sidelined for the entirety of his career with the Lions. Klores, however, maintains an unwavering appreciation for the game, an obsession he inherited from his father, filmmaker Dan Klores.

Women’s cross country capped off an exceptional season with an impressive 18th place finish in the 31-team field at the NCAA National Championship race in Madison, Wisconsin.

Men’s basketball failed to execute down the stretch and fell short against Florida International, 98-87, for its third straight loss to start the season. This result came despite an electric performance by sophomore guard Gabe Stefanini, who scored a career-high 33 points in a losing effort.

Cross country will send its elite runners to Buffalo, New York on Friday to compete in the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships. The men and women will both look to secure top two finishes in order to automatically qualify for the NCAA National Championships.

Cross country will head to Princeton to compete at the 2018 Ivy league Heptagonal Championships, where the women will seek to hoist the Ivy League trophy for the second consecutive year and the men will look to improve on last year’s second place finish.

Cross country raced in its final two meets of the regular season this weekend as the Lions sent their top runners to the Princeton Invitational, while others competed at the Metropolitan Championships in Van Cortlandt Park.

Led by then-seniors Nell Crosby, CC ’18, Erin Melly, CC ’18, and Sarah Hardie, CC ’18, women’s cross country cruised past the competition in Ancient Eight meets en route to a title last season. As they lifted the the trophy, then-first-years Allie Hays, Maria Kogan, and Serena Tripodi stood by, partaking in a victory they had not helped earn.

Cross country will send its top seven women to compete in the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational against elite athletes from across the nation, while the men’s side and other Columbia women will head to the Paul Short Run in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Cross country secured strong finishes at the Iona Meet of Champions this past Friday in Van Cortlandt Park, where the Light Blue took second place in the men’s 8k and the women’s 6k races.

Cross country is set to compete at the Iona Meet of Champions this Friday in Van Cortlandt Park, where the men will race on an 8k course and the women will take on a 5k.