At the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, seven current and former Columbia athletes took a break from Ivy League play to face off against the best athletes from around the world. One of those athletes, junior foil fencer Bogdan Hamilton, competed on the men’s foil team for Canada. In this episode of “A Look at the Lions,” senior staff writer Caleb Dye talks with Bogdan about his journey to the biggest sporting event in the world.

Women’s soccer remains atop the Ivy League table after securing a point in a 1-1 draw against Brown on Saturday.

Women’s soccer picked up two wins last week, crushing Cornell 4-1 before beating Dartmouth 1-0. Columbia is now ranked first in the Ivy League and is the only team in the Ancient Eight with an undefeated in-conference record.

Women’s soccer kicked off its 2024 Ivy League season in style on Saturday, beating Penn 3-0.

Columbia women’s soccer continued its tough out-of-conference schedule last week and this Sunday with matchups against Fordham University and No. 9 Pennsylvania State University following its loss against then-No. 2-ranked University of North Carolina (8-1).

Forty seconds remained on the clock. Columbia found itself trailing by 15 points in a game where the team never held a lead. Defeat was all but guaranteed. The Light Blue, fighting until the final whistle, trapped Princeton in the corner of the court, forcing head coach Carla Berube to call a timeout.

From playing a racing video game to driving at over 100 miles per hour, Clayton Ketcher, CC ’25, turned his dream into a reality. In this episode of “A Look at the Lions,” Spectator senior staff writer Caleb Dye talks with Ketcher about his journey of becoming a professional race car driver. After gaining driving experience in go-kart school, Clayton worked his way up to cars, ultimately receiving the opportunity to race in a professional series after a successful 2022 season.

“It’s like an orgasm that you’ve been waiting to have for five years,” Lee Feldman, CC ’90, told Spectator back in 1988 after Columbia football broke its 44-game losing streak from 1983 to 1988.

Senior épéeist Teddy Lombardo captained Columbia’s men’s fencing team to an Ivy League title last year, followed by a third place finish at the NCAA tournament this year. In this episode of “A Look at the Lions,” Caleb Dye talks with Lombardo about how an embarrassing loss in a basketball game as a child pushed him into fencing and how the sport has since changed his life. After graduating this spring, Lombardo hopes to pursue competing in the Olympics.

Despite only playing two seasons at Columbia, Columbia women’s basketball senior Jaida Patrick has made a profound impact on the team. Last season, she helped the Lions achieve its best season in program history. Her impact has not slowed down this season, as the team is positioned at the top of the Ivy League with hopes of receiving its first ever NCAA March Madness tournament bid. However, Jaida says that the relationships that she has formed while at Columbia transcend any accolades or accomplishments. In this episode of “A Look at the Lions,” Caleb Dye talks with Jaida Patrick about her journey to Columbia and the community that she has found in her two seasons as a Lion.