Columbia University Track and Field 2023 Recruiting Class
College Track and Field Recruiting
With the 2023 cross country season quickly approaching, Director of Cross Country/Track & Field Daniel Ireland has announced the incoming Class of 2027 for the Columbia cross country and track & field programs. The class consists of 32 student-athletes, split evenly among 16 men and 16 women, and includes 17 cross country runners.
The entire class can be found below.
Justin Gottlieb
High School: Four year varsity member of the track, cross country and swim teams at Jefferson High School, Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia…Holds the West Virginia state high school record for the 800 meter run and 4x400 relay…Placed third in the 800 meter run at 2023 Nike Indoor National- Nike All-American…Won the 2023 West Virginia High School State Championship in the 800 meters…Four-time state meet qualifier in swimming and two-time school record holder…Graduated in top 1% of high school class (number three)...Member of National Honor Society…Junior ROTC Honor Society Program…Class Vice President.
Benson Fleischer - Fast Track Recruiting Alum
High School: Four-time varsity letterman and two-time Track & Field Most Valuable Athlete at at Harvard-Westlake in Studio City, California…Two-time Mission League long jump Champion…Seven-time CIF-SS Division III finalist…2023 CIF-SS Division III long jump runner-up…2023 California State Meet qualifier in long jump…Honor Roll student…National Latin Honor Society…2021 National Latin Exam: Maxima Cum Laude…2020 National Latin Exam: Magna Cum Laude.
Zuriel Jimenez
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).
Kaylee Bennett
High School: Track and Field MVP (Indoor and Outdoor) in 2018 & 2019…New Balance Track and Field Nationals (400m) in 2018 & 2019…Team finalist for interscholastic competition in 2023…Top-10 in state of New Hampshire in 300m and 55m in 2019…Spanish Transition 220 Award winner in 2019…Member of Dean's Council and Captains Council…High Academic Honors
Isabella Ford High School: Member of six-time Hawaii State Champion winning Punahou team…Two-time Hawaii State Champion…2021 Cross Country State Champion & 2022 1500M State Champion…Most Inspirational Player Award for Cross Country in 2020 and 2022…Two-time Gatorade Player of the Year Nominee…Received Recognition Award in Biology and Economics.
Maggie Bennett
High School: First Team Oregon All-State Cross Country in 2022.. All Metro District Cross Country in 2019, 2021, & 2022…Placed fourth in Oregon 3K in 2023…Member of NXN 11th Place team in 2019 and 12th Place team in 2022…Member of National Honor Society.
Leanna Johnston
High School: Indoor Bergen County 3200m record holder…Fifth all-time NJ Indoor Track 3200m; Holds 12 school records at Immaculate Heart Academy…First Team All-Conference, Second Team All-State, First Team All-County, First Team All-League..Member of National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Rho Kappa Social Studies National Honor Society, and Spanish National Honor Society.
Victoria Scrubb
High School: Multi-sport letter winner in cross country, volleyball, and soccer…Four-time letter winner in Track and Field at Saint Andrew's School in Boca Raton, Florida…Earned First-Team All-County three times (2021-2023)...Holds school record in High Jump…Received High Point Award, Most Versatile Award, Tri-Sport Athlete Award, and the Duff Tyler Spirit Award…At FHSAA State meet placed 4th in 2023 & 2022, and 5th 2021 in High Jump…President and Founder of Latin Club…President and Founder Scots Student Section..Vice President of Science National Honor Society.
Jessica Thompson
High School: Named the 2023 Harvard Westlake High School Track MVP…Received the Presidential Award…A four-time member of the Honor Roll…Spanish National Honor Society inductee.
Anabelle Biggs
High School: Placed first in the long jump at the New England Interscholastic Track & Field Championship…Holds Phillips Academy record in 300m dash and long jump.
Hudson Goldman
High School: Milken Community High School Track MVP Award winner…Holds the Milken High School record in the 100m, 200m, and 4x100m.
Charlie Siebert (Transferred from Davidson after 2022-23) -
At Davidson: Named a member of the Atlantic-10 Conference Cross Contnry All-Rookie Team…Davidson record holder in indoor 5000m and outdoor 5000m & 10000m…2023 East Preliminary Round qualifier in the 10000m…2021-22 & 2022-23 Atlantic-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Quentin Ryan
High School: Pennsylvania Indoor DMR Champion in 2023…Pennsylvania state finalist in cross country, mile run, DMR, 1600m, and 4x800m…Named Most Outstanding Runner and 2x Most Outstanding Distance Runner at Haverford High School…National Merit Commended Scholar…AP Scholar…Presidents Award for Academic Excellence.
Grace Carr
High School: Two-time Rhode Island State Champion at Cumberland high School in Cumberland, RI….Six individual school records and two relay school records (4x800 and 4x400)...Track & field captain as a junior and senior and cross country captain as a senior….National Honor Society…World Language Honor Society…Three-time class president…Academic All-State.
Zach Willen
High School: Ran the 100m and 200m at Methacton High School in Eagleville, Pennsylvania.
Armaan Thakker - Fast Track Recruiting Alum
High School: State Finalist, CCS/Section Champion and CCS Finlaist at the Harker School in San Jose, CA…Co-Captain of varsity Track & Field and varsity football…Harvard Economics Challenge Top Eight…National Economics Challenge State Finalist…Four-time Honor Roll Student…National Merit Finalist…Presidential Volunteer Award.
Caroline Jankowich
High School: All-State, All-Class and All-Division athlete in the state of Rhode Island for both Track and Field and Cross Country at Classical High School, Providence, RI…New Balance Nationals All-American in the SMR in 2022…Team captain for Cross Country and Track & Field...Al Morrow Award recipient at Classical High School.
Emily McKenna
High School: Female Scholar-Athlete awarard winner at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, PA…Female Inter-Academic Conference Track MVP…Three-year first-team All-Conference Indoor Adidas All-American in pentathlon…AAU All-American in high jump, long jump, and hurdles.
Finneas Colescott
High School: Seven-time cross country and track letter winner, three-time cross country All-State, seven-time outdoor track and field All-State, cross country state runner-up in 2021 and team cross country State Champion in 2021 at Hellgate High School in Missoula, Montana.
Katherine Price
High School: Two-time London Schools 1500m Champion at Godolphin and Latymer in London, England. Also won the Westminter Mile…Awarded the Harvard Book Prize,
Ben Bergey
High School: Two-time State Champion in the 800m, 1600m and 3200m at South Forsyth High School, Cumming, GA…Awarded eight varsity letters…School record holder in the 4x800, 4x1600, 5k, 800m, 1600m, 3200m.
Marc Dabby
High School: Second fastest 800m runner in school history at Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida…Two-time Track and Field Team State Runner Up…Cross Country Team State Runner Up…Presidential Education Award Winner.
Sydney Loder
High School: State champion in volleyball, team indoor and outdoor events, the 300, the high jump, the 100-meter hurdles,the 300-meter hurdles and the 55-meter hurdles, and relays at Glenvar High School in Salem, Virginia…State record holder in the 300-meter with a time of 41.10…Valedictorian…Graduated with Honors from Glenvar HIgh School…Graduated with honors from Burton Center for Arts and Technology.
Nicholas Hayden
High School: Won two state titles, one as a junior in outdoor track in the 800 meters, and another in the 1000 meters during indoor track as a senior at Millbrook High School, Winchester Virginia…800m personal best is 1:52.82…1000m personal best is 2:26.76…1600m personal best is 4:17.30. 3200m personal best is 9:27.44…Honor Roll all four years of high school.
Caroline Schoen
High School: Personal Bests of 4:59.61 in the 1600m, 10:49.26 in the 3200m, 17:01.70 in three mile cross country race….Two time South West Suburban Conference athlete of the Year in Cross Country at Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor, IL…State finalist in the 3200m, Seven-time state qualifier, 2023 Jan Nolting Female Athlete of Year in 2023…Holds 7 high school school records…In the top 1% of high school class, National Honor Society, AP Scholar, International Baccalaureate student, High Honor Roll.
Adam Jaros
High School: Was given the CPE, Director's Award for notable academics at Nový PORG in Prague.
Parker Kim
High School: Three-time All-American at Syosset High School in Syosset, NY…County Champion and Two-Time All-State in the Weight Throw…National Honor Society…Senior Class President.
Athena Peleties (Track & Field - High Jump)
High School: Attended the English School in Nicosia, Cyprus...Placed third in the high jump and qualified for the Pan-Cyprians competition.
Tyler Tubman
High School: Athlete of the Year Award at Newton North High School in Newton, Massachusetts...Massachusetts State Champion in the mile, 4x4, 2x 4x8, 2x SMR and multiple team State Titles…School records in 4x8 and SMR. 4:14 mile PR, 1:54 800m…12 total varsity letters (four in cross country and eight total for track (indoor and outdoor))...Third in the country in the SMR while being last leg of the relay at New Balance Nationals…Nine-time Conference All-Star…Four-time All-Scholastic for the Boston Globe and Boston Herald…Engineering Certificate.
Clayton Boyce
High School: 400m personal best is 48.03, a school record at Midlothian High School, Midlothian, TX…200m personal best is a 21.41.
Tyler Yen
High School: Three-time school MVP, three-time Metrowest and Bay State League All-Star, and Best Senior Athlete Award at Wellesley High School in Wellesley, N.J…National Honor Society, and Foreign Language National Honor Socieity.
Norina Khanzada
High School: First Team all North Jersey in 2023 in high jump, First Team All Bergen County 5 times in high jump at Tenafly High School in Tenafly, N.J.…Eighth at Indoor Nike Nationals 2023, Eighth at Outdoor New Balance Nationals 2023 with a personal best of 5'7…School record holder in high jump, long jump, and triple jump…Highest Honor for Academic Achievements Award all four years.