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AROUND THE QUADS

Roar, Lion, Roar!

Steve Sundell ’04 concluded his Columbia running career in grand fashion by earning All-America honors, finishing eighth of 27 competitors in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships at the University of Texas on June 12. Erison Hurtault ’07 (400 meters) and Delilah DiCrescenzo ’05 (3,000-meter steeplechase) also qualified to compete in the NCAAs but were eliminated in the preliminary heats.

Stephanie Miller ’07 was named to the United States archery team that will compete in the World University Games, July 20–24 in Madrid. As the nation’s third-ranked senior women’s recurve archer and a member of the U.S. National Archery Team, Miller is a strong candidate for a berth on the Olympic Team that will compete in Athens in August. Archery’s Olympic trials are scheduled for July 14–19 in Heritage Park, Mason, Ohio. Miller led Columbia to a second-place finish behind Texas A&M in the Outdoor Nationals in May and earned an individual bronze medal and All-America honors.

Outfielder Fernando Perez ’04 was selected on June 8 by Tampa Bay in the seventh round of the Major League Baseball draft, the highest pick for a Columbia baseball player. Perez batted .317 and led the Lions with 17 stolen bases. Pitcher Jessen Grant ’04 was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 43rd round, marking the first time since 1997 that two Columbia players were drafted. Perez was an All-Ivy second team selection, as was relief pitcher Roy Altman ’05, and shortstop Craig Rodwogin ’07 received honorable mention.

Milena Kachar ’07 was the Ivy League’s Rookie of the Year in women’s tennis and was named first-team All-Ivy after compiling a 13–5 record in the spring season. In men’s tennis, Akshay Rao ’06 was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection in singles as voted by the league’s coaches, and Rao and Rohan Saikia ’04 were unanimously named the top doubles team in the Ivy League.

Four Lions made the All-Ivy softball lists, with first baseman Marisa Marconi ’05 and designated player Taylor Tiereney ’06 Barnard on the first team, second baseman Stephanie Reeder ’04 on the second team and pitcher Jackie Adelfio ’06E receiving honorable mention. Columbia earned its best-ever representation on the All-Ivy lacrosse team as Adie Moll ’04 and Whitney Booker ’05 were named to the second team and Kate Lombard ’07 earned honorable mention. Matthew Wong ’07, who tied for second in the Ivy golf championship, earned All-Ivy First Team honors.

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