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AROUND THE QUADS

ROAR LION ROAR

WOMEN’S GOLF: In only its fourth season as a varsity team, Columbia’s women’s golf squad won the Ivy League championship, beating Princeton by 10 strokes for the crown. Sara Ovadia ’09 won the individual title by four strokes over teammate Stevy Loy ’10.

MEN’S GOLF: Chris Condello ’08 became the first Columbia men’s golfer to win an individual Ivy League title when he defeated Larry Haertel of Brown and Chance Pipitone of Penn by one stroke in the three-round event. The Lions finished third in the team standings. Condello later qualified for the U.S. Open, but failed to make the 36-hole cut.

MEN’S TENNIS: Columbia captured a share of the Ivy League championship by beating Penn 4–2 in its regular-season finale on April 21. The Lions and Quakers were both 6–1 in Ivy competition as Columbia won its first league title since winning back-to-back championships in 2000 and 2001.

TRACK: The Columbia men’s 4x800 meter relay team of Mike Mark ’10, Jonah Rathbun ’08, Erison Hurtault ’07 and Liam Boylan-Pett ’08 won the Championship of America event at the 2007 Penn Relays on April 28. It was Columbia’s first Championship of America victory since 1938, when Ben Johnson ’38 anchored the 4x100, and the first win for any Ivy team since 1974.

Hurtault, meanwhile, completed a sweep of all eight Heps 400m events, indoor and outdoor, by winning his fourth outdoor title at Princeton on May 6. Hurtault also won the 200m dash and was named the male Athlete of the Meet. He capped his brilliant collegiate career by finishing third in the 400m at the NCAA Championships in Sacramento on June 9 to earn All-American honors; he also was an All-American in the indoor season.

ARCHERY: Stephanie Miller ’07 concluded her Columbia career by winning the bronze medal in Women’s Olympic Recurve at the U.S. Intercollegiate Archery Championships in Sparta, Ill., on May 22. Miller is ranked among the top 10 archers in the United States and is a candidate for the 2008 Olympic team. She earned All-America honors along with Robin Liang ’08, Sara Mancini ’09 and Amanda McDermott ’09E.

ALL-IVY: The following student-athletes earned All-Ivy honors during the 2007 spring season:

First Team: Chris Condello ’08 (men’s golf), Erison Hurtault ’07 (men’s track, two events), Osamuede Iyoha ’08 Barnard (women’s track), Stevy Loy ’10 (women’s golf), Carly Nathanson ’09 (women’s golf), Sara Ovadia ’09 (women’s golf), Cory Benton ’10, Mike Mark ’10, Kent Collins ’07 and Erison Hurthault ’07 (men’s track, 4x400m relay), Daniella Padilla ’07, Serita Lachesis ’10, Sarah Decker ’07 and Susan Hendrick ’07 (women’s track, 4x800m relay).

Second Team: John Baumann ’08 (baseball), Liam Boylan-Pett ’08 (men’s track), Mark Clemente ’08 (men’s tennis), Sarah Decker ’07 (women’s track), Osamuede Iyoha ’08 Barnard (women’s track), Aimee Kemp ’10 (softball), Kacy Krisman ’07 (softball), Kim Krisman ’07 (softball), Kate Lombard ’08 (lacrosse), Marisa Marcellino ’08 (lacrosse), Jeff Randall ’09 (men’s track), Valerie Smith ’09 (softball), Jonathan Wong ’10 (men’s tennis), Marty Moore ’07 and Paul Ratchford ’07 (men’s tennis, doubles), Ashley Williams ’07E, Osamuede Iyoha ’08 Barnard, Whitney Crayton ’08 and Erika Moses ’08 (women’s track, 4x400m relay).

Honorable Mention: Clay Bartlett ’10 (baseball), Jared Drucker ’08 (men’s tennis), Milena Kachar ’07 (women’s tennis), Keli Leong ’09 (softball), Emma Mintz ’09 (lacrosse), Andrew Ward ’07 (baseball) and Ron Williams ’09 (baseball).

VARSITY ‘C’: Erison Hurtault ’07 and Shannon Munoz ’07 received the Connie S. Maniatty [’43] Outstanding Senior Athlete Awards at the 86th annual Varsity ‘C’ Celebration on April 25. Hurtault earned All-America honors in track, while Munoz was the Ivy League Player of the Year and led Columbia to its first league title in women’s soccer.

The Athletics Alumni Award went to Al Jackson ’67, ’69 Business, a former track sprinter who has become one of the track and field teams’ and Columbia Athletics’ biggest supporters. The senior class’s top student-athletes, Greg Cass ’07 (men’s soccer) and April Nizlek ’07 (women’s diving), were awarded the Dwight D. Eisenhower Watch and Marion R. Philips Watch, respectively.

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