Columbia's women's indoor track and field team won the Ivy League Championship in February.
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Fifteen to Join Women's Cross Country/Track & Field in 2012
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NEW YORK - Fifteen new recruits will join the vaunted Columbia women's cross country and track and field team for the 2012-13 season. The group represents the states of California, Washington, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Georgia, Illinois and Maryland. There is also a student-athlete who hails from the United Kingdom.
Below is a snapshot of the class which will boost Columbia's cross country team, which finished second at the 2011 Ivy League Heptagonals and its track and field teams. Columbia captured its first Ivy League title in women's indoor track and field team in 2012.
| Name | Events | Hometown | High School | Personal Bests/Notes |
| Iris Chijoke | Sprints | Corona, Calif. | Eleanor Roosevelt | 100m hurdles: 13.89; 300m hurdles: 43.3 |
| Ashley Cunningham | Sprints | Cedar Hill, Texas | Midlothian | 100m: 11.77; 200m: 24.6 |
| Michaela Greer | Sprints/Hurdles | Marietta, Ga. | George Walton | 100m hurdles: 14.33 |
| Emily Krasinski | Middle Distance | Lake View, N.Y. | Frontier | 800m: 2:14; 2000m steeplechase: 7:09 |
| Madelyn Magee | Jumps | Redmond, Wash. | Bear Creek | High jump: 5'9" |
| Sophie Maher | Middle Distance | Patterson, N.Y. | Carmel | 1000m: 3:07 |
| Leila Mantilla | Distance | Penfield, N.Y. | Penfield | 2000m steeplechase: 6:50; 3000m: 9:56 |
| Laura Marzano | Middle Distance | Tinton Falls, N.J. | Red Bank Catholic | 800m: 2:11; 1000m: 2:53 |
| Mariella McCormack | Sprints | Claremont, Calif. | Claremont | 400m: 56.0; 200m: 25.0 |
| Lauren O'Connor | Field | Whippany, N.J. | Whippany Park | Javelin: 41.1m |
| Jaycee Parker | Sprints | Denison, Texas | Denison | 400m: 54.11; 200m: 23.8 |
| Olivia Sadler | Distance | Bristol, England | Bristol | 1500m: 4:23 |
| Grace Shadid | Field | Peoria, Ill. | Notre Dame | Pole vault: 3.51m |
| Addy Sonaike | Field | Belle Mead, N.J. | Montgomery | Triple jump: 12.42m |
| Alexis Yeboah-Kodie | Sprints | Garden City, N.Y. | Garden City | 400m: 57.0; 200m: 25.3 |
