MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Olivia Baker, a 2014 Columbia High School graduate, finished fifth in the 800-meter finals to lead the Stanford University women’s track and field team at the NCAA Division 1 National Championships at Hayward Stadium in Eugene, Ore. Baker, a senior, clocked 2:06.18 on the final day of the four-day meet on Saturday, […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia High School senior Ayanna Henry earned the eighth-place medal in the girls’ triple jump event at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association State Meet of Champions held at Northern Burlington County Regional HS in Columbus on Saturday, June 9. Henry leaped 37 feet-10 ¼ inches. She also competed in the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School Class of 2018 boys’ long distance team closed out its strong four-year run on May 30 with an appearance at the 11th Annual Holmdel Twilight Series Season Ender. All seven of the senior team members ran well in the 1,600-meter (metric mile) races. Edward Martinez led the way […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – At Columbia High School, one of the sports with a great tradition is tennis. Heck, people still talk about the likes of Dick Savitt, Dan Nahirny and Marjorie Gantman. In 1951, eight years after he graduated from CHS, Savitt captured two Grand Slam titles, and was considered by many people as the […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School varsity softball team featured several players who earned All-Super Essex Conference-Liberty Division honors. Sophomore shortstop Hudson Hassler and senior pitcher Jordan Stephan made First Team; senior pitcher Catherine John and sophomore second baseman Alexa Stephan made Second Team; and sophomore third baseman Lucy Gagne and senior first baseman […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia High School track and field athletes gave good efforts at the NJSIAA Group 4 State Championships held at Franklin HS, June 1-2. On the girls’ side, Ayanna Henry placed third in the high jump at 36 feet-9 ½ inches and took seventh in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.96. Shayla Keegan finished […]
Soccer, football and, of course, track and field know all about bad weather, but they carry on. That theory was tested to the utmost at the 39th Annual Holy Trinity Track & Field Invitational recently held at Saint Joseph’s High in Metuchen. The small field of schools and competitors, intermittent monsoon-like downpours and a canceled […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Columbia High School student-athletes announced their college decisions. Standing from left to right: Edward Martinez (Track: Ursinus College), Jack O’Connell (Track: Fordham University), Tim Depue (Track: Charleston Southern University), and Rick Hankey (Track: Rowan University). Sitting down left to right: Hannah Williams (Soccer: Penn State University), Ayana Henry (Track: Morgan State), and […]
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The Columbia High School girls’ track and field team finished second overall in the girls’ team standings for the second year in a row at the Essex County Championships held at Woodman Field in Montclair, 18-19. Under rainy conditions, the Cougars had 76 points. Montclair had 102.5 points to win the girls’ […]
The Men of Essex, Inc. has selected track phenom Reanda Richards of West Essex Regional High School to be the recipient of the 2018 “Essex Award.” The 60th Anniversary Essex Awards dinner banquet was held on Wednesday, May 16, at Cedar Hill Golf & Country Club in Livingston. Richards broke a 36-year-old meet record in […]