Columbia HS trackster Levi Taber-Kewene enjoys success at Group 4 state meet

Columbia sophomore Levi Taber-Kewene shows his first-place medal in the 1,600 meters and sixth-place medal in the 800 meters at the Essex County Individual Championships on Jan. 26 at the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Facility.

MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE/TOMS RIVER, NJ — Levi Taber-Kewene enjoyed a solid effort at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s indoor track and field Group 4 state championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River on Sunday, Feb. 23. 

Taber-Kewene, a sophomore, took seventh place in the boys 800-meter run finals in 2 minutes, 00.40 seconds.

Leo Klint, a junior, was the other CHS boys competitor at the meet, as he took 16th in the 3,200m finals in 10:02.82.

CHS competed in one girls event, as the 4×400-meter relay team took 21st in 4:23.29 in the finals. 

The runners on the team were junior Anna Cooper and sophomores Sydney Kwan, Elizabeth Leahy and Eirlys Williams.  

Photo Courtesy of Columbia HS Track and Field