MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ —The Columbia High School girls indoor track-and-field team took fifth place overall with 27 points at the Essex County Indoor Relay Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., on Saturday, Jan. 21. Madison Stevens won the shot put event with a throw of 38 feet, 7 ½ inches, […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls swimming teams, under head coach Maggie Keenan, enjoyed great efforts at the Essex County Swimming Championships at New Jersey Institute of Technology on Monday, Jan. 16. The girls team finished in fourth place overall. The boys team placed seventh overall. Here are their top-six […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls indoor track-and-field teams gave good efforts at the Super Essex Conference championships held at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, N.Y., on Friday, Dec. 23. The girls team took first place and the boys team took third place in the American Division. […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Over the past half-century, there have been great teams and athletes when it comes to female sports, whether it’s on the high school, college or professional level. All that was made possible in part thanks to the congressional passage of Title IX on June 23, 1972. In the words of the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — Columbia High School sophomore Madison Stevens finished a great track-and-field season. Stevens took second place in the girls shot put at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Meet of Champions at Franklin High School in Somerset on Saturday, June 18. Stevens threw 41 feet, 8 inches, finishing behind Demarest’s Casey […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School track-and-field contingent gave good efforts at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Group 4 state championships at Franklin High School in Somerset on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11. On the girls side, sophomore Madison Stevens took eighth place in the shot put with a […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls track-and-field teams gave good performances at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4, championships at Clifton on Friday and Saturday, June 3 and 4. On the girls side, sophomore Madison Stevens won the shot put with a throw […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls track-and-field teams enjoyed good efforts at the Essex County relay championships on Thursday, May 26, in Livingston. The teams each took fifth place overall. Here are the boys results: 4×1,600 meter relay: Dan Butkus, Aaron Glassman, Nate Lindstrom and Javier Casella, first place, 18 […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — The Columbia High School boys and girls track-and-field teams gave good efforts at the Super Essex Conference–American Division championships on Saturday, May 14, at Newark Schools Stadium. The girls team took fifth place overall. Junior Emma Friedrich won the 3,200-meter run in 11 minutes, 33.90 seconds. Sophomore Madison Stevens won the […]
MAPLEWOOD/SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — When it comes to naming the greatest track-and-field athletes in New Jersey history, Joetta Clark is certainly on that list. Joetta, a Columbia High School alumna, was among a stellar group of 18 high school athletes, coaches, and contributors who were inducted on March 27 into the New Jersey State Interscholastic […]