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Penn Relays

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

CHS Track Star Featured in Sports Illustrated

Olivia Baker is singled out for achievements at Penn Relays.

  Columbia High School junior Olivia Baker, who was named the Most Outstanding High School Girls Athlete of the Meet for Relay Events at the Penn Relays last month, is in the May 13 issue of Sports Illustrated. Baker is featured in the magazine's 'Faces In The Crowd,' for her performance at the 119th Penn Relays in Philadelphia, where she helped rally the Cougars from a six-second deficit in the 4 x 800, according to SI. The Cougar's time was the third fastest in New Jersey history and the top high school finish in the nation this season. Baker also ran a 53.5 to anchor Columbia's fourth-place 4 x 400 team. For more details, see the website.  The CHS Track Team was honored by the South Orange - Maplewood School District in February for …

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Columbia High School and SOM School District Recognizes Students, Staff

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10:30 am on Thursday, May 16, 2013

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Cougar Girls Perform Well at Penn Relays

Columbia finishes first in 4x100, fifth in 4x800.

On Sunday, the Columbia girls track teams had two relay teams in the finals of the Championship of America race at the 115th annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia. The Cougar’s 4x100 team, the third seed in the race, won in dramatic fashion, edging out the competition by just tenths of a second, with a 47.52 time. The team included Whitney Jackson, Jasmine Carter, Kelsey Jackson and Kayann Richards as the anchor. The 4x800, which ran the fastest American time of the day during the qualifier on Thursday, finished fifth overall on Sunday, and finished as the second-fastest American team. The squad included TyVonna Johnson, Brittney Jackson, Melissa David and Jade Johnson. They posted a 9:16 mark.

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