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Adam Fogg, Yolanda Ngarambe Get Mile Wins at Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge, Qualify for Millrose GamesPublished by
Fogg sets meet record with 3:53.55 effort, Ngarambe runs 4:29.21 to secure berths in Wanamaker Mile fields Feb. 11 at The Armory; McEwen matches world-leading high jump with 7-7.75 clearance (2.28m) By Keenan Gray of DyeStat John Nepolitan photos Adam Fogg and Yolanda Ngarambe won their respective mile races Saturday at the Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge at The Armory in New York, both punching tickets for their respective Wanamaker Mile races Feb. 11 at the 116th Millrose Games at the same venue. Fogg, representing the United Kingdom with UA Mission Run Baltimore, clocked a meet-record 3 minutes, 53.55 seconds to win the men’s mile. WATCH RACE VIDEOS | RESULTS | PHOTOS by John Nepolitan Fogg’s teammate, Casey Comber, finished a close second in 3:53.93, with On Athletics’ Charles Grethen finishing third in 3:55.01. 10 athletes in total dipped under four minutes. Ngarambe, representing Sweden with Atlanta Track Club Elite, withstood five other women over the final meters to win the women’s mile in 4:29.21. Right at the line with Ngarambe was Nike’s Helen Schlachtenhaufen in second at 4:29.43, Atlanta Track Club Elite teammate Laurie Barton in third in 4:29.68 and adidas’ Gabbi Jennings in fourth in 4:29.86. UA Mission Run Baltimore’s Ellie Leather finished fifth in 4:30.06 and West Virginia’s Ceili McCabe finished sixth in 4:30.24 as the top NCAA athlete, equaling the No. 19 all-time collegiate indoor competitor. Atlanta Track Club Elite completed a sweep of men’s and women’s 800 races, with Luciano Fiore taking care of business on the men’s side in 1:47.44 and Olivia Baker sneaking past Allie Wilson on the women’s side in 2:02.84. Nike athlete Shelby McEwen equaled the world lead in men’s high jump with a meet record clearance of 7-7.75 (2.28m) Quanesha Burks, last summer’s U.S. outdoor runner-up in the long jump, soared to 21-5.50 (6.54m) to win the women’s competition in a meet record. Leah Anderson of Atalanta NYC Track Club, representing Jamaica, led wire-to-wire in the women’s 400 to win in 52.74. North Carolina A&T’s Shemar Chambers ran 47.96 to capture the men’s 400 title. Emmanuel Ihemeje, representing Italy, jumped 52-1.75 (15.89m) to claim the win in the men’s triple jump. On the collegiate side, Columbia’s Elia Ton-That picked up a win in the women’s 3000, running 9:11.37 for No. 19 among Division 1 competitors this season. Connecticut’s Travis Martin posted 8:02.04 to win the men’s 3000 race. North Carolina A&T’s Fajr Kelly fought off Empire Elite’s Jordan Shead for the women’s 800 title in 2:08.67, with Colin Kelly picking up the men’s win for Empire Elite in 1:50.37. Jordan Ricketts from Monmouth ran 48.82 en route to winning the men’s 400. Georgia Southern’s Alanna Smith won the women’s 400 in 55.25, with teammate Naj Watson capturing the women’s 200 in 24.02. Iona’s Jadyn Tabois stormed past the men’s field in the 200 to win in 21.38. Cornell freshman Pierre Attiogbe impressed in the men’s mile, winning in 4:00.47. Princeton’s Hannah Riggins defeated fellow Ivy League foe Rory Clare of Columbia to win the women’s mile in 4:44.22. Connecticut’s women’s 4x400 (3:44.54) and North Carolina A&T’s men’s 4x400 (3:12.30) won their respective races. Manhattan’s Alex Kristeller achieved a mark of 72-9.75 (22.19m) to win the men’s weight throw with the No. 6 mark this season at the Division 1 level. Princeton’s Angela McAuslan-Kelly tossed a lifetime-best 64-3.75 (19.60m), winning the women’s weight throw. St. Joseph’s Patrick Fehm soared over 6-9.75 (2.08m) to capture the men’s high jump title by three inches. Brown’s Rudecia Bernard cleared 5-10.75 (1.80m) to secure a win in the women’s high jump. Albany’s Leann Nicholas jumped 42-11 (13.08m) for the women’s triple jump title in the No. 11 Division 1 mark this season. Princeton’s Julia Jongejeugd dialed up wins in the 60 hurdles (8.72), high jump (5-3.25, 1.61m) and long jump (17-9, 5.41m), as well as second place finishes in shot put (41-3, 12.57m) and the 800 (2:28.15), to win the women’s pentathlon with 3,805 points. Connecticut’s Joshua Mooney completed day two of the men’s heptathlon with a total of 5,101 points, highlighted by a win in the 60 hurdles in 8.28, third place in pole vault at 12-9.50 (3.90m) and sixth in the 1,000 in 2:57.68. |