Meet: Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge
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Location: The Armory in New York, N.Y.
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Scoring: Women – 12th, 19 points | Men – 9th, 27 points
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Short Story: The Great Danes returned to action this weekend, visiting the Armory for the only time this year with the men placing ninth and the women 12th at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge.
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Athletes of the Meet: Asia Jinks,
Shelby Bigsby,
Jan Michael Gutierrez Almedina,
Robert Blue
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Friday
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Saturday
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- Shelby Bigsby placed fourth in the women's weight throw in a personal-best 58-09.25; Lynn Gbadamosi placed eighth in a personal-best 56-07.25
- Jan Michael Gutierrez Almedina won the men's 200m in 21.36
- Jinks placed fourth in the women's 400m in 55.32, just one-hundredth of a second off her personal-best
- Diomari Gordon placed seventh in the men's high jump, clearing 6-04.75
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Next: The Great Danes visit Boston next weekend for the Harvard Crimson Elite Invitational and the Boston University Scarlet & White Invitational.
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