NEW YORK The Columbia track & field team is set to begin its 2014 outdoor season this weekend as they compete in a pair of meets on both coasts this weekend. . A number Lions make the trip to Palo Alto, Calif. to race in the 2014 Stanford Invitational, while the majority of the team will compete in Princeton N.J. at the annual Sam Howell Invitational. Both two-day meets will run from Friday, April 4 Saturday, April 5.