That's a coincidence that can't be ignored. And I dispute the idea that is was foam that hit the wing. There are only 4 frames showing the object, and its origin is not clear to me at all. According to my inspection of the launch event, entitled "Columbia.jpg" and found in my webfolder, the color & brightness of the objects more closely resemble the solid rocket boosters. Indeed, the objects stand out in contrast against the main external tank in the background. If that is true then the debris may be a solid hunk of metal or composite rather than foam. It may have hit the wing, blew a hole through it, and kept right on going fully intact. The debris seen in the images may not be "foam", but rather a dust cloud from the wing itself.

This photo from NASA's Hypervelocity Impact Technology Facility clearly shows that impacts that perforate a flat panel may result in a larger cloud of debris.