Astor garners Patriot League weekly honors
12/9/2013 3:03:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
Patriot League Release
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh women's track and field senior Brooke Astor has been named Patriot League Field Athlete of the Week, as announced by the league on Monday. Astor impressed with an ECAC qualifying mark and first-place finish in the pentathlon on Friday night inside Rauch Fieldhouse.
The Milltown, N.J. native put up a personal best score of 3,758 to win at Lehigh's Fast Times Before Finals meet, besting her previous record of 3,450. It easily topped the ECAC standard of 3,450 and also marked a new facility record at Rauch Fieldhouse.
Astor won three of the five pentathlon events to cruise to a first place finish. She began with an ECAC qualifying clip of 8.80 in the 60-meter hurdles. She recorded a new personal record in the shot put (10.66) and tied her personal best in the long jump (5.46m). This is Astor's first Patriot League Field Athlete of the Week honor.
Astor and the Mountain Hawks return to action on Jan. 11 when they head to West Point, N.Y. to compete in the Army 5-Way.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh women's track and field senior Brooke Astor has been named Patriot League Field Athlete of the Week, as announced by the league on Monday. Astor impressed with an ECAC qualifying mark and first-place finish in the pentathlon on Friday night inside Rauch Fieldhouse.
The Milltown, N.J. native put up a personal best score of 3,758 to win at Lehigh's Fast Times Before Finals meet, besting her previous record of 3,450. It easily topped the ECAC standard of 3,450 and also marked a new facility record at Rauch Fieldhouse.
Astor won three of the five pentathlon events to cruise to a first place finish. She began with an ECAC qualifying clip of 8.80 in the 60-meter hurdles. She recorded a new personal record in the shot put (10.66) and tied her personal best in the long jump (5.46m). This is Astor's first Patriot League Field Athlete of the Week honor.
Astor and the Mountain Hawks return to action on Jan. 11 when they head to West Point, N.Y. to compete in the Army 5-Way.
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