Lehigh University Athletics
Lehigh sweeps Mountain Hawk Invite Saturday
1/22/2012 5:09:00 AM | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh men's and women's track and field teams both took home first place at the Mountain Hawk Invite over the weekend. The men's team beat out 12 other teams with a final score of 202 points while the women beat 11 other teams with a total of 225.5 points. There were some incredible performances on both sides including a pair of school records.
“It ended up being a really good meet for us and we faced some good competition across the board,” said head coach Matt Utesch. “We really exploded in the jumps today, especially on the men's side. And we had a couple women do some special things today and it was really nice to see some great performances. I was really pleased overall though with how the meet went.”
Senior Stephen Tutunjian improved to 4-0 in the triple jump in impression fashion Saturday. His 15.35 meter jump crushed the 30-year school record of 15.08 meters which was set by Larry Mercabdante in 1982. Tutunjian also finished second in the long jump with a distance of 7.09 meters. Both distances were IC4A qualifying distances, but Tutunjian has already qualified in both events in meets earlier this season.
Senior Stephen Tutunjian improved to 4-0 in the triple jump in impression fashion Saturday. His 15.35 meter jump crushed the 30-year school record of 15.08 meters which was set by Larry Mercabdante in 1982. Tutunjian also finished second in the long jump with a distance of 7.09 meters. Both distances were IC4A qualifying distances, but Tutunjian has already qualified in both events in meets earlier this season.
The other school record came from senior Alexandra Doersam in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.89 seconds. Doersam's record-breaking run came in the preliminaries of the 60-meter dash as the previous school record was held by junior Khaaleedah Smith who set it last year with a time of a 7.90. Doersam went on to finish third in the event.
The Lehigh men's team finished ahead of Kutztown (127), East Stroudsburg (82.5), Lafayette (55), Wagner (52), Bloomsburg (41), Moravian (34), Delaware TC (25), Muhlenberg (18), Widener (17), Monmouth (13), Stockton (9) and Millersville (4).
Lehigh had four new athletes to qualify for IC4As as senior Stephen Rumizen and freshman Adeolu Adesida finished 1-2 in the high jump with qualifying distances of 2.04m. The Mountain Hawks now have three qualifiers in the high jump as the duo joins sophomore Patrick Ciez who qualified in a meet earlier this season.
Forrest and Paquin also added their names to the list of IC4A qualifiers as the duo finished 1-2 in the heptathlon. Forrest finished with a total 4855, which surpassed his personal record of 4650 while Paquin finished just three back as his 4822 was a personal record, surpassing his previous high of 4646.
Lehigh also got several more first-place finishes. Sophomore Seth Robinson won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.42. Sophomore Martin Otieno won the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.79 while junior Devin Monroe finished .09 seconds behind him. Freshman Christopher Watson won the 500-meter dash with a time of 1:07.95 while sophomore John Ciavardelli finished closely behind him with a time of 1:08.21. Freshman Nicholas Ward won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 9:03.3. And freshman Ryan Mahalsky won the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:46.35 as four Lehigh runners finished in the top four spots.
The Lehigh women's team finished well ahead of Wagner (83), East Stroudsburg (78.5), Lafayette (78), Bloomsburg (62), Kutztown (54), Moravian (42), Muhlenberg (31), Monmouth (14), Delaware (12), Montclair State (10) and Stockton (5).
Sophomore Brooke Astor also had a stellar performance as she won the pentathlon with a personal record 3393. Astor was just 57 away from qualifying for the IC4A/ECAC, which hasn't been done in the event since Justina Barone did so in 2003. Astor placed first in the 60-meter hurdles and high jump and finished second in the shot put and long jump.
Junior E'Lana Lemon continued her incredible season as she improved to 4-0 in the weight throw, this time winning with a distance of 17.11m.
In the 800-meter run, Lehigh took six of the top seven spots including the top three as sophomore Jessica Kendzor led the way with a time of 2:17.29 while junior Lauren Pietrosh was second with a time of 2:19.51 and junior Brittany Pietrosh placed .30 seconds behind her.
The Mountain Hawks also took the top three spots in the one mile run as freshman Savanna Plombon finished first with a time of 5:03.49 while junior Julia Perry took second (5:05.21) and senior Katherine Pierce placed third (5:11.30).
Lehigh won both the 4X400-meter relay and the 4X800-meter relay. In the 4X400, a pair of Lehigh teams took the top 2 spots. It was Kendoz, Perry, Brittan and Lauren Pietrosh who won the event with a time of 4:06.81 while freshman Halie Carter, junior Melissa Knapp, junior Kristin Slotnick and Smith were second with a time of 4:07.40.
In the 4X800, the winning team was junior Kathleen Ryan, sophomore Katherine Howley, freshman Ingrid Simon and Plombon with a time of 9:46.28.
The Lehigh track and field teams will return to action Saturday, January 28th to host rival Lafayette in a dual meet which will begin at 3 p.m.
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