Saturday, January 28
Rauch Fieldhouse
2:00:00 PM
Lehigh University
97
vs
84
Lafayette
Lehigh sweeps Lafayette in dual meet Saturday
1/29/2012 3:38:00 AM | Men's Track and Field
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – In its lone dual meet of the season, the Lehigh men's and women's track and field teams defeated Lafayette Saturday at Rauch Fieldhouse. The men's team won 97-84, using its depth while junior Christopher Buck won the weight throw and shot pot. The women dominated 109.5-71.5, led by senior Alexandra Doersam who broke a pair of her own school records in the 60-meter dash and the long jump.
“It was a huge team effort on both sides,” said head coach Matt Utesch. “Everybody rose to the occasion. I'm really proud of our kids. When they needed to step up and bring it, they really did. As a coach, you can't ask for more than that.”
On the women's side, Doersam sparked Lehigh to its third straight victory. She finished the 60-meter dash in 7.84 seconds, breaking her own record of 7.89 seconds which she set last week at the Mountain Hawk Invite. Then in the long jump, Doersam won the event jumping a school record 5.74 meters, again surpassing her own record of 5.61 meters which was set last season. Doersam's long jump was also an ECAC/IC4A qualifying distance as 5.70m was the required minimum distance.
For her efforts, Doersam was named Lehigh's Lehigh's Female Track Athlete of the Meet.
For her efforts, Doersam was named Lehigh's Lehigh's Female Track Athlete of the Meet.
“We got some outstanding performances and Doersam's pair of wins was exactly what we needed,” Utesch said. “The women just rolled from there and were really unstoppable, it was great to see.”
In the track events, sophomore Brooke Astor won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.98 seconds. Junior Kristen Slotnick won the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.88 while Doersam finished 0.08 seconds behind her in second. Lehigh then took the top three spots in the 400-meter dash, paced by freshman Halie Carter who finished with a time of 59.81 seconds, just two seconds away from breaking the school record. The Mountain Hawks then took the top two spots in the 500-meter dash as juniors Alyssa Donahue and Elizabeth McManus went 1-2 respectively separated by just 0.07 seconds as Donahue crossed the finish line in 1:19.73.
Sophomore Jessica Kendzor won the 800-meter run with an ECAC/ICA4A qualifying time of 2:13.59, surpassing the 2:14.44 time needed to qualify. Kendzor was named Lehigh's Female Field Athlete of the Meet.
Lehigh's dominance in the track events continued to the one mile run where the Mountain Hawks took the top two spots as junior Julia Perry won the event with a time of 5:02.55 and freshman Savanna Plombon was right behind here with a time of 5:03.78. Senior Katherine Pierce took first in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:19.29, beating Lafayette's top runner by almost eight seconds.
Lehigh's dominance in the track events continued to the one mile run where the Mountain Hawks took the top two spots as junior Julia Perry won the event with a time of 5:02.55 and freshman Savanna Plombon was right behind here with a time of 5:03.78. Senior Katherine Pierce took first in the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:19.29, beating Lafayette's top runner by almost eight seconds.
Lehigh also took the top three spots in the 1,000-meter run as juniors Brittany and Lauren Pietrosh placed 1-2, respectively, separated by 0.01 seconds.
Lehigh won both the 4x400 and 4x800-meter relays for the clean sweep in the track events. In the 4x400, the team of Slotnick, Knapp, McManus, Carter, Donahue, Doersam and Kendzor placed first with a time of 4:00.02. And in the 4x800, the team of senior Catherine Tobiasen, junior Lauren Pietrosh, junior Kathleen Ryan, senior Alexandra Neville, senior Megan Hetzel and senior Carolyn Morse took first with a time of 9:57.87.
In the field events, Astor won her second event of the meet as she took first in the high jump with a distance of 1.62 meters. Sophomore Rebecca Duhamel won the shot put with a distance of 12.45 meters, just ahead of Lehigh's thrower by 0.21 meters.
Junior E'Lana Lemon continued her stellar season as she stayed undefeated in the weight throw, finishing with a winning distance of 17.60 meters, another ECAC/ICA4A qualifying distance.
Saturday's dual meet was the 22nd between Lehigh and Lafayette as the Mountain Hawks improved to 6-15-1.
It was also Lehigh's third straight victory as it took first last week at the 12-team Mountain Hawk Invite and the week prior, won the six-team meet at West Point.
On the men's side, Lehigh only had seven first-place finishes in the 16 events but the Mountain Hawks used their depth to make up the point differential. Lehigh won three track events and four field events, highlighted by Buck's first place finishes.
“It was really important for us that when we didn't win an event, we got second and third,” Utesch said. “And when we did win event, we had the top two or three places. Our depth really pushed us through and we had some great performances.”
Buck won the shot put with a distance of 15.07 meters ahead of freshman Ryan Rhodes who was second with a distance of 13.83 meters. Buck then won the weight throw with a distance of 16.01 meters just in front of sophomore Benjamin Beauchamp who took second with a distance of 15.96 meters.
Buck was named Lehigh's Male Field Athlete of the Meet.
Buck was named Lehigh's Male Field Athlete of the Meet.
Senior Stephen Tutunjian improved to 5-0 in the triple jump this season and he won Saturday's event with a distance of 14.78 meters. And in the high jump, Lehigh took the top three spots as freshman Adeolu Adesida took first with a distance of 1.92 meters.
In the track events, sophomore Seth Robinson won the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.37 seconds, just 0.11 short of an ECAC/IC4A qualifying time while sophomore Ryan Paquin followed closely in second with a time of 8.53 seconds.
Robinson was named Lehigh's Male Track Athlete of the Meet.
Robinson was named Lehigh's Male Track Athlete of the Meet.
Lehigh also took the top two spots in the one mile run as sophomore Samuel Bernitt won the event with a time of 4:21.88 while senior Evan Flach crossed the finish line a second later with a time of 4:22.80.
The Mountain Hawks continued to use their depth as again they took the top two spots, this time in the 1,000-meter run. Freshman Gregory Caldwell won the event with a time of 2:36.45 while freshman Simon Voorhees was close behind, finishing second by 0.54 seconds.
It was the 22nd all-time dual meet between Lehigh and Lafayette as the Mountain Hawks improved to 9-13.
The Lehigh men's and women's teams will look to keep the momentum going as the Mountain Hawks head to the New Balance Invitational at the NYC Armory on Friday, February 3rd at 10:50 a.m.
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