Friday, April 13
Moravian, Pa.
Lehigh University
vs
Pollard Invite
Mountain Hawks excel in two weekend meets
4/16/2012 12:27:00 PM | Women's Track and Field
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh women's track and field team shined in a pair of unscored meets over the weekend. At the Bucknell Outdoor Classic, Lehigh had a first-place finish and three second places including an ECAC qualifier. At the Pollard Invitational at Moravian, the Mountain Hawks won seven events including setting four meet records.
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Junior E'lana Lemon won the hammer throw and set a meet record with a distance of 54.34m while Jimil Ataman placed second with a distance of 53.09m.
Rebecca Duhamel won a pair of events. She finished first the discus throw with a meet record 42.51m while she won the shot put with a distance of 13.11m. Katie Baglio finished third and fourth in those events, respectively.
Kristin Slotnick placed first in the 200m dash with a meet record 25.70 while teammate Khaaleedah Smith finished second with a time of 26.05. Slotnick also took third in the 1000m run with a time of 12.48.
Brooke Astor was Lehigh's fourth record setter, winning the 100m hurdles in a meet record 14.38.
Shannon Nelson was the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 12:15.65 while Peggy Lai was second in the event (12:29.99).
Melissa Romero was the seventh Mountain Hawks to win an event as she placed first in the javelin with a distance of 39.03m. Carly Deskins was fourth in the event with a distance of 36.58m.
Lehigh also had outstanding performances in the 4x400m relay as the team of Slotnick, Smith, Melissa Knapp and Elizabeth McManus placed second with a time of 3:55.92, which was just 0.29 behind first.
The Mountain Hawks also took second in the 800m run where Victoria Mullane finished with a time of 2:21.42.
Lehigh dominated the 1500m run, placing four runners in the top six. Lauren Sternick took second with a time of 4:52.02, just finishing ahead of teammate Ingrid Simon who crossed the finish line 0.45 behind Sternick. Shannon Wright was fifth (4:55.40) while Samantha Andersen was sixth (4:57.40).
At the Bucknell Outdoor Classic, Lauren Pietrosh was Lehigh's lone event winner as she took first in her section of the 800m run with a time of 2:15.11 while her sister Brittany Pietrosh placed second with a time of 2:16.14.
Jessica Kendzor qualified for the ECACs in the 800m, as she placed second in her section with a time of 2:08.61, surpassing the 2:10.94 needed.
Carolyn Morse also had a stellar showing at the meet as she placed second in the 5000m run with a time of 18:00.66 while Hanna Pierce finished third in her section of the 1500m run with a time of 4:51.05.
Lehigh will look to keep its momentum going next weekend as the team splits up to compete in the Greyhound Invite at Moravian and the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton.
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