Lehigh University Athletics
Friday, May 2
Annapolis, Md.
Lehigh University
vs
Patriot League Championships
Adesida wins high jump, men finish fifth at PL Championships
5/3/2014 6:47:00 PM | Men's Track and Field
Results
ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Lehigh men's track and field team finished fifth at the outdoor Patriot League Championship meet Saturday at Navy's Ingram Field. Junior Adeolu Adesida won the high jump championship to highlight the meet for the Mountain Hawks as Lehigh finished with 110.50 team points.
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"The men just keep scoring more and more points," said head coach Matt Utesch. "We scored points all over the track and in all different events. Our seniors really showed their great leadership and their desire to raise the bar for the entire team."
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Navy claimed the crown with 239 points, while defending champion Bucknell followed with 176 points. Boston University (139.50), Army (113) and Lehigh (110.50) rounded out the top five.
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Adesida won the high jump with a leap of 2.09m. Senior Patrick Ciez finished tied for third in the event after jumping 1.99m, as the two men combined to secure 15.5 team points for Lehigh. Â Senior Benjamin Beauchamp finished second in the discus throw with a toss of 50.07m. Freshman Lucas Warning finished fourth in the shot put with a new personal best throw of 16.07m. The impressive launch bested his previous personal record of 15.46m by more than 0.6 meters.
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Senior Ryan Paquin finished second in the decathlon with 6,387 points. He finished just 21 points behind Army's Christopher Kittle.
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Senior Martin Otieno took third in the 200 meter dash with a new personal best time of 21.38, which was just 0.06 seconds away from tying the Lehigh record of 21.32 that was set in 2004. He also finished fifth in the 100 meter dash finals with a clip of 10.76 seconds. His impressive finishes combined to secure ten points.
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Senior Jimmy Miller finished third in the 5,000 meter run with a mark of 14:38.61, while junior Ryan Mahalsky placed eighth (15:02.94). Junior Christopher Watson placed third in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:52.35.
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The quartet of Christopher Del Rossi, Justin Mahoney, Watson and Otieno finished fourth in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:16.95. Del Rossi, Mahoney and Otieno joined Julian Copeland in the 4x100 meter relay and placed fifth (41.87).
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Freshman Daniel Reichenbach finished sixth (14.06m) in the triple jump, while classmate Daniel Boardman (13.35m) was right behind in eighth. Mahoney ran 400 meters in 49.05m to finish seventh. Junior Casey Gilboy took seventh in the 3,000 meter steeplechase after crossing the line in 9:31.93.
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Next up, those Mountain Hawks that have qualified will head to the IC4A Outdoor Championships from May 16-17 at Princeton.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Lehigh men's track and field team finished fifth at the outdoor Patriot League Championship meet Saturday at Navy's Ingram Field. Junior Adeolu Adesida won the high jump championship to highlight the meet for the Mountain Hawks as Lehigh finished with 110.50 team points.
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"The men just keep scoring more and more points," said head coach Matt Utesch. "We scored points all over the track and in all different events. Our seniors really showed their great leadership and their desire to raise the bar for the entire team."
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Navy claimed the crown with 239 points, while defending champion Bucknell followed with 176 points. Boston University (139.50), Army (113) and Lehigh (110.50) rounded out the top five.
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Adesida won the high jump with a leap of 2.09m. Senior Patrick Ciez finished tied for third in the event after jumping 1.99m, as the two men combined to secure 15.5 team points for Lehigh. Â Senior Benjamin Beauchamp finished second in the discus throw with a toss of 50.07m. Freshman Lucas Warning finished fourth in the shot put with a new personal best throw of 16.07m. The impressive launch bested his previous personal record of 15.46m by more than 0.6 meters.
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Senior Ryan Paquin finished second in the decathlon with 6,387 points. He finished just 21 points behind Army's Christopher Kittle.
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Senior Martin Otieno took third in the 200 meter dash with a new personal best time of 21.38, which was just 0.06 seconds away from tying the Lehigh record of 21.32 that was set in 2004. He also finished fifth in the 100 meter dash finals with a clip of 10.76 seconds. His impressive finishes combined to secure ten points.
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Senior Jimmy Miller finished third in the 5,000 meter run with a mark of 14:38.61, while junior Ryan Mahalsky placed eighth (15:02.94). Junior Christopher Watson placed third in the 800 meter run with a time of 1:52.35.
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The quartet of Christopher Del Rossi, Justin Mahoney, Watson and Otieno finished fourth in the 4x400 meter relay with a time of 3:16.95. Del Rossi, Mahoney and Otieno joined Julian Copeland in the 4x100 meter relay and placed fifth (41.87).
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Freshman Daniel Reichenbach finished sixth (14.06m) in the triple jump, while classmate Daniel Boardman (13.35m) was right behind in eighth. Mahoney ran 400 meters in 49.05m to finish seventh. Junior Casey Gilboy took seventh in the 3,000 meter steeplechase after crossing the line in 9:31.93.
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Next up, those Mountain Hawks that have qualified will head to the IC4A Outdoor Championships from May 16-17 at Princeton.
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