Lehigh finishes strong showing at Moravian and Bucknell

Friday, April 10

Bethlehem, Pa.

Lehigh University

The Coach Pollard Invitational

Photo by: Don Paul

Lehigh finishes strong showing at Moravian and Bucknell

4/12/2015 6:37:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Moravian Results | Bucknell Results

BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lehigh women's track and field team wrapped up a busy weekend at Moravian's Coach Pollard Invite and Bucknell's Bison Outdoor Classic with several successful performances.

"It's pretty obvious to us as a coaching staff that the team is starting to come around and put up pretty good marks," said head coach Matt Utesch. "The throwers were excellent again and distance and mid-distance kids are putting up really good times and are running as fast as they've run all season long. I like the way we're progressing as the league championship gets closer and closer."

At the Coach Pollard Invite, sophomore Courtney Avery earned another high jump victory with a leap of 1.69 meters. Senior Carly Deskins picked up the javelin title with a throw of 43.65 meters, while sophomore Meghan Reilly (40.12 meters) and junior Gabrielle Wardle (39.88 meters) followed behind in third and fourth place, respectively. Deskins (11.14 meters) and freshman Amanda Youngblood (10.98 meters) finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in the shot put. Youngblood (34.18 meters) earned seventh in the discus, while Deskins (34.08 meters) picked up eighth place. Wardle earned fourth (5.28 meters) in the long jump, while sophomore Kiana Wright finished right behind in fifth place (5.18 meters).

Lehigh took the top three spots in the 800 meter run, led by freshman Hanna Brosky who picked up first with a time of 2:16.98. Sophomore Marissa Karl (2:17.24) and freshman Rachel Okun (2:18.09) finished second and third, respectively.

Freshman Samantha Lerner earned third place in the 1,500 meter run with a mark of 4:55.11, while classmate Jennifer Burke ran the 5,000 meter race in 19:22.60 to finish fifth. Senior Babette Hohrath finished fifth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:07.20, while senior Natalie Bates finished seventh in the 100 meter hurdles with a clip of 16.52.

At the Bison Outdoor Classic, senior Victoria Mullane took home eighth place in the 94-person field of the 800 meter dash with a clip of 2:12.43. Sophomore Katie Hatler earned ninth in the 100 meter hurdles after crossing the line in 14.81 seconds. Classmate Kaitlyn Ruffing picked up 12th place in the 400 meter dash with a mark of 58.13 seconds and was also Lehigh's highest finisher in the 200 meter dash (26.64). Senior Shannon Wright earned 12th place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 11:12.13. Junior Ann O'Connell finished 15th in the unseeded section of the 1,500 meter run with a clip of 4:51.77.

Next up, the Mountain Hawks will compete in Moravian's Greyhound Invite and Princeton's Larry Ellis Invite next Saturday.