Mountain Hawks wrap up competition at Princeton and Moravian

Friday, April 17

Princeton, N.J.

2:00 p.m.

Lehigh University

Larry Ellis Invitational

Mountain Hawks wrap up competition at Princeton and Moravian

4/18/2015 7:12:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Princeton Results | Moravian Results

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Lehigh women's track and field team completed another successful and busy weekend at Princeton's Larry Ellis Invitational and Moravian's Greyhound Invite Saturday in the Mountain Hawks' penultimate tune-ups before the Patriot League Championship meet that looms two weeks away.

"The plan is coming together," said head coach Matt Utesch. "We have tons of people doing the right stuff at the right time and we seem to be getting those kids to right meets. We also had a lot of younger kids perform well at Moravian, so I like the way we're progressing."

Sophomore Courtney Avery turned out another ECAC-qualifying high jump at Princeton with a leap of 1.75 meters as she finished tied for second place. Senior Carly Deskins (40.97 meters) earned fourth place in the javelin, while junior Gabrielle Wardle (40.36 meters) followed right behind in sixth.

Senior Victoria Mullane (4:39.41) and freshman Hannah Leskow (4:39.76) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 1,500 meter run. Mullane was also Lehigh's highest finisher in Friday's 800 meter run as she placed 29th with a time of 2:12.69. Senior Babette Hohrath claimed 11th in the 400 meter hurdles with a clip of 1:06.13. Classmate Hannah Pierce took 22nd in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a mark of 11:00.46. Senior Shannon Wright was Lehigh's highest finisher in the 5,000 meter run after crossing the line in 17:28.88, which was good for 34th place.

Saturday at Moravian's Greyhound Invite, sophomore Brittany Le Jouan claimed the high jump title with a leap of 1.64 meters, while Wardle finished fourth with a mark of 1.59 meters. Sophomore Kiana Wright picked up eighth place in the triple jump with a leap of 10.65 meters.

Freshman Sarah Spring earned fifth place in the 3,000 meter steeplechase with a time of 12:20.93, while classmate Samantha Lerner finished eighth in the 5,000 meter race with a clip of 19:07.09. Freshman Laura Barnes (4:55.27) and senior Elizabeth Sinclair (4:55.82) finished ninth and tenth, respectively, in the 1,500 meter run. Freshmen Amanda Fischer (59.70) and Kristen Lavallee (1:00.00) took tenth and 11th, respectively, in the 400 meter dash. Fischer was also Lehigh's highest finisher in the 200 meter dash, placing ninth with a time of 26.37 seconds.

Next up, the Mountain Hawks will host the Lehigh Games, the lone home meet of the outdoor season, next weekend in addition to sending athletes to the prestigious Penn Relays.