Mountain Hawks shine at Lehigh Games and Penn Relays

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Mountain Hawks shine at Lehigh Games and Penn Relays

4/25/2015 7:12:00 PM | Men's Track and Field

Lehigh Games Results | Penn Relays Results

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh men's track and field team wrapped up its final competitions before next weekend's Patriot League Championships with several successful performances at the Lehigh Games on the Goodman Campus Track and the prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Three IC4A-qualifying marks were recorded throughout the weekend and the Mountain Hawks earned seven event victories at the Lehigh Games.

"We're approaching the Patriot League Championship meet like a cumulative final and this weekend was our chance to review, brush up and study," said head coach Matt Utesch. "I think we're going to knock it out of the park next weekend. We have a bunch of kids that just keep improving and are really ready to run fast. We had kids like Sebastian Nicewicz step up and knock it out of the park today and if we continue to do that next week I think we'll be in very good shape."

At the Penn Relays, senior Benjamin Beauchamp tossed the discus an IC4A-qualifying distance of 49.88 meters to earn 19th place in the College Men's Discus Throw. Sophomore Daniel Reichenbach finished the triple jump with a leap of 13.86 meters.

Senior Casey Gilboy finished tenth in the Olympic Development 3,000 meter steeplechase with a new personal-best time of 9:16.04. Sophomore Ryan Cooney earned 20th place in the College Men's 5,000 meter race after crossing the finish line in a personal-record time of 14:49.85.

The quartet of seniors Justin Mahoney, Christopher Watson, Sebastian Nicewicz and sophomore Christopher Del Rossi ran the 4x400 meter relay in 3:23.89 to round out competition at the Penn Relays.

At the Lehigh Games, senior Robert Hugin picked up the 400 meter hurdle title with a time of 55.17 seconds and was also Lehigh's top finisher in the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 15.60 seconds that was good for third place. Freshman Jake Sabatini earned first place in the 100 meter dash with a time of 11.23 seconds. Senior Justin Mahoney earned another Lehigh title in the 200 meter dash with a time of 22.60 seconds, while classmate Christopher Watson picked up first in the 800 meter run with a clip of 1:53.95. Lehigh's 4x100 (42.80) and 4x400 meter (3:23.60) relay teams also finished first.

Sophomore Daniel Boardman earned the high jump title with a leap of 1.99 meters. Boardman was also Lehigh's highest finisher in the long jump with a leap of 7.04 meters that was good for second place. Junior Beau Whitman finished second in the pole vault with a mark of 4.40 meters. Junior Cody Israel earned second in the triple jump with a leap of 13.83 meters.

Beauchamp finished his busy weekend two more IC4A-qualifying marks as he finished third in the discus throw (49.47 meters) and fifth in the hammer (53.73 meters).

The Mountain Hawks took places two through four in the 400 meter dash, led by senior Sebastian Nicewicz with a time of 49.18 seconds.

Lehigh heads to Army next weekend for the two-day Patriot League Championship meet that begins Friday.