Mountain Hawks wrap up IC4A Championships

Friday, May 15

Princeton, N.J.

Lehigh University

ECAC/IC4A Championships

5/17/2015 7:26:00 PM | Men's Track and Field

Results

PRINCETON, N.J. – Two members of the Lehigh men's track and field team earned All-East distinction to highlight Lehigh's weekend at IC4A Championships at Princeton, while senior Ryan Mahalsky set a new Lehigh record in the 1,500 meter race.

Freshman Trevor Knowles finished in fifth place in the decathlon with 6,479 points to grab All-East honors.

Junior Sean Burke earned Lehigh's first All-East distinction of the weekend when he finished eighth in the 10,000 meter run with a time of 31:04.30. Classmate Daniel Reilly finished with a time of 32:00.88.

Mahalsky finished eighth in the 1,500 meter run prelims with a mark of 3:46.31. The time bested Lehigh's previous school record of 3:46.74 that was set by Stellan Thoren in 1976.

"Mahalsky did not compete in the finals because wanted to use the race as a speed workout and save him for going far at Nationals in the 10K," said head coach Matt Utesch. "I think Ryan definitely would have made All-East if we had him compete, but we felt this was best for preparing him for the NCAA Championship rounds."

Senior Benjamin Beauchamp finished tenth in the hammer throw (56.79m) and 11th in the discus throw (49.24m).

Sophomore Daniel Boardman finished 11th in the long jump with a leap of 6.92 meters. Sophomore Daniel Reichenbach finished with a leap of 13.77 meters in the triple jump.

Next up, athletes who qualify for the NCAA East Regional Championships will compete May 28-30 in Jacksonville, Fla.