Saturday, April 1
Allentown, Pa.
10 a.m.
Lehigh University
at
Muhlenberg Spring Invitational
Photo by: Don Paul
Lehigh Grabs Seven Individual Wins at Muhlenberg Spring Invitational
4/1/2017 8:48:00 PM | Men's Track and Field
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh men's track and field team tabbed seven individual wins and five runner-up finishes on Saturday at the Muhlenberg Spring Invitational. Freshmen Jeffrey Kirshenbaum and Oluwajuwon Owolabi, sophomores Emre Soybas and Ryan Givens, seniors Daniel Reichenbach and Christopher Foley, plus the 4x400 meter relay team all grabbed wins for Lehigh at the unscored meet.
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In the sprints, junior Jake Sabatini landed on the podium in third place of the 100m dash at (11.42m) and Tom Troxell (11.72m) finished in the top 10 with an eighth place finish. Soybas sprinted his way across the finish line for the victory in the 200m dash, outpacing the field in 22.50 seconds. Senior James Clements also made the podium in the 400m dash, finishing runner-up out of 33 runners in 50.18 seconds.
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Freshmen David Fletcher and Ryan Paradise both garnered top five finishes in the 800m run where Fletcher was runner-up in 1:58.36, followed by Paradise in fourth at 1:59.11.
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Five Mountain Hawks placed in the top 10 of the 52 racers in the 1500m run, led by Henry Paul (4:04.37), Joe Espinal (4:05.68) and Kyle Berman (4:06.27) in fifth through seventh places, respectively. Kyle Leonard (4:08.10) finished ninth overall and Ryan Grace (4:08.46) took 10th. Over in the 5K, senior Jack Curran (15:29.52) took fourth place and Mitchell Daddario rounded out the top five in 15:31.31.
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The Brown and White placed runner-up in both of the hurdle events on the day with junior Fritz Isaac running 15.69 in the 110m hurdles, and Troxell finishing the 400m hurdles in 56.64 seconds.
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Kirshenbaum took home top honors after winning the 3,000m steeplechase in 9:57.19, running the event for the first time in his collegiate career. In the 4x400 meter relay, Lehigh's 'A' team of Christopher Del Rossi, Clements, Soybas and Espinal turned in a 3:21.98 victory.
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Lehigh had a strong day in the jumps with Givens clearing the bar at 1.96 meters in the high jump to take home gold. He also leapt 6.29 meters in the long jump to take home fourth place. Reichenbach was victorious in the long jump, flying 6.86 meters to take home first place, finishing just one spot ahead of teammate Michael Camera, who finished second (6.47m).
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Owolabi notched his first collegiate win with a new PR in the triple jump, flying 13.49m to capture first place. Juniors Michael Gooding (13.19m) and Taj Blount-Oden (13.13m) also both set new personal-bests to round out the top five overall for Lehigh.
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Over in the throws, Foley threw a distance of 14.84 meters in the shot put for the win, besting the field of 31 competitors. Sophomore Alexander Rodgers (4th/12.83m) and freshman Adam Freesman (12.68m) also had top-five finishes for LU. Senior Kevin Sheldon used a distance of 38.16m to place 12th in the discus, blowing by his former PR by just over two meters.
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Up next for the Mountain Hawks will be the team's annual showdown with rival Lafayette in the two school's annual dual meet next Saturday, April 8 at the Metzgar Fields Sports Complex in Easton, Pa.
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh men's track and field team tabbed seven individual wins and five runner-up finishes on Saturday at the Muhlenberg Spring Invitational. Freshmen Jeffrey Kirshenbaum and Oluwajuwon Owolabi, sophomores Emre Soybas and Ryan Givens, seniors Daniel Reichenbach and Christopher Foley, plus the 4x400 meter relay team all grabbed wins for Lehigh at the unscored meet.
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In the sprints, junior Jake Sabatini landed on the podium in third place of the 100m dash at (11.42m) and Tom Troxell (11.72m) finished in the top 10 with an eighth place finish. Soybas sprinted his way across the finish line for the victory in the 200m dash, outpacing the field in 22.50 seconds. Senior James Clements also made the podium in the 400m dash, finishing runner-up out of 33 runners in 50.18 seconds.
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Freshmen David Fletcher and Ryan Paradise both garnered top five finishes in the 800m run where Fletcher was runner-up in 1:58.36, followed by Paradise in fourth at 1:59.11.
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Five Mountain Hawks placed in the top 10 of the 52 racers in the 1500m run, led by Henry Paul (4:04.37), Joe Espinal (4:05.68) and Kyle Berman (4:06.27) in fifth through seventh places, respectively. Kyle Leonard (4:08.10) finished ninth overall and Ryan Grace (4:08.46) took 10th. Over in the 5K, senior Jack Curran (15:29.52) took fourth place and Mitchell Daddario rounded out the top five in 15:31.31.
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The Brown and White placed runner-up in both of the hurdle events on the day with junior Fritz Isaac running 15.69 in the 110m hurdles, and Troxell finishing the 400m hurdles in 56.64 seconds.
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Kirshenbaum took home top honors after winning the 3,000m steeplechase in 9:57.19, running the event for the first time in his collegiate career. In the 4x400 meter relay, Lehigh's 'A' team of Christopher Del Rossi, Clements, Soybas and Espinal turned in a 3:21.98 victory.
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Lehigh had a strong day in the jumps with Givens clearing the bar at 1.96 meters in the high jump to take home gold. He also leapt 6.29 meters in the long jump to take home fourth place. Reichenbach was victorious in the long jump, flying 6.86 meters to take home first place, finishing just one spot ahead of teammate Michael Camera, who finished second (6.47m).
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Owolabi notched his first collegiate win with a new PR in the triple jump, flying 13.49m to capture first place. Juniors Michael Gooding (13.19m) and Taj Blount-Oden (13.13m) also both set new personal-bests to round out the top five overall for Lehigh.
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Over in the throws, Foley threw a distance of 14.84 meters in the shot put for the win, besting the field of 31 competitors. Sophomore Alexander Rodgers (4th/12.83m) and freshman Adam Freesman (12.68m) also had top-five finishes for LU. Senior Kevin Sheldon used a distance of 38.16m to place 12th in the discus, blowing by his former PR by just over two meters.
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Up next for the Mountain Hawks will be the team's annual showdown with rival Lafayette in the two school's annual dual meet next Saturday, April 8 at the Metzgar Fields Sports Complex in Easton, Pa.
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Follow Lehigh Track and Field on Twitter and Instagram for exclusive content, team updates and more.
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