Lehigh Women Set Dual Meet Record in Win over Lafayette

Saturday, January 20

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Lehigh Women Set Dual Meet Record in Win over Lafayette

1/20/2018 10:12:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh women's track and field team turned in a dominating 119-61 win over rival Lafayette on Saturday at Rauch Fieldhouse, setting a program record for the most points ever scored in the annual indoor dual against the Leopards. The Mountain Hawks won 14 of the meet's 17 events, and swept the top two spots to get the maximum eight points in 10 events, including all six field events. After breaking the school pole vault record last weekend, junior 21865

Kaitlyn Toman smashed the record by eight centimeters on Saturday, clearing 3.75 meters en route to being named Lehigh's Field Athlete of the Meet. Senior Liyala Dickens captured wins in the 60m and 200m dashes and was named the Track Athlete of the Meet. The win marked Lehigh 10th win in a row over Lafayette on the indoor track.

Toman's new record gave her first place in the pole vault and tightens her hold on the top vault in the Patriot League this season. Freshman Madisyn Hawkins cleared 3.60m to take second. In the high jump, Tyler Bannister took home top honors at 1.65m, followed by Olivia Reinold (1.60m). In the long jump, freshman Brett DeWeese picked up her first collegiate win at 5.40m, with Cate Shippee taking runner-up by leaping 5.10m. Shippee took it one step further in the triple jump by winning the event in PR fashion at 10.76m. Armani Comick took home second place in the triple jump by leaping 10.38m.

In the throws, senior Amanda Youngblood threw 13.24 meters for a victory in the shot put, followed by freshman Brittany Curtin at 12.22m. The two traded places in the weight throw, with Curtin earning the victory at 16.54m, and Youngblood finishing runner-up (16.35m).

Over on the track, Dickens broke the tape in both the 60m dash in 8.05 seconds and the 200m in 26.73. Freshman Claudia Piron took runner-up in both events, setting PRs of 8.12 and 26.75, respectively. Sophomore Brooke Schaeffer topped the field of the 500m in 1:16.07 to set a PR and hit an ECAC qualifying time. Junior Clare Severe (2:55.07) won the 1,000m and Hannah Bonaguidi (PR-2:56.60) took second, both hitting ECAC qualifying times. Sophomore Ashleigh Crawford ran the mile and took first place with a PR of 5:04.70, and LU swept the 60m hurdles behind Madison Harding (9.12) and Mariah Kozub (9.20). The Brown and White also earned runner-up finishes on the track from Mary Casey in the 800m and Susie Poore in the 3K.

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Lehigh finished the meet off by capturing team titles in both the 4x400 and 4x800 relays. Noreen Byrne, Kristen Lavallee, Schaeffer and Hanna Brosky combined for a 4:00.47 time in the 4x4, and Mary Casey, Sophie Antonioli, Laura Barnes and Severe won the 4x8 in 9:39.44.

Next up, Lehigh will host its final home meet of the season next Saturday with the 26th annual John Covert Classic at Rauch Fieldhouse. LU is also scheduled to send athletes to the Dr. Sander Invitational at The Armory in NYC, as well as the Villanova Open on Staten Island. Check back to Lehighsports.com for scheduling updates.

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