Friday, December 1
Bethlehem, Pa.
Lehigh University
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Mountain Hawk Opener
Stipanov Claims Fifth All-Time in 60m Hurdles as Men’s Track and Field Program Starts Strong on Opening Weekend
12/2/2023 8:00:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Senior Daniel Stipanov climbed to fifth all-time in the 60m hurdles as the Lehigh track and field program opened the 2023-34 indoor season in the Mountain Hawk Opener this weekend.
"We did a pretty good job of shaking the rust off," said head coach Khayla Atte. "We are getting back into the groove of competing and learning the importance of intentionality at practice in order for the performance to match.
"My main takeaway today is what I did tell the team in our meeting on Thursday, is that I want you to do your best in putting yourself in the position to compete. I don't want to hear about the numbers, distance, time - you need to learn how to compete because that's how you learn how to win. Winning is a habit and it only happens by knowing how to compete in many different circumstances and making the adjustments and I think they did very well with that."
SPRINTS/HURDLES
Stipanov claimed first place and landed fifth all-time with 8.24 in the 60m hurdles. First-year Nathan Oliphant finished fourth (8.65), first-year Perry Addey earned sixth (8.85) while junior Gideon Coprivnicar landed in eighth (8.21).
In the 400, junior Patrez Thomas won first place with 50.76. In his collegiate debut, first-year Logan Haverkamp ran 51.80 which was good for third. Junior Jack Murphy finished in 10th with 54.55.
Three Mountain Hawks earned top-10 finishes in the 200, with Thomas claiming first with 22.86. First-year Eddie Moore landed in fifth with 23.46 and classmate Perry Addey ran 23.88 for ninth place.
MID-DISTANCE
Lehigh placed second in the 4x400 with Haverkamp, Addey, Aiden DiBuono and Thomas clocking 3:31.96.
POLE VAULT
The multi-talented Coprivnicar earned his first collegiate win in the pole vault on Friday night with 4.40m. In fourth and fifth sat Eli Johnson and Jack Murphy with 4.10m and 3.95m, respectively. First-year Andrew Clark claimed ninth with 3.35m.
JUMPS
Junior Skyler Mott won high jump with 2.02m, while senior Eli Aaronson took third with 1.82m. Clark placed sixth with 1.62m.
In the triple jump, Mott landed in second with 13.59m and junior Jordan Layos nabbed sixth with 12.76m.
Sophomore Daniel Givens jumped 6.13m in the long jump, good for sixth place. Layos' distance of 5.73m put him in 12th.
THROWS
Junior Liam Lovering opened the indoor season with second place in the weight throw (15.11m). Classmate Ethan McHugh threw 14.22m for a PR and fourth place.
The Mountain Hawks claimed slots two through five in the shot put with Lovering (15.97m), senior Alex Clevenger (15.15m), and PRs from sophomores Wil Jaques (14.74m) and Joe Nowakowski (14.69m). McHugh took ninth place with 13.04m.
The Mountain Hawks round out the calendar year with Fast Times Before Finals, Dec. 9-10 at Rauch Fieldhouse.
"We did a pretty good job of shaking the rust off," said head coach Khayla Atte. "We are getting back into the groove of competing and learning the importance of intentionality at practice in order for the performance to match.
"My main takeaway today is what I did tell the team in our meeting on Thursday, is that I want you to do your best in putting yourself in the position to compete. I don't want to hear about the numbers, distance, time - you need to learn how to compete because that's how you learn how to win. Winning is a habit and it only happens by knowing how to compete in many different circumstances and making the adjustments and I think they did very well with that."
SPRINTS/HURDLES
Stipanov claimed first place and landed fifth all-time with 8.24 in the 60m hurdles. First-year Nathan Oliphant finished fourth (8.65), first-year Perry Addey earned sixth (8.85) while junior Gideon Coprivnicar landed in eighth (8.21).
In the 400, junior Patrez Thomas won first place with 50.76. In his collegiate debut, first-year Logan Haverkamp ran 51.80 which was good for third. Junior Jack Murphy finished in 10th with 54.55.
Three Mountain Hawks earned top-10 finishes in the 200, with Thomas claiming first with 22.86. First-year Eddie Moore landed in fifth with 23.46 and classmate Perry Addey ran 23.88 for ninth place.
MID-DISTANCE
Lehigh placed second in the 4x400 with Haverkamp, Addey, Aiden DiBuono and Thomas clocking 3:31.96.
POLE VAULT
The multi-talented Coprivnicar earned his first collegiate win in the pole vault on Friday night with 4.40m. In fourth and fifth sat Eli Johnson and Jack Murphy with 4.10m and 3.95m, respectively. First-year Andrew Clark claimed ninth with 3.35m.
JUMPS
Junior Skyler Mott won high jump with 2.02m, while senior Eli Aaronson took third with 1.82m. Clark placed sixth with 1.62m.
In the triple jump, Mott landed in second with 13.59m and junior Jordan Layos nabbed sixth with 12.76m.
Sophomore Daniel Givens jumped 6.13m in the long jump, good for sixth place. Layos' distance of 5.73m put him in 12th.
THROWS
Junior Liam Lovering opened the indoor season with second place in the weight throw (15.11m). Classmate Ethan McHugh threw 14.22m for a PR and fourth place.
The Mountain Hawks claimed slots two through five in the shot put with Lovering (15.97m), senior Alex Clevenger (15.15m), and PRs from sophomores Wil Jaques (14.74m) and Joe Nowakowski (14.69m). McHugh took ninth place with 13.04m.
The Mountain Hawks round out the calendar year with Fast Times Before Finals, Dec. 9-10 at Rauch Fieldhouse.
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