Lehigh Wins Three Events as Reigle Sets the Facility Record in the Pole Vault at the Monmouth Spring Opener

Friday, March 24

West Long Branch, N.J.

Lehigh University

Monmouth Spring Opener

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Lehigh Wins Three Events as Reigle Sets the Facility Record in the Pole Vault at the Monmouth Spring Opener

3/26/2023 10:34:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Monmouth Spring Opener Results

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. — The Lehigh women's track and field team wrapped up the weekend by winning three events at the Monmouth Spring Opener, hosted by Monmouth at Kessler Stadium.

Jumps
Sophomore Casey Talamini-Kelemen took home first place in the triple jump with a mark of 11.64 meters while junior Nina Cialone and senior Rachel Sequeira finished third and fourth respectively.

First-year Laura Reigle earned a first-place finish in the pole vault and set the facility record with her mark of 3.65 meters. Reigle's mark was good enough for fourth all-time. Sophomore Randi Conroy tied for fifth in the pole vault by clearing a height of 3.35 meters.

Lehigh had eight compete in the long jump with six Mountain Hawks finishing third through eighth. Sophomore Lillian Mauger reached a mark of 5.53 meters for a new personal best for third place while Talamini-Kelemen placed fourth with a jump of 5.46 meters and first-year Grace Nation finished fifth with a leap of 5.43 meters. Both sophomore Lauren Roy and Cialone both set personal bests and finished seventh and eighth respectively.

In the high jump, first-year Melanie LaCorte and junior Kerry Perna both tied for fourth by clearing a height of 1.60 meters, which ties a personal best for LaCorte.

Sprints
The "A' squad of senior Anna Murphy, junior Ashley Struck and first-years Grace Kennedy and Gianna Mangili claimed a first-place finish in the 4x400-meter relay, finishing in 3:58.31 while the "B" team of Lauryn Heskin, Amber Barrios, Simone Davey and Abby Klebe finished fourth in a time of 4:08.40.

In the 4x100-meter relay, Mangili, sophomores Stephanie Webb and Shelby Dejana and senior Ashley Griesmeyer completed the race in 48.03 seconds, which landed them a second-place finish.

Barrios earned a third-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles after crossing the finish line in a PR time of 1:05.93 and sophomore Lauren Roy ran a 1:13.38 for 11th.

Struck and Mangili each finished in the top 10 in the 100-meter relay with Struck placing sixth in a time of 12.19 seconds which is fourth all-time while Mangili ran a time of 12.37 seconds for ninth place.

In the 100-meter hurdles, seniors Chae Eun Kim and Elke Knecht both earned top-10 finishes. Kim ran a 14.76 for fifth place while Knecht finished ninth in a time of 15.22 seconds.

Struck then placed fourth in the 200-meter dash in 24.88 seconds for a personal best and third all-time while Webb ran a 25.56 for 12th and sophomore Lillian Mauger finished 15th in a time of 25.88.

In the 400-meter race, Kennedy ran a time of 58.47 seconds for seventh place while Klebe finished in eighth with a time of 59.38.

Mid-Distance
Heskin recorded a third-place finish after completing the 800-meter run in a personal best time of 2:18.60 while senior Annalise Davis ran a 3:20.16 which was good enough for fifth place. Junior Grace Kolbe finished third in the 3,000-meter steeple chase with a PR time of 11:45.49.

Six Mountain Hawks ran in the 1,500-meter race, with junior Abigail Tenreiro finishing ninth with a PR time of 4:50.77 while junior Andrine Larsen completed the race in 4:52.10 for 12th place. Junior Lindsay MacLellan ran a personal best of 4:56.81 for a 19th-place finish.

Throws
Sophomore Grace Aggen earned a second-place finish and is now 10th all-time for hitting a mark of 41.26 meters. Senior Emma Harrington turned in a distance of 38.63 meters which was good for eighth place.

Junior Karina Roze recorded a personal best with a mark of 40.48 meters in the hammer throw which earned 13th place while Harrington hit a mark of 38.99 meters for a 16th-place finish.

Junior Brooke Acoveno turned in a mark of 28.11 meters in the javelin, which had her finish 17th while sophomore Chelsi Chevannes recorded a personal best in the shot put with a mark of 10.87 meters.

The Mountain Hawks will prepare for the Lafayette Dual, which will be hosted by the Leopards at the Metzgar Fields Athletic Complex on Saturday, April 1.