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Perry Addey and Ashley Struck
Photo by: Don Paul

Struck Sets New School Record For Second Consecutive Weekend As Lehigh Concludes The Virginia Challenge and Coach Pollard Invitational

4/20/2024 8:37:00 PM | Men's Track and Field, Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

VIRGINIA CHALLENGE
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - For the second consecutive weekend, Ashley Struck set the 200m school record as the Lehigh track and field team competed at the Virginia Challenge.
 
SPRINTS/HURDLES
Struck's new 200m school record of 24.15 was good for ninth place. In the 400m, Struck took 14th with a time of 55.71. In the 110H, Dan Stipanov earned a PR with a 14th place finish of 14.77. 
 
MID-DISTANCE/DISTANCE
In the 3000m steeple, Lindsay MacLellan took sixth place with a second all-time mark of 10:25.20. Abby Klebe placed 16th in the 800m with 2:08.60. Christina Yakaboski placed 16th in the 1500m, crossing the finish line in 4:33.17. 
 
In the men's 1500m, Aidan Lynch picked up a season-best 3:52.45, good for 37th place. Alex Heidemann had a huge PR in the 800, claiming third place with 1:50.46.
 
JUMPS
After securing the school record last weekend, Casey Talamini-Kelemen took 20th in the triple jump with a distance of 11.42m. 
 
THROWS
In the men's discus, Liam Lovering claimed 20th with a 44.81m throw. Wil Jaques was Lehigh's top finisher in the javelin, taking 11th with 59.48m. Achilles Mouzakis placed 22nd in the hammer throw with a mark of 53.82m.
 
COACH POLLARD INVITATIONAL
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - Part of the Lehigh track and field team spent its weekend close to home competing at the Coach Pollard Invitational hosted by Moravian University.
 
THROWS
The throwing events kicked off competition on Friday with the hammer throw. Two Mountain Hawks recorded PRs in Sam Maloof (42.76m) and Sharan Shankar (46.08m), with Shankar's mark landing in a team-high seventh place. First-year Avery Dowkus claimed second place on the women's side with a 43.42m. 
 
Dowkus went on to win the shot put with a ninth place all-time mark of 12.52m. Karina Roze was Lehigh's top finisher in the discus, taking fourth with 36.67m. 
 
JUMPS
Randi Conroy was Lehigh's top-finisher in the pole vault, landing in second place with 3.50m. Lena Perlmutter earned fourth with a PR of 3.35m. 
 
DISTANCE
Max Leffler won the 3000m steeple, crossing the finish line in 9:43.48. On the women's side, Maddison Hayes took second in the 3000m steeple with 11:14.48. Derek Coceano earned his first collegiate win in the 5K with a winning time of 15:44.73. 
 
In the 1500m, Thomas Arnold claimed second place with his time of 4:00.52, while Andrine Larsen also took second on the women's side with 4:48.09. Carly Griffin picked up a PR in the 800m with an eighth place finish at 2:24.70. 
 
SPRINTS/HURDLES
In the 100m, Gianna Mangilli recorded a PR and fifth all-time mark of 12.17. Perry Addey won the 400m with a PR of 55.11, while Aiden DiBuono also recorded a PR (57.03) which was good for sixth place. Mangilli earned her second PR of the weekend in the 200m, placing eighth with 25.58.
 
Select Lehigh athletes compete in the prestigious Penn Relays from Thursday to Saturday, while the rest of the squad stays home as the Mountain Hawks host the Covert Classic on Friday and Saturday.
 
 

 

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