Mountain Hawks Win 17th Straight Against Lafayette in Commanding Fashion

Saturday, January 31

Bethlehem, Pa.

Lehigh University

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Lafayette College

Photo by: Don Paul

Mountain Hawks Win 17th Straight Against Lafayette in Commanding Fashion

1/31/2026 11:23:00 PM | Women's Track and Field

Results

BETHLEHEM, Pa.- Lehigh women's track faced off against Lafayette on Saturday at Rauch Fieldhouse. The Mountain Hawks defeated the Leopards 120-61 to earn their 17th straight win in The Rivalry, presented by Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute, part of Jefferson Health. Lehigh won 16 of 17 events en route to victory.

The meet got started in the field, where Lehigh took the top two spots in every jumping event. Laura Reigle won the pole vault. The senior cleared 4.05 meters, ranking her 69th in the NCAA. Senior Corinn Brewer took second, jumping 3.75 meters. Brewer was the runner up in the long jump as well, leaping 5.34 meters. It was senior Grace Nation who won the event, clearing 5.49 meters. Nation also placed second in the triple jump, landing at 10.69 meters. Graduate student Casey Talamini-Kelemen soared 11.66 meters to take the win. Sophomore Anna Troutman won the high jump, clearing the 1.71-meter bar. This was a new high for her, and gave her sole possession of the third place spot on Lehigh's all-time indoor performance list.

"The thing about Anna Troutman is that she's a multi," said head coach Khayla Atte. "She's a great competitor, very coachable, and a really great teammate. She did really well."

Senior Melanie LaCorte came second, jumping 1.56 meters.

Grace Aggen was the leading thrower in both events. She first placed fourth in the weight throw, landing at 13.29 meters. She followed that up by winning the shot put, launching the shot 14.04 meters.

Lehigh was in full control of the sprinting events, securing either the top two or top three spots. First-years Harper Glennon and Maggie Scalzo represented in the 60 meter dash. Glennon won in 7.76, with Scalzo right behind in 7.93. The Mountain Hawks swept the 400, with senior Grace Kennedy leading the charge. She dominated with a 57.19 run, sophomore Adelaide Videon-Perino followed with a personal best run of 59.87 in second, and first-year Sophia Lee closed it out in third (1:01.42). Glennon and Kennedy joined forces with sophomore Jade Sanders to sweep the 200 meter event. Sanders earned the victory, running 25.64. Kennedy took second in 25.91 and Glennon ran 26.10 to finish third. Over hurdles, Scalzo and fellow first-year Lyssi Penn controlled the top of the podium. Penn won the event with a personal record 8.94-second race. She ran her way onto Lehigh's performance list, debuting at the 10th spot.

"It was really nice to see younger athletes stepping up," Atte stated. "They're rising to the occasion."

The distance events included Lehigh runners in each of the top two spots in all three events. Junior Hope Trimmer won the one mile run in 5:04.21, setting a new personal record by one-sixteenth of a second. Just behind her was senior Lucy Afanasewicz in second place, she ran 5:06.62. In the 1000, senior Abby Klebe won handily in 2:49.38. Next behind her was first-year Zoё Louis, who ran her first college 1000 in 2:56.55. Junior Grace Hughes and sophomore Kaitlyn Highduch both broke the ten minute mark for the first time in the 3000 meter race to lead the event. Hughes won in 9:57.44, earning her the ninth spot on Lehigh's indoor performance list. Highduch crossed the line at 9:59.11, her second place time was also a new best.

Senior Amber Barrios narrowly won the 800 meter race. She crossed the line at 2:16.48, winning the race by a quarter of a second.

First-year Kayleigh Jamieson won the 500 meter race, finishing in 1:15.92. Sophomore Lanae Carrington also made the podium in third place, running 1:19.47.

Lehigh dominated both relay events to conclude the meet. Kennedy, Klebe, Jamieson, and Sanders teamed up in the 4x400 relay, finishing 3:55.43 to win by more than 10 seconds. The Mountain Hawks widened the margin of victory to 33 seconds in the 4x800. The team of Afanasewicz, Louis, Elizabeth Ehrhardt, and Mallory Sherrer ran 9:38.18 to win.

Atte stated, "The women did really well by illustrating their depth of performance. It's really important for the women to practice championship pressure and expectations."

The Mountain Hawks compete again next Friday at the Fastrack National Invite.