Duffie, teammates break 45-year-old school record at IC4A/ECAC Championship
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The Lehigh men's and women's track and field teams wrapped up competition on Sunday, May 15 at the IC4A/ECAC Championship, hosted by William and Mary.
The Mountain Hawks had a solid weekend in Williamsburg, Va. with sophomore Christina Yakaboski winning the 5k and both the men's and women's 4x800 relay teams winning their races. The Mountain Hawks finished the weekend with six individuals and four relay teams earning All-East honors by finishing in the top eight.
Senior Kyle Burke and juniors Jacob Martinez, Brandtson Duffie and Kerem Ayhan have had their eyes on the 4x800 school record all season. On Sunday, the four Mountain Hawks finally broke the 45-year-old school record, winning the race with a time of 7:26.80.
"We knew we had the guys sort of in the stable to do it but it took the right day and the right time and they did it quite easily," head coach Matt Utesch said. "As a matter of fact, I think one of the guys said that when Kyle got the baton all he had to do was run a 1:58 and they still would have broken the record so everybody did their part on that and that was a really awesome effort. Kudos to the guys that set that record 45 years ago too. That's an awesome, iconic record for us to break."
In February, Duffie was part of a distance medley relay team that broke a 38-year-old school record (9:57.69).
Duffie, an Earth and Environmental Science major from Wilmington, won a 2019 OHSAA State Track and Field Championship in the 800m run as a senior at Fairfield.
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The Mountain Hawks had a solid weekend in Williamsburg, Va. with sophomore Christina Yakaboski winning the 5k and both the men's and women's 4x800 relay teams winning their races. The Mountain Hawks finished the weekend with six individuals and four relay teams earning All-East honors by finishing in the top eight.
Senior Kyle Burke and juniors Jacob Martinez, Brandtson Duffie and Kerem Ayhan have had their eyes on the 4x800 school record all season. On Sunday, the four Mountain Hawks finally broke the 45-year-old school record, winning the race with a time of 7:26.80.
"We knew we had the guys sort of in the stable to do it but it took the right day and the right time and they did it quite easily," head coach Matt Utesch said. "As a matter of fact, I think one of the guys said that when Kyle got the baton all he had to do was run a 1:58 and they still would have broken the record so everybody did their part on that and that was a really awesome effort. Kudos to the guys that set that record 45 years ago too. That's an awesome, iconic record for us to break."
In February, Duffie was part of a distance medley relay team that broke a 38-year-old school record (9:57.69).
Duffie, an Earth and Environmental Science major from Wilmington, won a 2019 OHSAA State Track and Field Championship in the 800m run as a senior at Fairfield.
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