Feb. 1, 2009
Lafayette-Lehigh Dual Meet Results 
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Lafayette men's and women's track team posted 12 first place finishes but fell second to Lehigh in the overall standings at the annual Lafayette-Lehigh Dual Meet on Saturday. It was the first time in three years the Mountain Hawks bested the Leopards.
Jessica Buzzell and Sean Casey were named Lafayette's Outstanding Performers of the Meet. Buzzell paced Lafayette with three first place finishes, which included two in jumps. After posting the best jump in the league last week in the long jump, she bested her own production with a jump of 18'08" - less than two inches off her school record.
She also captured the high jump with a personal best 5'05" and the 60 meter hurdles (9.10).
Kerriann Borke also performed well in the jumps with a 36-02 posting in the triple jump. Vicky Melroy earned first place in the shot put with a personal-best throw of 39-10 ½.
Margaret Bruno-Metzger ran away with the competition for the second week in a row in the mile with a time of 5:14.98.
The men's runners proved to be Lafayette's strongest finishers. Both the 4x400 meter and 4x800 meter relay teams edged Lehigh.
Nick DeRosa, Adam Ballester, Sean Casey and Bradley Williams ran a time of 3:26.88 in the 4x400. Mike McCulloch, Matt Piazza, Chris Pregler, and Rob Blum ran the 4x800 in 8:26.70.
Casey performed at a personal best to finish first in the 500m dash (1:06.66) while Ballester added another top finish in the 200m dash (22.86, personal best). Pregler (1:59.49) and Piazza (1:59.88) earned first and second place, respectively, in the 800m run.
Freshman Michael Thompson posted a personal best in the pole vault (14'5"1/4) to take first place.
Next up, the Leopards compete at the New Balance Invitational in New York on Friday.
