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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Lehigh men’s track and field team will compete in a six-team scoring meet Saturday with events slated to begin at 11 a.m. The Mountain Hawks will compete against host Army, Monmouth, Rider, Columbia and Williams. It will be Lehigh’s third meet of the season but will be the Mountain Hawks’ first scoring event as Lehigh returns to action for the first time in over a month.

Lehigh hosted the Season Opener and Fast Times on December 2nd and then Fast Times Before Finals on December 9th. At the Season Opener, Lehigh had four first-place finishes as senior Stephen Tutunjian won the triple jump with an ECAC qualifying distance of 14.56m and placed first in the long jump with a distance of 6.88m. Sophomore Patrick Ciez won the high jump with an ECAC qualifying distance of 2.04m.

A week later, Ciez again won the high jump with another ECAC qualifying distance of 2.05m. And again for the second week in a row, Tutunjian won the triple jump and long jump. He won the triple jump with a distance of 6.87 while his 14.73m triple jump distance was an ECAC qualifying distance for the second week in a row.

Also in the meet, freshman Gregory Caldwell won his first collegiate race as he finished first in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:59.17.

For their efforts, Tutunjian was named the Patriot League Male Athlete of the Week while Caldwell was honored with the Patriot League Male Rookie of the Week.

After Saturday, Lehigh will return home to Rauch Fieldhouse to host the Mountain Hawk Multi Invite on January 20th.

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