Complete Results
The Lehman College men's and women's indoor track and field teams made it a clean sweep Sunday evening at the New Balance Track and Field Center, as both squads used spirited efforts to capture the 2009 CUNYAC Indoor Track and Field Championships. On the women's side, the program won its third championship in the last four seasons, and seventh in school history, and the men's unit captured the conference crown for the second consecutive season, and second overall program crown.
On the women's side, the Lightning were able to capture their seventh conference crown in the past 10 seasons behind the leadership of sophomore standout Lauren Lourick who put forth a tremendous performance on the evening. Lourick won all three jumping events on the night, including the long jump (5.30m), triple jump (11.44m) and high jump (1.52m). Sensation Dorothy Jean-Pierre also picked up a big victory in the women's 1500 meter dash, finishing the event in a time of 5:11.15. Other women's members who competed and helped push the Lightning over the top included Julian Gravesand, Chianne Ashman, Sylvia Churchill, Michaelle Garcon, Janina Browne, Kara Planamento, Jillene Sennon, Shanoy Francis, and Jo-Ann Winter.
As for scoring, Lehman ran away with the championship with 125 points, Medgar Evers placed second with 82 points and CCNY finished third with 25. Hunter and York Colleges both participated but did not record team points.
On the men's side, Lehman was led by Pete Charles who was named the Most Valuable Performer as he earned 24 points for his team. The standout won the triple jump event with a leap of 14.41 meters, and he also took first place in the long jump competition with a jump of 6.59 meters. The deciding event of the night, the shot put competition, was also the final event of the evening, as Jase Franklyn, who has had an outstanding season for his unit, solidified the championship for his unit by finishing second in the event with a throw of 13.42 meters. Other men who combined to help the Lightning win another title included Andre Gouldbourne, Andre Clark, David Mathews, Joseph Bodden, Eduardo Fanith, Shane King, Patrick Thompson, Oscar Kamalu, Irfan Anwar, RiShawn Marshall, Richard James, Shadel James, Andrae Raymond, Johan Lopez, and Matthew De Tiberiis.
The Lehman men scored 118 team points, edging Hunter College, who scored 114. CCNY finished third with 99 points and Medgar Evers placed fourth with 37 team points. City Tech and York College both participated, but did not record team points.
Following the victories, Lehman College Head Coach Lesleigh Hogg expressed how proud he was of his teams.
“On the women's side, Jillene Sennon, Dorothy Jean-Pierre, and Lauren Lourick picked up key victories for us, Hogg said. “We were a young team this year and I'm proud of the way they were focused and competed. The men were great as well and it came down to the shot put, which was the final event of the evening, where Jase picked up his second medal and pushed us to victory. Pete also came up big for us in the triple jump event and I couldn't be more proud of him. It was a team effort and I am really proud of all of our competitors on both sides tonight. Now with ECAC's coming up, we'll be sending six and we'll see what happens.”
