Cadets Finish Second at Patriots

Sunday, February 19

Center Valley, PA

Army West Point

Patriot League Indoor Championships

Cadets Finish Second at Patriots

February 19, 2017 | Men's Track and Field

Results

BOSTON, Mass. – The Army West Point men's track and field team placed second at the Patriot League Indoor Championships on Sunday after accumulating 168.66 points.

Over the course of the weekend, Army accumulated five gold medals, eight slivers and one bronze.

Navy took home the title with a score of 187 points, followed by the Black Knights (168.66), Boston U. (132) and Bucknell (130), who closed out the top-four teams

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

TRACK EVENTS:

The day kicked off with the men's mile, where senior captain Trevor Touchton captured first place with a time of 4:06.76. He was followed closely by Keagan Smith who placed second with a time of 4:06.97.
In the men's 60-meter hurdles Nick Beavers earned second after clocking a time of 8.15 seconds.
Army then took first, third and fourth in the 60-meter dash. Ben Sims captured the gold with a time of 6.80 seconds and was joined by Kevin Dyer (6.89 seconds) and Tyler Davis (6.91 seconds).
Senior captain Jose Santana was atop the podium in the 400-meter dash, clocking a time of 47.83 seconds.
In the 500-meter dash first-year standout Tyrell Maddox placed second with a time of 1:02.61.
In the 800 meters, Touchton captured a second-place nod with a time of 1:53.34. He was joined by Nick Causey who placed fifth with a time of 1:54.96.
Ben Boswell picked up the sixth spot (2:28.22) and Mikey Singer finished seventh (2:30.33) in the 1000-meter run.
Dyer continued his success in the 200-meter dash notching a fourth-place finish with a time of 21.59 seconds. Davis and Santana joined him after earning sixth and eighth place with times of 21.66 and 22.78 seconds, respectively.
First-year Robbie Santoyo crossed in fourth place in the 3000-meter run after clocking a time of 8:20.08.
The distance relay team of Touchton, Causey, Andre Vaughn and Roman Ollar finished second with a time of 10:00.04.
The final track event of the day featured the 4x400 meter relay team of Davis, Bradley Gibson, Sims and Maddox. The foursome clocked a time of 3:15.43.

FIELD EVENTS:

Junior Lee Bares stood atop the podium in the pole vault reaching a height of 16 feet (5.00 meters). Charlie Barron joined Bares in eighth place, after reaching 14.76 feet (4.50 meters).
In the men's shot put it was Dawson Hillis who placed sixth with a toss of 52.03 feet (15.86 meters). Garrett Kohnke also placed in the top ten with his throw of 51.37 feet (15.66 meters).
The last field event was the triple jump where Sims placed fourth with a leap of 47.73 feet (14.55 meters). Bradley Gibson notched the 11th spot with a distance of 46.06 feet (14.04 meters).

DIRECTOR OF TRACK AND FIELD/ CROSS COUNTRY MIKE SMITH'S COMMENTS:
"We came up a little bit short of our goal today. But, the reality is that the people we brought scored points, just not enough. That happens sometimes when a team is young. We needed more wins and fewer sixth-, seventh- and eighth-place finishes. The guys understand that and we have the talent to improve when we head outdoors.

"Having said that, we did have some great moments. We opened the scoring with a one, two sweep in the mile from Touchton and Smith. Touchton's performance was expected but, Smith is just a plebe so his outing was remarkable really. I don't know many first-years that have run the mile at the academy as well as him. Sims was also special today. He was the favorite in the 60 meters and that may be a difficult spot to be in, but he ran his race and won handily. Then he came back and did a nice job in the triple jump. I thought Moddox was pretty special today as well. His 500-meter time is number two all-time at Army. This is a significant accomplishment, but for him to do it as a plebe is outstanding.

"Bares won the pole vault easily and we have come to expect that, but it is never easy to win so he should be commended for that. We competed really well, we had people step up, we met the challenges and the guys never gave up. In the end, we just did not have enough big point scorers. We are ahead of schedule. I really thought it would take another year for us to be in the hunt for a championship, but we are there now and we have to embrace the challenge and get back to work. There can be no let up."

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