Mundekis Breaks School Record at Twilight Meet

Thursday, May 11

West Point, N.Y.

4 PM

Army West Point

2017 West Point Twilight

Mundekis Breaks School Record at Twilight Meet

May 11, 2017 | Women's Track and Field

WEST POINT, NY. – The Army West Point women's track and field team posted multiple NCAA qualifying times in the first annual West Point Twilight meet on Thursday night at Shea Stadium.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
TRACK EVENTS

Cassie Mundekis kicked things off in the 800-meter run clocking a school record time of 2:08.66. The record run broke the previous mark that was a 33-year old mark.
In the 100-meter dash, Abby Vorhaus and Maddie Schneider made their track debut clocking 13.29 seconds and 14.06 seconds, respectfully.
Abby Halbrook finished the 1500-meter run fourth with a time of 4:24.01.

FIELD EVENTS

Tya'tianna Johnson captured gold in the long jump with a leap of 5.18 meters. Johnson was joined by Yasheika Beckaroo (5.13m) in second, Whidney Desormo (5.09m) in third, Ashley Pegues (4.89m) in fourth and Deb Majkowski (4.82m) in fifth.
In the shot put, Briyah Brown placed second with a toss of 14.33 meters. Carrie Schultz took fourth with a distance of 13.14 meters.
Maddie Schneider stood atop the podium in the pole vault clearing a mark of 3.56 meters.
Army adds another gold in the hammer throw with Kamryn Brinson throwing a distance of 54.78 meters. Rebecca Cousens came in second with a distance of 52.13 meters.
Johnson continued her success in the triple jump with a leap of 11.20 meters.
Abby Vorhaus took second in the javelin throw with a distance of 28.08 meters.
The final field event of the day featured a first-place finish from Lauren Schultz in the discus with a throw of 39.56 meters. Carrie Wasdyke followed up in second with a time of 38.99 meters.

COACHES CORNER
"A year ago about this time we held an evening practice at Shea and I noticed how perfect the conditions were. No wind, nice temperature, beautiful setting, and the idea was hatched to host a May twilight meet here at West Point. Tonight, was the culmination of that idea and it was great. Realistically we knew that we would only have smattering of entries so we prioritized the 1500 and the 800 meter races and they were fantastic. The goal was to help our people run fast and that is exactly what happened."

"Cassie Mundekis started things off with a school record in the 800-meter run. She now holds the indoor school record and the outdoor school record. She was tremendous. We have set 11 school records this year. That equals the total from last year as the single most productive year for school records in the history of our combined men's and women's programs."

UP NEXT:
The Black Knights travel to Centerville, Mass for the ECAC Championships this weekend.

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