Cadets Excel at the Joe Donahue Games

Friday, January 20

Boston, MA

12 PM

Army West Point

Joe Donahue Games

Cadets Excel at the Joe Donahue Games

January 20, 2017 | Women's Track and Field

Results

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point women's track and field team captured three gold at the Joe Donahue Games Friday night.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Track Events

Hayley Watson placed fourth in the 500 meter run with a time of 1:17.86.
Yasheika Beckaroo finished fifth in the 60 meter dash with a time of 7.97s.
In the mile run, Cassie Mundekis had a time of 5:02.69.
Andrea Karlen (2:19.43) and Kajol Maheshwari (2:23.74) placed second and fourth, respectfully, in the 800 meter run.
Samantha Coletti captured the gold in the women's 1000 meter run with a time of 2:56.85. She was joined by Kate Sanborn in fifth (3:00.74).
Emily Malone placed eighth in the 200 meter dash with a time of 25.67 seconds.
Abby Halbrook recorded a season high of 9:52.65 in her first place victory in the 3000 meter run. Bethany Nunnery placed second with a time of 9:56.20.
The women captured third in the 4x400 Relay with a time of 4:02.42.

Field Events

Briyah Brown won the first gold of the meet in the shot put with a toss of 14.56 meters.
Cori Lemere cracked the top ten in the long jump reaching 5.07 meters.
Madeleine Schneider got on the podium clearing the 3.45 meters mark in the pole vault.
Kamryn Brinson brought home the gold in the weight throw with a toss of 17.73 meters.

Coaches Comments

Mike Smith - Director of Track and Field/Cross Country "We had some break-throughs tonight and the vast majority of those highlights came from our underclassmen. We had wins in the women's 3000 meter run, the 1000 meter run and the weight throw. All of those women are either freshmen or sophomores. I always look for people to improve. That should happen as the season goes along and fitness improves. So I am not surprised to see better marks at each meet. The impressive thing about our young group is how often they are winning events, finishing in the top three or making the final in events at our meet. We have some really good competitors. We are setting ourselves up nicely for the champion season."

UP NEXT

Army will split next weekend, Jan., 27–28, with half of the team going to the Penn State National Invitational and the other half going to the Ramapo College Indoor Select.

For more information on Army West Point men's track and field, visit GoArmyWestPoint.com and follow @ArmyWP_TrackXC on Twitter.