Black Knights Set Season Bests at Penn State

Saturday, January 28

University Park, PA

12 PM

Army West Point

Penn State National Invitational

Black Knights Set Season Bests at Penn State

January 28, 2017 | Men's Track and Field

Results

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's track and field team completed second day of competition at the Penn State National Invitational on Saturday.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Track Events

Bradley Gibson finished 10th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.95 seconds, while Jose Santana posted a season best 48.22 seconds, finishing third in the 400-meter dash invitational race.
In the 500 meters, Jonathan Keating competed in the open race finishing 12th with a time of 1:06.82. Tyrell Maddox competed in the 500-meter dash invitational race and finished fifth with a time of 1:05.00.
Ben Boswell placed sixth in the 800-meter run clocking a time of 1:54.66.
Keagan Smith brought home gold in the mile with a time of 4:12.46. He was joined by fellow classmate Roman Ollar who finished third with a time of 4:14.50.
Kevin Dyer just missed the podium in the 200-meter dash placing fourth with a time of 22.00.
It was a close race in the 3000-meter run with Jacob Fong placing fifth with a time of 8:27.53 and Robbie Santoyo placing sixth with a time of 8:27.67.
Senior captain Trevor Touchton set a season-best in the 1000-meter run with a time of 2:25.20.
The last meet for the Black Knights' was the 4x400m relay setting a new season-best time of 3:15.55 with the team of Jose Santana, Tyler Davis, Bradley Gibson and Tyrell Maddox.

Field Events

In the high jump sophomore Jeff Giannettino reached a height of 2.07 meters placing him fourth.
Dawson Hillis placed eighth in the shot put with a toss of 16.09 meters, a season-best.

Coaches Comments

Mike Smith - Director of Track and Field/Cross Country "We put together some strong performances this weekend. At this point in the season either you are ready or you are not and our guys showed that they are ready for the championship meets that are coming. We had personal bests, season bests, league leading marks, and several top ten all time army performances. Touchton moved up into the top ten all time in the 1000-meter run, Nick Beavers was better in the hurdles, Fong ran strong in the 3000-meter run, and Santana was really good in the 400-meter dash and 4x400 meter relay. But the reality is, Jose is good every weekend. He is one of our best competitors and has been for years. It's easy to take his performances for granted because he has been so good and so consistent that we just expect him to get the job done. We are witnessing one of the most versatile careers in program history. He is number two all time in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash, third in the 400-meter dash and is a part of several of our best 4x400 meter relays. We also had some very good marks from our freshmen. They are quickly figuring things our and moving up high on the conference lists. The guys are coming together at the right time."

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