Men's T&F Excels in Season Opener

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Men's T&F Excels in Season Opener

December 02, 2017 | Men's Track and Field

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point men's track and field team completed its season opener on Saturday in Gillis Field House.

Results

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Track Events

Randy Hahn represented Army in the one mile run, taking second and clocking in a time of 4:42.55.
The Black Knights took two of the top three spots in the 400-meter dash, with Patrick Bowen (50.88 seconds) coming in first and Jackson Hohlt (51.78) taking third.
Army dominated the men's 800 meter run, taking the top four spots. Mark Baker led the pack with a time of 1:54.69. Tyrell Maddox (1:56.52) took second, while Alex Combs (1:56.7) took third, with Christian Wright (2:00.64) in fourth.
In the 1000 meters, Jackson Sullivan led with a time of 2:31.27. Army continued to take the next three spots. Jeffrey Price (2:33.35) took second, Boris Zeissig III placed third with a time of 2:37.36, while Brian Lujan placed fourth, clocking a time of 2:37.98.
Army took three of the top four spots in the 200-meter dash. Kedrin Jefferson Jr. clocked in a time of 22.03 second which was good for second place. Andre Vaughn followed in third with a time of 22.44, and Ben Sims in fourth, recording a time of 22:51.
In the 3000-meter run, the Black Knights secured four of the top five spots. Daniel Horoho (8:47.23) took second, Luca Mazzanti (8:50.37) claimed third, Collin Hahn (8:54.7) took fourth and Griffin Hokanson (9:11.56) closed out the top five.
The Black Knight foursome of Tyler Davis, Andrew Bullen, Bradley Gibson, and Tyrell Maddox took first place in the men's 4x400 relay with a time of 3:19.68.

Field Events

The men's weight throw featured a second and third place finish by Dawson Hillis and Michael Renard. Hillis threw for a distance of 16m with Renard throwing 15.07m.
Army dominated in shot put, taking the top five spots. In first was Hillis (16.42m), followed by Renard (15.83m), Grant Alter (15.33m), Jonathan Crawford (13.71m) and Ethan Aus (12.61m).
Lee Bares and Joe Popek represented Army in pole vault, taking first and second respectively. Bares cleared a final height of 5.01m, while Popek finished at 4.51m.
Jeff Giannettino took first in men's high jump, clearing a height of 2.10 m. Bernard Jenkins took third, clearing 1.95 meters.
The Black Knights took the top four spots in the long jump. Drew Bullen led with a distance of 6.82m. Kevin Kurth (6.61m) took second, Tyrese Bender (6.42) placed third, and Josh Heiman (6.15m) claimed fourth.
Bradley Gibson took first in the men's triple jump, landing a distance of 13.82m. Bender was close behind placing third with a distance of 13.8m.

UP NEXT
The Black Knights take a break through the holiday season and return to action Jan. 5 at the Wagner Invitational in Staten Island, N.Y.

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