Army Finishes Second at Penn Challenge

Saturday, March 25

Philadelphia, PA

10 a.m.

Army West Point

Penn Challenge

Army Finishes Second at Penn Challenge

March 25, 2017 | Men's Track and Field

Results

PHILADELPHIA, PA. – The Army West Point men's track and field team finished second at the Penn Challenge after earning 134 points on the day.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
TRACK EVENTS

The Army 4x100 meter relay team of Kevin Dyer, Jose Santana, Ben Sims and Tyler Davis stood atop the podium with a time of 40.70s.
Sims continued his success in the 100-meter dash clocking 10.57s in his first-place finish. He was joined by Andre Vaughn in third with a time of 11.03s.
In the 200-meter dash, Marcus Denham finished third with a time of 22.21s.
Tyrell Maddox (48.22s) finished second in the 400-meter dash and was followed by Santana (48.63s) in third and Denham (49.81s) in fifth.
In the 800-meter run, Nick Causey captured second with a time of 1:52.01. John Monday (1:54.42), Mark Baker (1:56.88) and Ben Boswell (1:57.06) closed out Army's runners in the top-10.
The Cadets went one, two in the 1500 meter run with freshman Keagan Smith (3:48.31) placing first. Senior captain Trevor Touchton raked in second with a time of 3:48.80.
Freshman Alex Tosi placed sixth in the 5000-meter run clocking a time of 15:38.21.
Jackson Hohlt captured fourth in the 400-meter hurdles crossing the finish line with a time of 55.86s.
Senior Jacob Fong championed the 2000-meter steeplechase clocking a time of 5:59.44.

FIELD EVENTS

Jeff Giannettino kicked things off for the field events placing second in the high jump reaching 2.08 meters.
In the pole vault, Lee Bares was a top the podium reaching heights of 5.20 meters.
Davis continued his success for Army in the long jump placing fifth with a leap of 6.50 meters.
Dawson Hillis took third in the shot put with a toss of 15.16 meters. He was joined by Garrett Kohnke in sixth reaching 14.50 meters.
Hillis continued his success in the discus placing sixth with a distance of 47.87 meters.
Wyatt Doughty ranked third in the hammer throw with a toss of 55.53 meters.
In the javelin throw, Michael Gabrielsen secured second with a throw of 57.07 meters.

COACHES COMMENTS:
"We got lucky with the weather today and we accomplished what we need to accomplish. Army Navy is next weekend so the Penn Challenge today, in the scheme of things, is important as a stimulus. We competed lightly today and did not double too many guys. Having said that we really did have some nice performances."

"We started off the meet with multiple wins and the wins came against some good people and good teams. The 4x100 meter relay team in now undefeated in three consecutive weeks of running. Keagan Smith and Trevor Touchton went one, two in the 1500 meter run and their times are quite good for this early in the season. Lee Bares put together his best vault day of the year in winning at 5.20 meters. I was really impressed with him. He has looked good in practice so I would expect him to continue to improve as we go forward. Then, Jacob Fong ran a nice opener in the steeplechase. He has really started to master the technique of the event and looks like he is ready to really drop some time. We had some other nice marks from Nick Causey in the 800-meter and Ben Sims in the 100-meter. In the end, we finished in second in the team scoring. It was a good day for us. Now we can get down to the business of the star meet."

UP NEXT: The Cadets will head to Annapolis for the Army-Navy Star meet in part of the Star Series presented by USAA next Saturday at 12 p.m.

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