Bares Wins Pole Vault at IC4A Championships

Saturday, May 13

Centerville, Mass.

10 a.m.

Army West Point

IC4A/ ECAC Championships

Bares Wins Pole Vault at IC4A Championships

May 13, 2017 | Men's Track and Field

DAY TWO RESULTS

PRINCETON, N.J. – Lee Bares led the way for the Army West Point men's track and field team during the IC4A Championships on the second day of competition.

Due to the inclement weather, the schedule was changed on Saturday with most of the events now taking place on Sunday.

Bares won the pole vault and catapulted the Black Knights into first place following the second day with 15 points with much more to come on Sunday.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
TRACK EVENTS

Jacob Fong placed third in the 3000-meter steeplechase improving his personal best time to 8:56.46.
In the 10,000-meter run, senior Matthew Bearden took 12th, clocking in at 31:09.06.

FIELD EVENTS

Bares won the title in the pole vault with a height of 5.21 meters.
Wyatt Doughty captured 12th in the hammer throw with a toss of 51.07 meters.

COACHES CORNER
"Jacob Fong ran a smart well-paced race and the result was a significant improvement on his personal best and places him firmly in the NCAA first round meet in Kentucky in two weeks. Jacob is a very good competitor. We talked about trying to close well in the last kilometer and that is how he ran the race. We have been waiting fo that breakthrough for a couple of weeks now so I was happy for him that he did it now and positioned himself for another race in two weeks."

UP NEXT:
The Black Knights are back on the track tomorrow for the final day of competition at the IC4A Championships at Princeton. For an updated list of events, Click Here.

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