Army Finishes 2nd at Patriot League Championships

Saturday, May 6

10 a.m.

Army West Point

Patriot League Championships

Army Finishes 2nd at Patriot League Championships

May 06, 2017 | Men's Track and Field

RESULTS

BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Army West Point men's track and field team placed second at the Patriot League Championships accumulating 167 points. Navy led the field with 257 points and Boston University finished third with 147 points.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

PATRIOT LEAGUE OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS
TRACK EVENTS

Jacob Fong kicks things off in the 3000-meter steeple chase clocking a time of 9:17.37.
The 4x100 meter relay team of Ben Sims, Kevin Dyer, Tyler Davis and Andre Vaughn placed third clocking 40.60.
Trevor Touchton edged his way to fourth in the 1500-meter run clocking 3:49.22. He was joined by Keagan Smith (3:50.97) in fifth and Roman Ollar (3:51.60) in sixth.
In the 110-meter hurdles Ross Purity finished third with a time of 14.98 seconds.
Jose Santana places second in the 400-meter dash clocking 48.32 seconds. Tyrell Maddox came in fourth with a time of 48.77 seconds.
In the 100-meter dash Tyler Davis placed sixth (10.88 seconds), Ben Sims took seventh (10.94 seconds) and Kevin dyer placed eighth (11.22 seconds).
In the 800-meter run Nick Causey placed second with a time of 1:51.73, while Touchton captured third clocking 1:52.29. John Monday (1:54.34) finished in sixth, while Alex Combs (1:54.35) took seventh.
Jackson Hohlt finishes third in the 400-meter hurdles crossing the finish line in 53.75 seconds. He was joined by Conner Russel (54.26) in fifth.
Davis takes fourth in the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.05 seconds. Kevin Dyer crossed the line in sixth at 23.36 seconds.
First-year Robbie Santoyo placed fourth in the 5000-meter run clocking 12:35.77. He was joined by Johnny Valeri (14:39.05) in seventh.
The 4x400 meter relay team of Davis, Maddox, Gibson, Santana stands atop the podium clocking a time of 3:12.97.

FIELD EVENTS

Jeff Giannettino captured second in the high jump reaching a height of 2.05 meters.
In the shot put, Dawson Hillis places fourth with a throw of 16.84 meters. Garrett Kohnke had a throw of 16.21 meters to finish sixth.
In the hammer throw Kenneth Brinson places second with a toss of 58.55 meters. He was joined by Wyatt Doughty in third with a distance of 56.69 meters.

COACHES CORNER
"We fought hard yesterday and today and finished where I thought we would finish. Although, I felt like we left some points out there. In the end this is a championship and we want to win so second does not sit well with us right now. Having said that, I told our team that we need to focus on what we did do not what we did not do. We scored more points today than any Army team since 2010. We are better now than we were last year and the year before that."

"We had some winners today and we had some outstanding performances from young guys. We need to keep pushing and hold ourselves to a high standard. The future remains bright, I just wish we could have been better for our seniors. They have really helped point this program in the right direction."

UP NEXT:
The Black Knights will host the 2017 West Point Twilight meet on May 11th. The team will also be celebrating their seniors at 6 p.m.

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