Army Had Strong Showing at Penn State

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Penn State National Invitational

Army Had Strong Showing at Penn State

January 27, 2018 | Men's Track and Field

WEST POINT, NY – The Army West Point men's track and field team had a strong showing at the Penn State National Invitational.

Coach's Quotes
"It was a pretty good weekend for our men's team," said head coach Mike Smith. "I was especially happy to see our middle distance and distance guys get out and compete against some pretty high level competition and hold their own. We had some new lifetime bests and a lot of marks that will be at, or near the top of the Patriot League lists."

"Keagan Smith continues to impress me. He is a great competitor and showed that today in the men's mile. In the field I thought Bernard Jenkins had a nice breakthrough in the high jump, and the men in the weight throw were pretty consistent with throws that were right near their lifetime best."

"Our intent was to sharpen up for the dual meet next weekend and I think we accomplished that today. We rested some guys and picked our events carefully here and I think we are set up well for the championship season. The guys are looking forward to the challenge."

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Track Events

Marcus Denham claimed seventh place in the 400m with a time of 50.34.
In the 500m , Tyrell Maddox earned seventh place, clocking in at 1:03.70.
Nick Causey finished in fifth place in the 800m with a time of 1:54.35.
Jackson Sullivan had a strong performance in the 1000m, finishing in first place with a time of 2:29.14. This was a college-best time for the sophomore.
In the 1000m invite, Ben Boswell finished in second place with a time of 2:27.79, while Mikey Singer claimed fifth place with a time of 2.28.58.
In the mile, Daniel Mazzei took third place for the Black Knights with a time of 4:16.23.
In the mile invite, Keagan Smith took second with a time of 4:07.32.
Army claimed the top two spots in the 200-meter dash with Kedrin Jefferson in first with a time of 22.01, and Andre Vaughn (22.04) in second.
In the 200-meter invite, Tyler Davis took eighth place with a time of 22.09.
Roman Ollar finished in first place in the 3000m with a time of 8.25.56.
In the 3000 meter invite, Ben Petrella finished in fourth place with a time of 8:18.29.
In the 4x400, Army took second place with a time of 3:18.59. The team consisted of Tyler Davis, Drew Bullen, Bradley Gibson, and Tyrell Maddox.

Field Events

Jeff Giannettino cleared a height of 2.06m in the high jump, which was good for fifth place. Bernard Jenkins followed in 11^th place with 2.01m.
Tyrese Bender finished in fifth place in the triple jump with a distance of 14.25m.
Grant Alter claimed 10^th place in the shot put, throwing for a distance of 14.91m. Michael Renard followed in 13^th place with a distance of 14.23m.

UP NEXT
The Black Knights are back in action on Feb. 3 in Annapolis, Md., to compete against service-academy rival Navy in the annual Star meet.

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