Black Knights Place Fifth in Philadelphia

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Black Knights Place Fifth in Philadelphia

March 24, 2018 | Women's Track and Field

WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Army West Point women's track and field team claimed fifth at the Penn Challenge hosted by the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday.

Army placed fifth of eight teams in Philadelphia, out-scoring St. John's, La Salle, and Rider, with a score of 58 points. The University of Pennsylvania won the meet with a score of 146.6.

COACH'S QUOTES
"We performed well today without really loading the team all that much," said head coach Mike Smith. "We are pointing toward the championship meets so we came into this meet hoping to get a better look at some of our developmental athletes and fine tune some things with a select group of key athletes. Today was more about getting in the work than anything else."

"Our throws group continues to impress. Briyah Brown in particular, has been on a tear recently. She had personal best marks in the discus and the hammer throw today. She has been determined to improve in those events so it has been nice to see her take charge and set the tone for our team. She is a great example of the power of perseverance. She has been good for us for a long time and had plateaued for a little bit, but has figured some things out and the results are starting to show."

"We also had some nice improvements on the track, and we got lucky with the weather today. All in all, I thought the team handled the week and this meet pretty well."

Track Events

Calli McMullen and Yasheika Beckaroo took fifth and sixth in the 100m dash. McMullen timed in at 12.44, while Beckaroo finished with a time of 12.49.
In the 100 hurdles, Lynne Mooradian placed fourth with a time of 14.88. Sarah Donaldson (15.79) and Asia Chen (15.84) finished in seventh and eighth.
Haley Watson claimed ninth in the 400m dash with a time of 59.85.
Mooradian took second in the 400 hurdles, clocking in at 1:01.96.
Hannah Deines clocked in at 2:15.52 which was good for second place in the 800-meter run.
Army placed third in the 4x100 relay with a time of 47.10. The team consisted of Bonvie Fosam, Beckaroo, Emily Malone, and McMullen.
In the 4x400 relay Army placed fourth. The team (Deines, Morgan Chewning-Kulick, Watson, Emma Record) clocked in at 4:10.42.

Field Events

In the discus throw, Briyah Brown threw for a distance of 44.24m which was good for fourth place. This distance was a personal record and new Army season best.
Brown placed fourth in the hammer throw, clearing a distance of 52.80m. Kamryn Brinson threw for 47.00m which landed her in ninth place.
Olivia Gervan placed third in the high jump with a height of 1.55m.
Adaugo Oguejiofor placed 10^th in the javelin throw with a distance of 30.81m.
Jade Robinson placed eighth in the long jump, jumping for 5.30m.
Brown placed fourth with a throw of 14.86m in the shot put. Carrie Wasdyke finished sixth with a distance of 13.45m.

UP NEXT: The Cadets will host Navy at home in the annual Army-Navy Star meet in part of the Star Series presented by USAA on April 7^th.

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