Black Knights Contend At UC Irvine

Friday, March 15

Irvine, CA

2 PM

Army West Point

Spring Break Invitational

Black Knights Contend At UC Irvine

March 16, 2019 | Women's Track and Field

IRVINE, Calif - The Army West Point women's track and field team showed several strong performances in a good team effort at the UC Irvine Spring Break Collegiate Invitational.

Army placed second with 183 team points, finishing just two points behind first place finishing Utah State.

The Black Knights totaled five event victories, four of which came on the track.

COACH'S CORNER - Head Coach Mike Smith:
"This has been a great week for us. The weather has been ideal and we were able to get a lot of good work in. The meets are really secondary to the training. Having said that, I am really pleased with how things went for us.

We had some really impressive performances today. Our captains led us in a number of events. Calli McMullen is getting better and better. Her 200 today, while not a win, was a really good opening race. She has looked good all week in training and is handling a large workload. That will pay off later in the Spring. Lynne Mooradian was a little rusty in the 400mh, but still managed to win it and is also handling a lot of work. We ask a lot of her and she always gets the job done. Abby Halbrook had a light racing schedule after a loaded week of training and managed to put up a really strong 800m race. She is a good racer and that showed today in an event that is a little out of her comfort zone.

We had some other good improvements in the field events. The throws group continues to improve and some of our young women are leading us. Abigail Green is still learning the hammer and had a great series this weekend. Maybe the performance that stood out the most was the long jump mark by Alexandra Bullen. She has had a tough couple of years after a dominating high school career in Wisconsin. She has battled some injuries, but is finally getting stronger and faster. She was just hoping to make the final in the long jump, so it was quite a surprise to her that she was able to win it. I have been really impressed with how she has handled the adversity that she has faced. Her persistence is paying off and it is nice to see.

On the whole, we did some good things this break and we are positioned well for the meets that are coming up. Now we have to get back to the business of school and look ahead to the Penn Challenge next weekend."

EVENT WINNERS:
Women's Long Jump: Alexandra Bullen - 5.60m
Women's 400m Hurdles: Lynne Mooradian - 1:02.33
Women's 800m Run: Abby Halbrook - 2:11.22
Women's 1500m Run: Morgan Chewning-Kulick - 4:40.94
Women's 4x100m Relay: Lynne Mooradian, Jade Robinson, Yasheika Beckaroo, Calli McMullen - 46.57

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
Women's Triple Jump: Bonvie Fosam - 11.94m, Second
Women's Shot Put: Emily Mikoud - 13.87m, Third
Women's 100m Dash: Yasheika Beckaroo - 12:24, Second
Women's 200m Dash: Calli McMullen - 24.46, Second
Women's 400m Hurdles: Asia Chen - 1:04.39, Third
Women's 800m Run: Anna Tovkach - 2:13.09, Third
Women's 1500m Run: Cassie Mundekis - 4:43.13, Second
Women's 4x400m Relay: Anna Tovkach, Lynne Mooradian, Haley Watson, Calli McMullen - 3:49.04, Second

FULL RESULTS: http://finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com/#/results/meet/8217

UP NEXT: The Black Knights head to Philadelphia, Pa. for the Penn Challenge on March 23.