Seniors Honored At West Point Twilight Meet

Thursday, May 9

West Point, NY

3 PM

Army West Point

West Point Twilight

Seniors Honored At West Point Twilight Meet

May 09, 2019 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

WEST POINT - During its lone home outdoor meet of the year, the Army West Point track and field team honored its senior class while competing against athletes from over 40 universities.

While much of the short-distance team was inactive ahead of this weekend's IC4A/ECAC Championships, a majority of the team saw some action in the event at West Point's Shea Stadium on Thursday.

Among them were seniors Abby Halbrook, Cassie Mundekis, Ben Boswell, Kenneth Brinson, Mikey Singer and Jeff Giannettino, who were competing at West Point for the final time. The team's remaining seniors (Andre Vaughn, Kevin Dyer, Ben Sims and Marcus Denham) did not see any action at the meet.

Prior to the start of the evening's running events, Coach Mike Smith introduced each of the firsties and each was presented the AD's Coin by interim athletic director Dan McCarthy at midfield.

The group is among the most accomplished classes in program history with three league championships (two men's cross country and one men's indoor track& field) and twelve active program records among them.

COACH'S CORNER: Head Coach Mike Smith
"This is a fun meet. We turn the music up and keep the energy up all night. I think our team really looks forward to it because it is all about performance and it is the only chance that some of our kids get to compete in front of the home crowd.

We had a lot of entries and a good crowd to send our seniors off. It was a great atmosphere. It was also a good competitive meet.

Typically the highlights for us come in the 1500 and/or the 800 because those races are the most competitive, but tonight the hammer throw turned out to be the best event on both sides. Abigail Green's 58.08 meter throw set a new school record and is the 22nd school record set this year by our men's and women's teams.

Our focus will now turn toward the post-season NCAA level meets."

EVENT WINNERS:
Men's 200m Dash - Ryan Hogan - 22.33
Women's Discus - Emily Mikoud - 43.16m
Men's Discus - Jamir Gibson - 54.89m

PROGRAM RECORD:
Women's Hammer Throw - Abigail Green - 58.08 meters

NOTABLE PERFORMANCES:
Men's 100m - Ryan Hogan - 11.15, Second
Women's 100mh - Asia Chen - 14.35, Second
Women's 100mh - Shailah Thornton - 14.37, Third
Women's 400mh - Lynne Mooradian - 1:022.22, Third
Men's 800m - Ben Boswell - 1:50.71, Fourth
Women's 1500m - Abby Halbrook - 4:23.47, Third
Men's 1500m - Keagan Smith - 3:46.78, Third
Men's 3000m Steeplechase - Alex Tosi - 9:26.91, Second
Men's 3000m Steeplechase - Allen Sparks - 9:26.93, Third
Women's High Jump - Olivia Gervan - 1.59m, Second
Men's High Jump - Jeff Giannettino - 2.06, Second
Women's Shot Put - Emily Mikoud - 14.60m, Second
Women's Shot Put - Lauren Schultz - 13.44m, Third
Men's Shot Put - Geoff Kirk - 17.43m, Second
Men's Discus Throw - Michael Renard - 54.55m, Second
Men's Discus Throw - Geoff Kirk - 52.24m, Third

FULL RESULTS: https://results.leonetiming.com/?mid=1683