Barrett & Burr Claim Event Wins at Penn Challenge for Men's Track & Field

Saturday, March 18

Philadelphia, PA

Army West Point

Penn Challenge

Barrett & Burr Claim Event Wins at Penn Challenge for Men's Track & Field

March 20, 2023 | Men's Track and Field

PHILADELPHIA, PA - Army West Point men's track & field saw a pair of event winners at the Penn Challenge, with Mitchell Burr taking the 800m and Chris Barrett winning the javelin throw.

Mitchell Burr highlighted the track events for Army, winning the 800m with a time of 1:53.64. Brian Matthews led the Black Knights in the 100m in fourth-place (11.10s) with Elijah Bellamy just behind in fifth (11.16s). Bellamy went on to grab fourth in the 200m (22.08s), with Matthews coming in fifth this time (22.12s). In the distance events, Zachary Simon had a fourth-place showing (3:56.01s) in the 1500m.

In the field events, Chris Barrett continued his fine start to the outdoor season to win the javelin throw. He claimed first-place in the event with a 69.32m, while Parker Brosious took fourth with a 61.09m toss. Cam Smith then had a monster 61.59m hammer throw to grab third place. In the long jump, Caleb Smith led the way with a 6.83m mark to take second-place in the event. Ethan had a solid 4.75m pole vault which landed him in fourth place.

FULL RESULTS

Coach's Corner
"Spring weather in the Northeast can be unpredictable but today it was sunny and relatively warm. We got lucky for a Saturday in mid March. We brought a mix of developmental people and some key performers and had some nice improvements and strong performances. We brought all of our throwers to the meet and by and large they did a nice job. The star of the day and our only field event winner today was Chris Barrett in the javelin. Chris cemented the sweep of both men's and women's javelin today on his first throw of the competition. That 68 meter throw was easily the winner today but Chris took it up a notch on his sixth and final throw and bombed it 69.32 meters (227' 5"). He has a quiet unassuming presence that belies a savage competitive fire within. When he stands at the top of the runway with a javelin in his hand, he is at once commanding and ready to explode. He bookended the two best throws of the meet today and while he has thrown just a little bit further in his life, he is poised to throw farther as we near the championship season. Our only other win today came from Mitchell Burr in the 800. We have put him through some good loading over the past few weeks and he has handled it very well. Today was more about putting him out there to test himself than any sort of focus on a time or result. We had some other nice performances from some young developmental athletes and overall I thought we did well today.

Up Next
Army will compete at Navy on Saturday, April 1st for the annual outdoor star meet.