Army West Point Athletics
Men's Track & Field Finishes Second at Patriot League Outdoor Championships; Davis Collects 3000m Steeplechase Victory
May 07, 2023 | Men's Track and Field
Plebe Nathan Davis secured the lone win of the day for the Black Knights in the 3000m steeplechase. Davis edged out the runner-up by .14 seconds with his new personal-best time of 8:52.67.
In the throwing events, Jacob Bowersock secured a third-place finish in the dicsus throw with a mark of 51.95m.
Luke Griner was second on the podium in the 800m, with a time of 1:50.46 to pick up eight points in the scoring for Army. Brian Matthews also placed second, with a time of 53.57 in the 400m hurdles. Garrett Gough was the third Black Knight to land second on the day, with his time of 14:23.85.
Matthews and Griner were part of the 4x400 relay team which picked up a second-place finish (3:14.16) along with Shawn Carter and Javan Guevara-Cragwell.
Joshua Gilliard got on the podium in the high jump, placing second with a 2.05m mark. Talon Estes was sixth in the event with a 1.96m showing. Zachary Simon logged a third-place finish in the 1500m for Army, with his time of 3:47.76.
FULL RESULTS
Coach's Corner
"We were good today but not good enough to win. We knew that we could score well in a lot of areas and we had high hopes of closing the gap on first place but in the end we came up short. In a normal year you need to score 7-8 points out of every athlete that you bring to the meet. This year that number was over 9 points per athlete. We had quality performances yesterday and today but not enough depth. The team runner-up finish should not take away from the individual accomplishments that we had today. We set new all-time best marks and we had gritty competitive efforts in a lot of events. Our lone win today came in the 3000m steeplechase which was the first running event of the day. Nathan Davis sat in my office in January of 2022 as a senior in high school and inquired about the possibility of joint our team in the fall. I told him I wasn't sure that he was good enough to make our team and that I needed to see some improvement for him to get on the roster. He asked what he needed to do to get on our team and I gave him some performance targets. Â Then he went home, trained hard and hit the targets. Fast forward to today and he was on podium of his first Patriot League championship. The race started out fast and I cautioned him to be patient but he felt good so he stayed up front and kept driving the pace down. He led for 6 of the 7.5 laps and then two Navy runners slipped past him. At that point I wasn't certain that he could respond to the challenge given how hard he had been pushing but he stuck right on those guys. He regained the lead going into the last water jump and then sprinted to the line narrowly holding off a late charge. It was the first Patriot League win for an Army man in the steeple since Tommy Girardot in 2015. Nathan's winning time was a new personal best (8:52.67) and he now ranks among the top 25 performers in the East region. I can't recall a plebe doing the kind of running that we are seeing from this young man. Â He is just scratching the surface of his potential and his title today was a big breakthrough performance and set the tone for our team heading into the rest of the day. In the end, I thought the guys did well today. We got a lot out of this roster and the results were a good representation of how hard these young men have worked this year." - Director of Track & Field Mike Smith
2023 Patriot League Outdoor Track & Field Championships Major Awards
Men's Track Athlete of the Meet -Â Jacques Guillaume, Navy
Men's Field Athlete of the Meet -Â Joshua Boamah, Navy
Men's Rookie of the Meet – Nathan Kent, Navy
Men's Highest Point Scorer -Â Joshua Boamah, Navy
Men's Coach of the Year- Jamie Cook, Navy
Men's Outdoor Track & Field First-Team All-Patriot League (First-Place Finishers)
Army West Point: Chris Barrett (Javelin), Mitchell Burr (4x800m), Nathan Davis (3,000m Steeplechase), Luke Griner (4x800m), Kasen Jeitz (4x800m), Jeremiah Rasmussen (4x800m), Cam Smith (Hammer Throw)
Boston University: Leon Christian (4x100m), Kasim Cisse (High Jump), Dakota Jackson (4x100m), Foster Malleck (1,500m), Logan Popelka (4x100m), Matthew Spicer (4x100m)
Colgate: Cole Blair (Long Jump)
Lehigh: Kevin Harvey (5,000m), Ian Scott (Triple Jump)
Navy: Baynes Autrey (Decathlon), Ian Bartlett (800m), Joshua Boamah (Discus, Shot Put), Peter DeJonge (4x400m), Jayden Evans (4x400m), Jacques Guillaume (400m, 400m Hurdles, 4x400m), Jonah Johnson (100m) Samuel Keeny (10,000m), Nathan Kent (200m, 4x400m), Walker Rudisaile (Pole Vault), Brahmir Vick (110m Hurdles)
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Second-Team All-Patriot League (Second-Place Finishers)
Army West Point: Shawn Carter (4x400m), Joshua Gilliard (High Jump), Garrett Gough (5,000m, 10,000m), Luke Griner (800m, 4x400m), Javan Guevara-Cragwell (4x400m), Ethan Hull (Pole Vault), Brian Matthews (400m Hurdles, 4x400m)
Boston University: Steven Franco (Decathlon), Ryan Rosenberger (Long Jump), Parker Schneider (1,500m)
Bucknell: Anthony Zamarra (Shot Put)
Holy Cross: Michael Mazzocca (110m Hurdles)
Lehigh: Liam Lovering (Discus)
Navy: Ian Bartlett (4x800m), Joshua Boamah (Hammer Throw), Brett Brady (3,000m Steeplechase), Jayden Evans (4x100m), William Gravitt (4x800m), Sethan Hollier (100m, 4x100m), Jonah Johnson (200m), Nathan Kent (400m, 4x100m), Jordan Payne (Triple Jump), Braden Presser (Javelin), Alex Rizzo (4x800m), Carson Sloat (4x800m), Brahmir Vick (4x100m)
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