Track and Field Completes West Point Tune Up

Saturday, February 17

Army West Point

West Point Tune Up

Track and Field Completes West Point Tune Up

February 17, 2024 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point track and field teams competed in its final meet before the Patriot League Championships, the West Point Tune Up on Saturday.

Chadon Foreman won the 60m dash with a time of 7.76. Abigail Garner won the 3000m at 10:10.27. Isabella Palchak brought home the high jump crown with a jump up 1.60m. Erin Allert won the triple jump at 11.15m. Kayley Ragazzini won the weight throw with a personal best of 19.67m.

On the men's side, Elijah Bellamy took home the 200m at 22.67 and then won the 400m at 50.00. Anthony Schmitz won the 800m with a time of 1:56.85. Alexander Quackenbush won the 3000m by 27 seconds at 9:02.79. Maximus Haynia won the 5000m at 14:58.78. Austin Hernandez won the 60m hurdle at 6.16. The 4x400m relay team of William Gregory, Daniel Sommerhalder, Alexander Jovanovic, and Canyon Hall took home the crown at 3:35.30. The high jump went to Talon Estes at 1.90m. Brian McSweeney won the pole vault with a jump of 5.05m. Christian Bault set a new PR to win the long jump at 7.07m. He also won the triple jump with a jump of 13.42m. Robby Manse won the shot put with a 16.78m throw. Cameron Smith won the weight throw with a throw of 19.66m.

Nexy up for the Black Knights is the Patriot League Championships in Boston.

COACHES CORNER

The tune up meet is the last chance meet for some of our people to try to make the conference roster and for some of our top people that already have a spot on the conference roster, it's an opportunity to get themselves sharp for the conference championship. We had a little bit of both of those things today. On the men's side one of the things that stood out for me was the long jump, and Christian Bault's performance. His winning jump of 7.07 meters was a significant improvement on his personal best and it puts him in the hunt for a conference scoring spot. Robby Manse looked good today in the shot and his winning mark was a nice improvement. He had a good overall series today and he continues to put good meets together. He is poised for a significant breakthrough sometime soon. on the women's side our throws group stood out for me. In the weight throw, Kayley Ragazzini improved on her personal best and had the best series of her life. It is the right time of year to be putting up big throws and today marked another win for her in her signature event. She has led the conference all year and is positioned well for the championship next weekend. We didn't really load up the meet so there were fewer top level conference performances from our team but some of our young developmental athletes got a chance to take center stage and I liked their competitive efforts.