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West Point Tune Up
Track and Field Earns Several Top Marks in West Point Tune Up
February 22, 2025 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Army West Point Track and Field competed in the final indoor meet at Gillis Field House this season on Saturday as they competed in the West Point Tune Up.
The Black Knights saw several top finishes in the meet on both the men's and women's sides, particularly in the field events.
To start, Army claimed the top two spots in the long jump, with Christian Bault winning the event with a 6.64m jump and Brandon Hull finished just behind him with a 6.48m jump. In the triple jump, Kwame Amoo-Otoo earned a second-place finish with a 13.18m mark.
The Black Knights also swept the podium in the high jump, with Zane Hicke earning the top spot with a 1.95m mark. Isaiah Bates and Jacob Hyatt earned second and third.
In the men's shot put, Matt Palchak took the win with a 16.16m throw in his fourth throw of the day, with Luke Noonan earning second with a 15.89m throw. Jayden Miller also earned fourth with a 13.71m throw.
The Black Knights swept the pole vault, with Canyon Hall winning the event and Charles Weber and Paul Lambert earning second and third in the event. Hall won the event with a 4.55m mark.
In the weight throw, Jake Nwosu took the win with a personal best 19.27m throw on his fourth attempt. The Black Knights would own the top six spots in the event, with Jonathan Segujja earning second and Collin Torres earning third.
On the track, Guyon Young earned a second-place finish in the 400m run with a 51.50-second mark. Alexander Pasulka earned third with a 51.71-second mark.
Army saw the top three finishes in the 60m hurdles, with Austin Hernandez gaining the top finish with an 8.36 time. Hunter Morris earned second and Samuel Strauss earned third place.
In the 200m dash, Chad Dahl earned the top finish with a 22.01-second mark, with Owen Lang finishing second with a 22.15-second mark.
In the 4x400m relay, Army's two teams finished first and second, with Chad Dahl, Owen Lang, Levi Ferrell and Alexander Pasulka earning the top time with a 3:24.86 time.
As for other top finishes, Brandon Hull and Austin Hernandez earned second and third place in the 60m dash. Matthew Gorman also earned third in the 3000m run with an 8:49.12 final time.
On the women's side, Army also saw multiple wins on both the field and track events.
The most dominant event the Black Knights saw was in the women's shot put, where the Black Knights took eight of the top nine spots and swept the podium. Emily Fink led the way with a 15.79m mark. Jordan Hecht finished second with a 15.18m throw and Sara Sahadi finished with a 13.33m throw for third.
Army also saw five athletes earn the top six spots in the women's weight throw. Emily Fink would also win this event, sweeping the top spot for the throwing events. Emily Fink finished with a 19.89m mark, while Sophia Dykstra earned third place with a 16.05m mark.
In the women's long jump, Olivia Reed finished with a 5.27m mark to earn a first-place finish. Army also would place athletes from third to sixth place, with Cassandra Adams earning third with a 4.92m mark.
Kathryn Stewart also would earn a second-place spot in the pole vault with a 3.30m mark.
In the track events, the Black Knights also saw several top finishes on the women's side.
In the mile run, Erika Nyberg earned the top spot with a 5:13.16 time, with Chloe Esponda finishing just behind her in second place. Braelon Holmes earned second place in the 400m run with a 1:02.28 time.
Zoe Eggleston and Brooke Munoz finished first and second in the 60m hurdles with 9.14 second and 9.22 second marks respectively. Olivia Reed earned the topspin in the 60m dash with a 7.71 second time.
Lindsay Cook and Alexandra Volkart also earned the top two spots in the 3000m run, with Cook earning a 10:28.64 mark and Volkart finishing with a 10:33.95 mark.
Up next, the Black Knights head to Annapolis, Maryland for the biggest meet of the indoor season as they compete in the Patriot League Indoor Championships. The meet will begin on Saturday, March 1, and run through March 2.
Hear From Coach Smith:
The tune-up is a chance for us to evaluate some final roster spots for the Patriot League Championship meet next weekend. It is also an opportunity for our entire team to get one final indoor competition. Many of our key performers on the track were resting this weekend but in the field events, we had some of the top people in the meet. Our throwers dominated the competition. Jake Nwosu '25 was already penciled in for the conference meet in the weight throw but his winning mark today of 19.27 meters was a significant improvement over his previous personal best and moved him to number two in the conference heading into next weekend. Jake has always had the strength to throw far but has struggled technically…until today. He had the best series of his life today and I'm sure his confidence is soaring as we head into the championship meet. Emily Fink '26 won both the shot and the weight and improved on her season-best mark in the weight throw. Behind Emily in the shot was Jordan Hecht '27 who has been steadily improving throughout the season and tonight had her best mark of the year at 15.19m. We expect to have our best marks of the year in February and March. That is the plan. So it isn't a surprise for me to see the improvements today across several events. I think next weekend, if we perform at our best, we will have a good chance to compete at the top of the conference in a number of events.
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