Track and Field Concludes Patriot League Indoor Championships with a Pair of Second Place Results

Army West Point Track – Second Place Finish

Track and Field Concludes Patriot League Indoor Championships with a Pair of Second Place Results

March 01, 2026 | Men's Track and Field, Women's Track and Field

BOSTON – It was an incredibly strong weekend for the Army West Point track and field program, as both the men and the women posted second place team results at the Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The men's team put together a strong showing of 182.5 points, while the women scored 155. For the women, this was the second-best point total in the last 25 years, with only its 2022 result (171) standing above it. The Black Knights finished the two-day championship with 10 event wins and 29 total podium placements.

Thrower Robby Manse was named the Men's Field Athlete of the Meet after finishing first in the weight throw and fourth in the shot put.

Men's Results
Jaxon Hammond won the first event of the day for the men by posting a strong 6.77 time in the 60m, an event he has dominated all season. His time in the preliminary rounds tied his own school record of 6.72. He also impressed in the 200m, finishing third with a time of 21.30.

In the triple jump, Bret Wingard posted a mark of 15.25m to win the event. The distance is a personal best for the senior and the fourth-best mark in program history. Kwame Amoo-Otoo finished just outside a podium spot at 14.60m.

In the men's 60m hurdles, Austin Hernandez posted a season-best time of 8.05 to finish second. Owen Lang finished second in the 400m with a time of 47.43. In his preliminary race on Saturday, he broke the school record by posting a 47.29.

Kasen Jeitz had a very strong day for Army, as he finished second in the 800m at 1:48.01. Joshua Duncan finished just above Hammond in the 200m at 21.15. Like a few other athletes, Duncan broke the school record with a time of 21.10 in the prelim race.

Maximus Haynia finished third in the 3000m with a personal best time of 8:08.43.

The men's final track podium came in the 4x400m relay, as the team of Levi Ferrell, Trey McGinnis, Owen Hoag and Jeitz finished second with a season-best time of 3:12.75.

The men also had plenty of strong showings on the field side. Carlos Posey finished third in the high jump with a personal-best mark of 2.07m. Matthew Palchak also had a personal best in the shot put with a distance of 18.18m to finish second.

Canyon Hall had an impressive showing in the heptathlon, finishing second with a personal-best point total of 5,065.

Women's Results
It was a dominant day for the women in both the track and field events.

Mikayla Cheney took home first place in the mile with a time of 4:42.57. Charlotte Richman followed just behind in second place. In the women's 3000m, the two switched spots as Richman finished first with a meet record of 9:20.42, while Cheney was second at 9:28.96.

The quartet of Simone Tillman, Faith Kibbe, Sabrina Sardar and Skye Chambers clinched second place for the team with a school record time of 3:41.15 to win the 4x400m relay.

Skye Chambers finished second in the 800m with a personal best time of 2:04.95. Alma Lazo-Cazares finished in fourth at 2:07.00. The women's last track podium came in the distance medley, as Cazares, Foreman, Coppel and Esponda finished third at 11:35.05.

In field events, Jordan Hecht kicked things off with a dominant win in the shot put, throwing a distance of 16.65m, which was a meet record and nearly a whole meter clear of second place.

Erin Allert finished third in the triple jump at 12.31m. Captain Zoe Whaley was third in the high jump at 1.69m.

Coaches Corner (Men) – Director of Track and Field Mike Smith
"We came up short of the point total needed to win the meet, but our team competed at an exceptionally high level and far exceeded the scoring projections we had going in. The weekend was highlighted by multiple school records, major event wins, and the deepest scoring we've produced this indoor season.

School Records & Event Wins

200 meters: Josh Duncan '27 set a new school record with 21.10, breaking the previous mark of 21.31.
400 meters: Owen Lang '28 set a school record with 47.29.
60 meters: Jaxon Hammond '27 won the event and matched his school record with a 6.72 in the prelims.
Triple Jump: Brett Wingard '26 won with 15.25m.
Weight Throw: Robby Manse '26 won with a personal-best 20.61m.
4x800 Relay: The team won in 7:28.47, the No. 2 all-time performance at Army.

Depth of Scoring Beyond the wins, what stood out most to me was the number of events in which we scored and the depth of those points. We've traditionally been strong across events, but this weekend we added more second and third place finishes than usual, which significantly boosted our total. We maximized the roster we brought and were rewarded with podium finishes across the board.

The 200 Meters: Our Most Outstanding Event The 200 meters was the highlight of the meet. In Saturday's prelims, four of our guys ran under the previous school record of 21.31:

Owen Lang — 21.29
Trey McGinnis '27 — 21.27
Jaxon Hammond — 21.22
Josh Duncan — 21.10 (new record)

On Sunday, those four guys delivered 20 points for the team. We expected the event to be strong, but the group exceeded even our most optimistic expectations.

Our team always competes hard, but this weekend we didn't just compete — we beat people, and we earned outstanding marks along with key podium finishes. We are traditionally a stronger outdoor team than indoor, and based on what I saw this weekend, we are in a good position heading into the spring."

Coaches Corner (Women) – Director of Track and Field Mike Smith
"We were very very good this weekend on so many levels with so many contributing athletes. Our team total of 155 points is the 2^nd best total that we have put together in the last 25 years (2022-171 pts). We had hoped that we could get to 165 points, and I thought that that total would be good enough for us to win the meet. As it turned out, Boston University won the meet today with 188 points. They were just collectively better than us. But we were better than everyone else including Navy. That battle for second place, came down to the very last event of the meet. I told our team on Friday night that if we could put the final outcome in the hands of our 4x400m relay, that I liked our chances of being successful. The quartet of Simone Tillman '29, Faith Kibbe '28, Sabrina Sardar '29, Skye Chambers '27 has been rock solid all season and today going into the last event of the indoor championship, Navy and Army were tied at 145 points. Boston had the team title wrapped up so the drama in the meet came down once again to a battle between us and them. Simone Tillman was our lead leg and she came off the first turn tied with the BU runner as they charged for the break line. She threw in a surge from the break to the finish line and captured the lead heading into the 2^nd lap. She extended her lead on the back stretch and by the first exchange had given us a lead over BU with Navy close behind. Faith Kibbe kept the lead with her carry of 55.69 and handed off to Sabrina Sardar with a slight lead over BU. At this point we had a comfortable lead over Navy but BU was challenging and eventually overtook Sabrina and at the 3^rd and final exchange we found ourselves in 2^nd a full second behind BU at the handoff to Skye Chambers. Skye had battled in the three previous races that she had run this weekend. She was part of the meet-record and school-record 4x800 relay on Saturday night, and then came back on Sunday to set a new school record in the open 800 with a 2:04.95 runner-up finish. By the time she stepped onto the track for the 4x400, her legs were tired—but if there's one thing to know about Skye Chambers, it's this: she's a gamer. She took the baton a full second down to BU and set off in pursuit. The gap was still about 1 second at the bell and the hunt was on. As the two runners entered the final turn, Skye had pulled up to the outside shoulder of the BU anchor and they battled side by side through the turn. As they came off the turn with 50 meters remaining, Skye had opened up a narrow gap that was soon in jeopardy with a final surge from the BU runner over the last 10 meters. But Skye was too strong and she came to the line in first narrowly edging BU for the 4x400 title, a new school record 3:41.15 and a 10 point total that pushed us to the win over Navy in the team standings. It was a great ending to the meet that had so many outstanding performances. We set new program records in all three relays (4x800: 8:38.57, 4x400: 3:41.15, Distance Medley 11:35.05) and the women's 800. We had multiple Top 10 all-time performances. But the most important thing that we did this weekend was win titles. Charlotte Richman '26 was our high point performer. We entered Charlotte in the Mile, 5000 meters, and 3000 meters. She nearly won all three. If it were not for her teammate Mikayla Cheney '27, she would have won all three races. She started her winning weekend with the 5000 which she won in dominating fashion. The early pace was controlled and comfortable. Charlotte bided her time near the front of the race and then with 2km remaining she dropped the pace down with a series of hard 200m laps that broke the race wide open. No one could match her surge and after running the final 2km in 6:10 she crossed the line unopposed. On Sunday, she followed up her 5K win with a runner-up finish(4:43.90) to Mikayla's (4:42.57) in the mile. Mikayla led the race from the gun and controlled the early tempo with Charlotte close behind. Then with 3 laps to go, she started to squeeze the pace down. As she dropped it down to 35 second laps the field disappeared and the race was down to just Mikayla and Charlotte. They ran to the finish line by themselves completing a 1-2 finish. It was Mikayla's first individual Patriot League title. At the end of the meet, Charlotte and Mikayla lined up again in the 3000 meters. Mikayla set the early pace once again and then with a mile to go, Charlotte took it over and pulled away for an easy win with a new meet record of 9:20.42 and a final point total of 28 across the 3 races that she ran. Mikayla followed behind her in 9:28.96 sealing another 1-2 finish for the twosome. Our other winners on the day included Jordan Hecht '27 in the shot put with a new all-time best mark of 16.65 meters. She continues to get better and it won't surprise me if she is throwing 17 meters during the outdoor season. She is a great competitor and one of our most reliable performers. The 4x800 foursome of Sabrina Sardar '29, Alma Lazo-Cazares '28, Mikayla Cheney and Skye Chambers defended the 4x800 title from 2025 and broke our own meet record in the process. We took 11 seconds off the previous meet record. It was a dominating performance for that group. We will rest and recover this week and then get down to the business of preparing for the outdoor season."