Davis Sets School Record During Second Day

Saturday, February 18

Boston, Mass.

Army West Point

Patriot League Indoor Championships

Davis Sets School Record During Second Day

February 18, 2017 | Men's Track and Field

BOSTON, Mass. – The Army West Point men's track and field team capture one gold and two silvers in the second day of competition at the Patriot League Championships Saturday.

At the end of day two, Bucknell is in the lead with 62 points, followed by Navy with 49 points. Army is currently sitting in third with 34.33 points.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES
HEPTATHLON:

The day kicked off with the athletes finishing the heptathlon. The first event was the 60 meter hurdles, where Kenner Broullire placed third with a time of 8.91s.
In the pole vault, Broullire placed 11th reaching a height of 3.20 meters
The heptathlon events rounded out with the 1000 meter run where Broullire crossed the finish line in 11th with a time of 3:01.38.

TRACK EVENTS:

Three of the five track races that took place today were preliminary races to qualify athletes for the semifinals and finals tomorrow.
Senior Nick Beavers placed first in the 60-meter hurdles preliminary. The finals will take place tomorrow at 12:35 p.m.
Ben Sims (6.76s) and Kevin Dyer (6.83) place second and third in the 60-meter dash preliminary. They will joined by Tyler Davis (6.94) and Andre Vaughn (7.02s) in the 60-meter dash finals tomorrow at 12:45 p.m.
In the 5000-meter run John Valeri placed seventh clocking a time of 14:34.26. Valeri is joined by Ben Petrella in ninth with a time of 14:42.85.
Three Black Knights qualified for the 200-meter dash tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. Tyler Davis qualified third with a school record-breaking time of 21.64s. He is joined by Dyer in fourth (21.67s) and Jose Santana in eighth (21.86s).
The final track event of the night was the 4x800 meter relay where the team of Alex Combs, Mikey Singer, Ben Boswell and Nick Causey crossed the finish line with a time of 7:33.06.

FIELD EVENTS:

Davis was the lone Black Knight in the long jump where he came in ninth with a leap of 6.68 meters.
In the weight throw Kenneth Brinson captures the gold with a toss of 19.17 meters. He is joined by Dawson Hillis in fourth (16.39m) and Wyatt Doughty (14.98m) in ninth.
Sophomore Jeff Giannettino places second in the high jump leaping 2.08 meters.

DIRECTOR OF TRACK AND FIELD/ CROSS COUNTRY MIKE SMITH'S COMMENTS:
"There are always ups and downs at a championship meet and we had some of both today. On the plus side Kenneth Brinson's win in the weight throw was pretty special. He was in second the entire competition and launched the winner on his final throw. He is a great competitor. Our spring guys were really strong in the 60-meter and the 200-meter. Every guy that we entered qualified to run tomorrow so we have a chance to score a lot of points in those events. I thought the times that Dyer and Davis put up were pretty special. Dyer's 21.67 broke his own school record but, it only lasted a couple of minutes because Davis come out in a later heat and set a new school record. I was impress with those guys. We left a few points out there in some other events that we felt we would be able to get but, that is just how it goes. We have a lot of chances to score tomorrow and that is the name of the game. We have opportunities in almost every event. Now we have to capitalize on those opportunities and see what that gets us in the end."

UP NEXT:
Army will take part in the final day of the Patriot League Championships hosted by Boston University. Field competitions will kick off at 10 a.m., with track events starting at 12 p.m.