Army Completes Weekend Slate

Saturday, March 10

Los Angeles, Calif.

9 AM

Army West Point

Occidental Distance Carnival

Army Completes Weekend Slate

March 11, 2018 | Men's Track and Field

WEST POINT, NY – The Army West Point men's track and field team competed in the Ben Brown and the Occidental Distance Carnival on Saturday.

At the Ben Brown Invitational, the team scored 236 points which was good for first place.

COACH'S QUOTES:
"Our purpose in coming out to California for spring break is to get in some good training and combine it with some early season competition," said head coach Mike Smith. "It is especially important for our relays and the long throws that they get some repetitions for those events that we don't do indoors. It was nice to finally see the hammer, discus, javelin people get to show what they can do."

"Across the board we had some strong opening marks from our men and women today and some huge personal improvements."

"Our javelin guys were impressive. I don't know if we have had a group as good as this group before. Both hammer throw groups were also pretty solid. They will get lots of repetitions this week and that will translate into even better marks in the future."

"We also had some nice marks on the track in all the events. We have a lot to work on for sure but we looked good today and the practice time we have coming up next week will set us up well for the rest of the season."

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND MEET NOTES

BEN BROWN

Track Events

Conner Russell placed second in the 400 hurdles with a time of 57.13.
Army took second in the 400-relay race with a time of 41.43. The team included Tyler Davis, Drew Bullen, Ben Sims, and Kevin Dyer.
Army finished 1-3 in the 800-meter run. Nick Causey won the event with a time of 1:52.65. Jackson Sullivan clocked in at 1:54.86 which was good for second, and in third was Ben Boswell with a time of 1:55.50.
Andre Vaughn won the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.85. He was followed closely by Kedrin Jefferson in second with a time of 10.86. Sims clocked in at 11.09 which was good for fifth place.
Tyrell Maddox finished in first in the 400-meter run, clocking in at 48.47. Bradley Gibson recorded a time of 50.48 for sixth place.
Ross Puritty clocked in at 14.88 in the 110m hurdles which was good for third place.
Jefferson finished first in the 200m dash, recording a time of 21.74. Dyer was just behind in second at 22.00. Vaughn claimed fourth with his time of 22.05.
Army placed second in the 1600 relay with a time of 3:21.45. The team included Boswell, Causey, Maddox, and Christian Wright.
Tyrese Bender won the triple jump recording a distance of 13.68m.

Field Events

In the high jump, Army took 2-4. Jeff Giannettino placed second with a height of 2.00m. Bernard Jenkins finished third with the same height, while Bryce Samuel claimed third, clearing 1.90m.
Army took the top three spots in the discus throw. Geoff Kirk won the event with a throw of 51.79m. Michael Renard finished second with a distance of 49.19m, and Kenneth Brinson finished third with 48.28m.
Renard won the shot put, throwing for 14.62m. Grant Alter (13.98m) and Kirk (13.46m) followed behind in fourth and fifth.

OCCIDENTAL DISTANCE CARNIVAL

Track Events

In the 5000-meter race, Robbie Santoyo placed eighth with a time of 14:25.75. Ben Petrella finished 21st with a time of 14:51.13. Daniel Horoho clocked in at 15:03.8 which was good for 41st.

UP NEXT
Army returns to California to race in the UC Irvine Spring Break Classic on March 16^th and 17^th.

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