Men’s Track and Field Wins IC4A Championships

Friday, May 13

Williamsburg, VA

Army West Point

IC4A Championships

Men’s Track and Field Wins IC4A Championships

May 15, 2022 | Men's Track and Field

Results

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Army West Point men's and women's track and field team captured the 145^th IC4A Outdoor Track and Field Championships for the first time in 18 years on Sunday. The title is the program's second (2004).

MEET SUMMARY
The Black Knights finished with 81 points out of the 21 events scored to finish eight points ahead of second place University of Albany. Army scored in nine events – 1500m, 5000m, 800m, 10000m, pole vault, shot put, discus, hammer, and javelin.

The throwers once again dominated their events. Jamir Gibson won the discus throw (54.60m) event for the third time this outdoor season. Jake Nwosu also scored for the Black Knights with a sixth place finish. In the hammer, Army finished 2-4 with Cam Smith finishing second (58.82m) followed by Jamir Gibson (58.61m) and Deven McNeal (58.52m). Army picked up fourth and fifth place finishes in the javelin with Chris Barrett (60.64m) and Parker Brosious (59.97m). Luke Noonan placed seventh in the shot put for two points for the Black Knights.

EVENT WINNERS
Discus – Jamir Gibson (54.60m)

Notable Performances
Connor Quinlan finished second in the pole vault (4.68m).
Luke Griner finished third in the 800m (1:50.36).
Erik Lara secured a second place finish in the 10000m (30:20.61).
Marshall Beatty finished third in the 5000m (14:08.12).
Caden Foster and Zachary Simon finished third and fifth, respectively, in the 1500m.

COACH'S CORNER
About the event
"This meet has a long history as a regional championship on both the men's and women's sides. Teams from the northeast and mid-Atlantic typically compete at this championship and in most years it is a very competitive meet. It hasn't been held at William and Mary in close to 30 years so this was a new experience for almost everyone on our team. Coming off the conference meet last weekend and the ensuing week of final exams we knew we wouldn't be able to travel our full lineup down here so we have much less depth than we normally would at a championship meet like this. Having said that the people that are here are some of our top performers and their results so far reflect the strength of our team."

On Saturday
We have scored well in almost every event that we entered so far. The marks have not been our best but that is not unusual after the emotional ups and downs from last week. The hammer and javelin guys are probably disappointed in their marks but they competed well and scored quite a few points. Cam Smith was the best performer on the day in the field events with his runner up finish in the hammer. He has quietly put together a solid year. He picked up a hammer for the first time while at the prep school 2 years ago and since then has made himself into one of the top men in the East region and the second-best guy ever at Army. He is a good competitor and is very consistent. I don't think he gets distracted by very much which will serve him well at the NCAA regional in two weeks. We dealt with some early rain for the morning events and then the sun came out and the conditions were close to ideal for the rest of the meet. Maybe the best performance on the track came from Erick Lara in the 10k. He didn't make our travel squad for the patriot League meet and then came out here and put together a strong performance in getting 2nd. He took over the race in the latter stages and tried to run away with it. He managed to break all but one runner and then was passed with one lap to go. He hung on for second in what was probably the best race he has ever run. It was a nice breakthrough for him.

On Sunday
"We last won this meet in 2004 so it was a nice accomplishment for our men today. We didn't have very much depth in the meet but we had quite a few top 3 finishes and almost everyone that we entered scored points. Jamir Gibson led the way for us with his win in the discus today. The discus is his best event and he is the best discus thrower to ever attend a service academy so it was not a surprise that he won today. His top throw was well short of his best but his consistency is usually better than most and today it was enough to win. The NCAA regional prelims are the next meet on our schedule. I expect that we will get about 5 men into that meet. The top 12 finishers at the regional will advance to the NCAA championship in Eugene."

UP NEXT
Black Knights who have qualified for the NCAA East Regionals will compete from May 25-28 in Bloomington, Ind.

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