TAMPA, Fla. - Kasandra Clark cleared an Academy outdoor record in the pole vault, Domonick Sylve posted the fastest time by a cadet in in the 110m hurdles, and several athletes posted postseason-qualifying and personal-best times, as the Army men's and women's track and field teams opened the outdoor season at the Bulls Invitational in Tampa, Fla. on Friday.
On
the heels of a stellar indoor season in which he lowered the Academy record in
the 60m hurdles, Junior speedster Sylve posted ran a wind-aided 13.68 in the
110m hurdles. The time is the fastest by a cadet by a large margin (T.J.
Petersen owns the outdoor record at 13.89), but does not qualify as an Academy
record or NCAA qualifying time as the wind was outside the allowable
parameters.
In the pole vault, junior Clark collected sixth
with a new personal-best 3.65m to set the Academy outdoor record, breaking the
old mark held by Anna Diko (3.49m) . She was also 10th in the long
jump with a leap of 5.21m.
Sophomore Michael Hutchins
won the long jump with an IC4A-qualifying jump of 7.12m. Hutchins also earned
third place and cleared 2.08m in the high jump, surpassing the IC4A qualifying
mark of 2.04m.
In the 5,000m race, classmate
Michael Mitchell earned first place overall by lowering his personal best to
14:59.13.
Sophomore Frederick Beebe grabbed
second place with a leap of 14.48m in the triple jump, barely missing the IC4A
standard of 14.50m. The San Antonio, Texas native was also 12th in
the long jump (6.00m).
Matt Nulk claimed top honors
in the shot put (15.09m), and placed ninth (40.53), and fifth (49.24m) in the
discus and hammer, respectively. Senior classmate Joe Nemeth was two spots
behind Nulk in the shot, finishing third with a mark of 14.82m.
Outdoor captain Adam Schwartz
collected second place in the hammer with a heave of 52.20m.
Thomas Wagner finished third in
the high jump with a mark of 2.08m, while Freshman McKenzie Majchrzak placed
third overall in the women's high jump with a mark of 1.65m.
In the men's 800m race,
senior Brandon Wright was third with a personal-record time of 1:54.23.
The Army men's 4x100m relay
team of Christopher Clark, Melvin Walker, McDaniel, and Sylve collected third
place in 41.73, surpassing the IC4A mark of 42.50m. In the 4x400m relay, Army's
Wright, Andrew Tingan, Thomas Meyer, and Corbin Helis were also third, clocking
in at 3:19.63.
Team captain Annie Taft
placed fourth in the 400m hurdles with a personal-best time of 1:03.92.
Freshman Taylor Kensy was third in the same event in an IC4A-qualifying time of
54.32m.
Senior thrower Kurt Bujewski
was fourth in the discus (47.27m), while placing sixth in the shot (14.35m),
and 11th in the javelin in a personal-best 47.09m. Junior Patrick
Heath was fourth in the javelin with a personal-record 59.93m.
Freshman Kyler Martin
finished in fourth place behind Sylve in the 110m hurdles in 15.20m.
Kim Mallard placed fourth
overall in the hammer throw with a mark of 50.03m, with Barrett Lehardy marking
a new personal best in the 3,000m steeplechase in 9:48.43.
Alfred McDaniel broke through
the IC4A qualifying mark in his first outdoor meet of the season by clocking in
at 10.65 in the 100m and marking a new personal best that netted sixth place.
Angela Jenkins was sixth in
the women's triple jump at 11.35m.
Army will return to action
next weekend at the All-Academy Championships, hosted by VMI, in Lexington, Va.
Courtesy: Army Athletic Communications
