Liam McBride (Black), Isaiah Blount (red), and Zachary Denton (red) during the 60 meter hurdles. VMI indoor track and field intrasquad meet Saturday December 9.2023 in Lexington, VA. (Randall K. Wolf / VMI)
Randall K. Wolf

Men's Track and Field

VMI Men place first at VMI Team Challenge

LEXINGTON, Va. – The VMI men's track team resumed the indoor season with exceptional performances Saturday at the VMI Team Challenge held at the Corps Physical Training Facility.

The Keydets placed first overall with 145 points to edge out Catawba College's 143 points.VMI placed first out of 11 schools competing on the men's side.
 
Freshman Kevin Shank gave the Keydets a great start to the meet by finishing second overall in the 5K with a time of 15:15.54.
 
Liam McBride won the 60-meter hurdles by twice breaking the VMI school record set by Keyandre Midgett in 2023. McBride logged a time of 8.12 seconds in the preliminary round then followed it up in the finals with a first-place time of 8.08 seconds. He broke Midgett's record of 8.13 seconds last winter.
 
In the weight throw, senior Andrew Granger won the event with a toss of 16.07 meters and was followed by freshman Rafe Clendenin's distance of 14.07 meters.
 
Sophomore Ben Hagerich showed well in the mile run  by taking first overall in 4:22.4.
 
In the triple jump, senior Keyandre Midgett earned a first-place distance of 15.22m.
 
VMI Director of Track and Field Zack Scott
"Many thanks to our coaches Caleb Wisecarver and Eddie Williams for the preparation they have provided to our team over the past few months. The rest of the day was spent setting new PRs and competing to the best of our ability."

Team Scores
1 - VMI - 145
2 - Catawba - 143
3 - Virginia State - 87
4 - Washington & Lee - 60
5 - George Mason - 53
6 - Southern Wesleyan - 42
7 - Emory & Henry - 25
8 - Hagerstown - 19
9 - King - 19
10- Bluefield State - 16
11 - Marshall - 6
 
Top Performances
60mH
Liam McBride - 1st - 8.12 - prelims
Liam McBride - 1sr - 8.08 – finals
 
Weight throw
Andrew Granger - 1st - 16.03m
Rafe Clendenin - 2nd - 14.07m
 
Mile run
Ben Hagerich - 1st - 4:22.4
 
Men's 5K
Kevin Shank - 2nd - 15:15.54
 
200m dash
Jacob Garnett - 3rd - 22.35
 
DMR - 3rd - 11:00.39
Kevin Shank, Ben Hagerich, Patrick Lowry, Colin Crenshaw
 
Long jump
Charles Male - 3rd - 6.99m
 
Triple jump
Keyandre Midgett - 1st - 15.22m
 
Up Next
VMI faces a quick turnaround as the Keydets host the Keydet Invitational next Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26 -27.
 
 
 


 
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Players Mentioned

Andrew Granger

Andrew Granger

Throws
Junior
Charles Male

Charles Male

Jumps
Sophomore
Liam McBride

Liam McBride

Hurdles-Long Jump
Junior
Keyandre Midgett

Keyandre Midgett

Hurdles-Jumps-Sprints
Junior
Ben Hagerich

Ben Hagerich

Distance
Freshman
Rafe Clendenin

Rafe Clendenin

Throws
Freshman
Colin Crenshaw

Colin Crenshaw

Distance
Freshman
Jacob Garnett

Jacob Garnett

Sprints
Freshman
Patrick Lowry

Patrick Lowry

Distance
Freshman
Kevin Shank

Kevin Shank

Distance
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Andrew Granger

Andrew Granger

Junior
Throws
Charles Male

Charles Male

Sophomore
Jumps
Liam McBride

Liam McBride

Junior
Hurdles-Long Jump
Keyandre Midgett

Keyandre Midgett

Junior
Hurdles-Jumps-Sprints
Ben Hagerich

Ben Hagerich

Freshman
Distance
Rafe Clendenin

Rafe Clendenin

Freshman
Throws
Colin Crenshaw

Colin Crenshaw

Freshman
Distance
Jacob Garnett

Jacob Garnett

Freshman
Sprints
Patrick Lowry

Patrick Lowry

Freshman
Distance
Kevin Shank

Kevin Shank

Freshman
Distance