Some members of the West Point Glee Club performed the National Anthem at the 24K Club Event in NYC, and met actress and singer Kristin Chenoweth.
Glee Club Performs at the 24K Club
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Boxing Golden Gloves Bouts in Springfield
West Point Boxing had a great showing at bouts last Friday in the Golden Gloves in Springfield and at bouts on Saturday in Albany. Eight boxers are competing in the semi-finals this coming Saturday 1/28 at the MassMutual Center at 7pm as four others have already earned a spot in the Finals. There are also fights Friday 1/27 in NYC and a Sunday afternoon 1/29 home show to complete the trifecta. A full weekend of boxing for West Point Boxing fans.
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Parliamentary Debate Defeats RMC
On 21 January the senior team on West Point's Speech and Parliamentary Debate Team defeated the senior team from the Royal Military Academy of Canada (RMC). Great job, CDTs Nathan Hernandez and Dillon Burke.
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Cadets Help Students Understand Pollution Runoff
A seventh-grade team from the Explorer Club 360, and a ninth-grade team from the Sea Scouts, are collecting bed stream soil and water samples along the course of the Cahoon Creek. The students gathered at the mouth of the creek where it flows into Lake Erie for a discussion with associate professor Lt. Col. Paul Moody. Moody answered questions and provided insight into the effects soil types can have on ground water pollution. Determining if the creek bed is clay, and therefore impervious, or sand will have an impact on the effects of runoff into the creek. The ninth-graders plan on using the Field Soil Calculator App developed by West Point cadets Ryan Kowal and Walter Iradikunda to classify the soil in the stream bed. Read More
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Alpine Skiing Competes at NWAC in Vernon, NJ
The Army Alpine Ski Team participated in the first-ever race competition held at the newly activated National Winter Activity Center (NWAC) in Vernon, NJ. The Army men's shredders competing in a full conference field, finishing 3rd Saturday and 2nd Sunday. Both races were Giant Slalom (GS) events. The women were only able to field one athlete, Harvey ’20. Cadet Harvey managed respectable 11th and 15th finishes as an individual racer. The Army Freestyle team did not have competitive events, but Cadets D'agosataro ’20 and McCarthy ’20 accrued some needed practice mileage over at neighboring Mountain Creek resort. Individually in men's GS, Cadet Walters ’20 finished 7th and 5th, Captain Riley ’17 6th and 10th respectively, and Yale Flanagan 6th. Cadets Whitlow ’20, Mueser ’19 and Young ’19 had top 20 finishes. Other racers competing as Army Shredders included cadets Felch ’19, Argueta ’20 and Carter ’20.
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Skeet & Trap Competes in Greenwich, CT
The Skeet & Trap Team traveled to the historic Greenwich Country Club in Connecticut to compete against the club's shooters for the first time in over 20 years. Despite the competition based on unusual events such as "modern skeet," doubles skeet, and wobble trap, the cadets emerged victorious by a large margin over Greenwich. After the competition, the cadets were treated to a gourmet lunch in the main historic clubhouse.
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Cadets Rank Third in the NSA Codebreaker Challenge
Cadets and faculty ranked third at the conclusion of the 2016 NSA Codebreaker Challenge, which ran from 10 September to 31 December 2016. The challenge, as stated by the NSA, “…offers college undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to see the kinds of problems NSA faces on a daily basis and then replicate the process NSA uses to devise a solution. Current cyber security students are able to mimic a common problem that NSA addresses regularly and determine if they have what it takes to work at the agency. This year, the scenario will revolve around finding an improvised explosive device (IED) and having the students figure out how to reverse engineer and then disarm the IED. The 2016 scenario differs from previous challenges in that it provides insight into both offensive and defensive missions of the agency.”
USMA placed ahead of NPS (4th), USAFA (127th), AFIT (138th), and USNA (163rd). Challenge rankings are based upon time to complete tasks and total number of participants from a school to complete as many tasks as possible. Cadets Parker, Maixner, and Kim made the greatest contributions in USMA’s ranking for this challenge. LTC Moody, MAJ(P) Bundt, and CPT Sherburne participated as faculty.
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Hamilton Honored as Female Swimmer of the Week
Kelly Hamilton of the Army West Point women's swimming and diving team was honored by CollegeSwimming.com as the Patriot League Women's Swimmer of the Week. The honor is awarded based on the number of individual and relay event wins in a given weekend, the strength of each swim (using CollegeSwimming.com's point values), and the team outcome. Hamilton had another strong weekend, as she was responsible for three total first-place finishes, and one second-place finish in a quad-meet against American University, Boston University and George Mason University. The firstie touched the wall first in the 100-yard backstroke and 100-yard freestyle with respective times of 56.05 seconds and 52.00 seconds. Additionally, Hamilton was a part of the 400-yard freestyle relay team that took first with a mark of 3:29.49. Hamilton was also on the 200-yard medley relay team that finished in second place with a time of 1:45.85, just .02 seconds behind the top spot. Read More
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Stanford University Experimentation
The Mechanical Engineer Capstone Design course, ME496, consists of over 20 design teams. One team, the Magnetic Resonance Thermometry team, traveled to Stanford University to conduct experiments at the Lucas Center for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The team is funded by the Air Force Research lab, and the cadets are involved in first-of-their kind experiments measuring the temperature field inside a scaled version that replicates key features of a modern gas turbine vane or blade.
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USMA Research Shows Pen & Paper Win
Researchers at the United States Military Academy at West Point wanted to better understand the impact of laptops and tablets in the classroom. In particular, they were interested in whether or not classroom computer use makes a difference to students' grades. How did they study the issue? They set up an experiment. They took an introductory economics course and split the students into three groups. One group was allowed to use a laptop or tablet in class to take notes or to use an electronic version of their textbook. The second group was allowed to use tablet computers, but only if the tablet remained flat on the desk, face-up during class. And the third group, the control group, was "technology-free": no laptops or tablets were allowed. The researchers found that "permitting computers negatively impacts scores." In other words, the students who were allowed to use computers in class did worse on the exam. Just how much worse depended on the type of question: whether it was a multiple-choice, short answer or essay question. Full Story»
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Athletic Director's Update
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Feature Friday: John Emezie's Journey
For Army West Point men's basketball player John Emezie life growing up was not an average one. When John was just one-year old he and his parents immigrated from Nigeria, leaving behind two of his siblings. Click here for the video: https://youtu.be/KVuDnIszaiQ. After a few long and hard years of adjusting to their new home in the United States, John and his parents were finally reunited with their entire family. But the Nigerian ideals were never far from sight, helping transform John into the person he is today. Story
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Kay and Emery Have Strong Showing at Bucknell
Several members of the Army West Point men's diving team competed in the Bucknell Invite on Saturday afternoon. The Black Knights competed in both the one- and three-meter dives against schools such as Bucknell, Lafayette and Seton Hall, as a final tune-up before the Patriot League Championships. In the one-meter dive, Hudson Kay and Edward Emery went 1-2 with respective scores of 253.05 and 196.10. Kay also won the three-meter dive with a mark of 277.95. Emery took third place with a score of 201.65. Read More
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Hallstead Breaks Plebe Record at Bucknell
Several members of the Army West Point women's diving team competed in the Bucknell Invite on Saturday afternoon. The Black Knights competed in both the one- and three-meter dives against schools such as Bucknell, Lafayette and Seton Hall, as a final tune-up before the Patriot League Championships. n the one-meter dive, Serica Hallstead won with a final score of 270.05, while Fiona Caulfield of Bucknell came in second with a mark of 232.20. Kathryn Seyer took fifth with a result of 205.75. Hallstead shined again in the three-meter dive, where she broke the Plebe record with a score of 295.05. The freshman also earned NCAA Zone Championship qualifying scores for both marks. Additionally, Seyer finished in second in the three-meter with a score of 224.05. Read More
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First Ever SOSH Inaugural Ball
The American Politics program in the Department of Social Sciences hosted the first ever SOSH Inaugural Ball on January 19th 2017 to celebrate the peaceful transfer of power from President Barack Obama to President Donald Trump. Cadets from all classes and all majors enjoyed snacks, drinks, dancing, and civil political discourse. MAJ(P) Heidi Demarest, Director of the American Politics program, led a question and answer session with featured guest speaker, Mr. Jason Forrester, a former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and foreign policy advisor to several presidential campaigns.
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Women Step Up Against Strong Competition
The Army West Point women's track and field team continued its strong showing during the second day at the Penn National Invitational. Track Events Calli McMullen kicked off competition in the 400-meter dash with a time of 58.79 seconds, placing ninth. Haley Watson captured 11th in the 500-meter dash with a season-best time of 1:17.41. Cassie Mundekis also set a season-best time in the 800-meter run finishing second with a time of 2:13.02. In the 1000 meters, Samantha Coletti was the top finisher with a time of 2:56.00. Captain Abby Halbrook was atop the podium in the mile with a season-best time of 4:51.24. In the 4x400 meter relay Black Knights' Lynne Mooradian, Whidney Desormo, Calli McMullen and Cassie Mundekis came in sixth with a season-best time of 3:53.11. Read More
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Black Knights Set Season Bests at Penn State
The Army West Point men's track and field team completed second day of competition at the Penn State National Invitational on Saturday. Track Events Bradley Gibson finished 10th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 49.95 seconds, while Jose Santana posted a season best 48.22 seconds, finishing third in the 400-meter dash invitational race. In the 500 meters, Jonathan Keating competed in the open race finishing 12th with a time of 1:06.82. Tyrell Maddox competed in the 500-meter dash invitational race and finished fifth with a time of 1:05.00. Ben Boswell placed sixth in the 800-meter run clocking a time of 1:54.66. Keagan Smith brought home gold in the mile with a time of 4:12.46. He was joined by fellow classmate Roman Ollar who finished third with a time of 4:14.50. Kevin Dyer just missed the podium in the 200-meter dash placing fourth with a time of 22.00. Read More
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Wrestling Repeat as All-Academy Champions
The Army West Point wrestling team defended its title at the All-Academy Championships, posting a first-place finish with 103.5 points and three individual champions on Sunday from Navy's Alumni Hall. This was Army's fourth All-Academies title. Army won back-to-back All-Academy Championships for the first time in program history. Eight Black Knights advanced to championship matches, the most of any team. Plebe Trey Chalifoux (125 lbs.) and firsties Russ Parsons (157 lbs.) and Trevor Smith (285 lbs.) won individual titles. Chalifoux and Smith won their first-career tournament titles. Firstie co-captain Logan Everett earned his 10th-career pin 25 seconds into his quarterfinal bout. Cow Matt Kelly documented the first technical fall of his career with a 15-0 victory in the quarterfinals. The win was the 30th of Kelly's career. Parsons notched an 18-0 tech. fall in his opening match, setting a new single-season best in the category. The tech. fall in the quarterfinals gave Parsons 10 bonus point victories on the season. Parsons documented his 75th-career victory in the semifinals, advancing to his third-straight All-Academies finals. Cow Andrew Mendel earned his first-career pin at the 4:05 mark of his quarterfinal bout. Mendel earned his fifth bonus point win of the season in the semifinals with a 12-4 major decision. Plebe Ben Harvey achieved the first pin of his career 1:35 into his first match for his fifth bonus point win of the season. Smith advanced to the finals with his 40th-career victory. Read More
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International Cadets Goodwill Tour of NYC
On January 26, 2017, two international cadets from the Republic of Korea, along with COL Yongjun Choi, the current Korean defense attaché to the United States, participated in a goodwill tour to New York City. CDT Dongik Jung ’18 and CDT Jaewook Park ’20 visited the New York City Police Department Special Operations Command, witnessing firsthand operations in the Emergency Service Unit, the Aviation Unit, the Canine Unit, the Mounted Unit, the Harbor Unit, and within a police precinct. The cadets also met representatives of the U.S. Army Fellowship Program at the Headquarters of the National Football League. The tour was organized by Anderson Estrella, a police cadet with the New York Police Department who visited the Korean Military Academy (KMA) in the summer of 2016 and was looking for ways to strengthen South Korean-U.S. relations.
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Judo Dominates RMC Match Tournament
Army Judo competed against RMC Judo in a 12-match tournament. Army won 11/12 matches against RMC. RMC’s team captain unfortunately received a head injury during his fight against West Point. The tournament concluded with a 25-minute randoori (open fighting) session with both teams.
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