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Cadet Activities Roundup, February 7

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Climbing Team:  Members of the Climbing Team take on the Gravity Vault during the Collegiate Climbing Series Regional Championship.The team competed in the first of five competitions that comprise the Collegiate Climbing Series Regional Championship. Team members gave rise to a solid performance in the season opener and multiple cadets placed in the top ten finishers overall. Cadet Zhaina Myrzakhanova ‘16 performed particularly well, coming in 2nd place in the women’s category after less than one year on the team. West Point finished second overall.

Judo Team:  West Point Judo excelled at the Super Bowl Championships at Tech Judo in North Bergen, NJ with a total of 9 first place winners, 2 second places and 5 third places out of over 100 competitors from the Tri-State area. Gold medal winners include Cadets Peter Stanley, Joel Puritz, Wes Talley, Pat Hogan, Anthony Sciuva, Catherine Clarke-Pounder, Carson Reed, Larisa Tudor, Patrick Diehl and Juliet Talavera. Silver Medal winners include Cadets Carly Patton and Carson Giammaria. Bronze medal winners include Cadets Daniel Sprouse, John Barnes, Mike Miranda and Catherine Donohoe.

Team Handball Team (Women):  West Point Women’s Team HandballWest Point Women’s Team Handball claimed third place at UNC’s annual Blue Cup Invitational.  West Point Women’s Team Handball excitedly looks to build on their strong beginning as they prepare for the college national championship in April.  On 23 February, the team heads to Los Angeles for its first tournament in California.

Foreign Language and Culture Club (Portuguese Language):  The Portuguese Language Club competed in the 15th Annual Philadelphia Flames Soccer Club Indoor TournamentThe Portuguese Language Club competed in the 15th Annual Philadelphia Flames Soccer Club Indoor Tournament in Warminster, PA and they finished second in their division with 3 Wins and 1 Loss.

Racquetball: The Cadet Racquetball Team had a successful trip to the Eastern Collegiate Racquetball Conference (ECRC) Meet at State College, PA. Highlights of the tournament included the following team results:

Winner, Men’s 2 Collegiate Gold Doubles: Cadets Albert Casas and James Sutter; Winner, Men’s 2 Collegiate Red Singles: Cadet Albert Casas; Runner-up, Women’s 4 Collegiate Red Singles: Cadet Michaela Gallien; Winner: Men’s 4 Collegiate Red Singles: Cadet John Hendler; Winner: Men’s 4 Collegiate Gold Doubles: Cadets John Hendler and Michael Trainin; Winner: Men’s 3 Collegiate Blue Doubles: Cadets Patrick Innes and John Markham; Runner-up, Women’s 1 College Blue Singles: Cadet Apphia Kim; Winner, Men’s 2 Collegiate Blue Doubles: Cadet James Sutter.

Snow Sports Club (Snowboarding): 2 February marked the second BoarderX race for the Snowboard Club at Windham Mountain.  Jess Montgomery and Chris Beatty competed in their second race. This weekend also marked the debut races for snowboarder Dylan Doty and skier William Mace. Doty took everyone by surprise with his first place finish in the opening heat. However, in the Final Heat Chris Beatty secured a second place finish, placing him in the top two BoarderX racers in the entire Catskill Mountain region.

Skeet & Trap Team:  The USMA Skeet and Trap Team traveled to the Mt. Pleasant Sportsman’s Club and shared food, fun and a 50 clay target competition with club’s members. Mt. Pleasant is an older establishment, informally founded around 1890 by men who shared a mutual passion for the outdoors and was formally chartered since 1941.  Shooters turned out strong scores under the adverse conditions, with the high-gun of the day award going to a 3-way tie among the attending cadets.


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