Madaline Kenyon ’17 Breaks IOCT Record

The Indoor Obstacle Course Test has challenged cadets for more than 60 years at West Point. Out of the thousands that have come before her, no female cadet has ever completed it faster than Class of 2017 Cadet Madaline Kenyon. At 2 minutes and 26 seconds, she recently set the new female record - a mark that had been held for more than 20 years by Class of 1989's Tanya Cheek. Kenyon said being a track athlete helps, but the Duanesburg, N.Y., native credits her Indoor Obstacle Course Test, known as the IOCT, success to years of gymnastics."The physical aspects of military movement and the IOCT are very similar to what I learned doing gymnastics. It's something that I did for eight years and something that I loved and worked at," Kenyon said. Read more.