Citadel Men's Track and Field 4x100m Relay Team Takes First Place in the Military Relay
4/30/2001
Philadelphia, PA -- The Citadel men's track and field 4x100m relay team struck gold and took first place in the Military Relay, Saturday, April 28, in Philadelphia at the Penn Relays.
The Bulldog foursome of Jay Ingram, J.T. Marbury, Rob Nichols and Jeff Witherspoon followed up their second place Southern Conference Championship performance by running a 41.74 relay to outdistance VMI, Army and Navy for their first Penn Relays victory in coach Jody Huddleston's tenure.
"It was very exciting to see our seniors Jay and Rob go out with a win of this magnitude,2 said Huddleston. We have been very close in the past but to finally win this relay after such a great season was the icing on the cake."
The winners received gold Penn Relays watches for their efforts.
4 x 100 Military Relay (Intrepid)
1. The Citadel 41.74 sec.
2. VMI 41.82 sec.
3. Army 42.01 sec.
4. Navy 42.14 sec.
5. Coast Guard 43.95 sec.
6. Merchant Marine 45.26 sec.
