The 2025 VMI track and field outdoor season marked another banner year for Zack Scott ’89, VMI track and field director. Under his tutelage, the VMI men placed fifth at this spring’s Southern Conference Outdoor Championships, and the VMI women took ninth overall. It was a year of new personal bests, school records, and All-Conference finishes for both the men and women.
Midgett ’24 – NCAA Triple Jump Qualifier
- One of the top track and field athletes in program history, Keyandre Midgett ’24 finished his VMI career by qualifying for the NCAA Championships Outdoor Track and Field First Round in the triple jump event May 30 in Jacksonville, Florida.
- He finished 44th overall with a distance of 14.48 meters—the second-best mark among SoCon qualifiers at the national event.
Men’s T&F Outdoor Season Highlights
- The VMI men placed fifth overall at the SoCon Championships with 73.5 points.
- Cameron Thomas ’27 broke his VMI pole vault record with a 5.10-meter (16’8.75”) clearance to win the event at the Davidson Relays and later earned All-SoCon honors by placing second in the vault at the SoCon Championships.
- Midgett earned All-SoCon honors in the long jump and triple jump, including an individual title in the long jump and second place in the triple.
- Zachary Denton ’27 also earned All-SoCon honors with a second-place finish in the long jump.
- Nick Brown ’25 claimed the 400-meter dash individual title, earning All-SoCon recognition.
- Tazewell Rae ’28 earned third place in the shot put for All-SoCon honors.
- The 4×100 and 4×400 relay teams both earned All-SoCon accolades with third-place finishes at the SoCon Championships.
Women’s T&F Outdoor Season Highlights
- Without the services of an injured Eleyah Armstrong ’25, star sprinter/jumper, the VMI women placed ninth with 22.0 points at the SoCon Championships.
- Reagan Gilman ’28 smashed her 800-meter school record with a 2:12.24 at the SoCon Championships, breaking her fourth school record of the year in the indoor and outdoor seasons.
- Shea Hart ’26 took All-SoCon honors in the pentathlon with a third-place finish of 4,417—just three shy of her career-best—at the SoCon Championships.
