ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy track and field team posted a dominant performance on Saturday as both the men's and women's teams won the Army-Navy Outdoor Star Series Meet as part of the annual Star Series presented by USAA. The men's team won 110-93, while the women completed the sweep with a 115-88 victory.
It is the eighth consecutive outdoor win over the Black Knights for the men's team, while it is the fifth straight outdoor victory over Army for the women.
"We had it rolling today and the team competed its heart out," Director of Navy Track and Field Jamie Cook said after the meet. "I am really proud of what they have done and what they have accomplished this year. We've had some setbacks and the team has had to show some resiliency coming out here and performing the way they did today."
"Army is a great team. They beat us indoors and we beat them outdoors. As I told the team, you have to take advantage of days like this and celebrate your victories because we know how bad we felt (during indoors). I am proud of our student-athletes and our coaching staff because they put in a lot of work. It was a fun time today."
The men's team tallied 42 IC4A qualifying marks on the day, while the women posted 22 ECAC qualifiers. In addition, the team posted 19 performances that rank in the school's top 10, highlighted by freshman Breanna Mealer's (Severn, Md.) school-record distance of 5.96m (19-06.75) in the long jump.
Navy track and field returns to action on Saturday, April 13, as the Midshipmen head to Fairfax, Va. for the George Mason Spring Invitational.
Men's Recap
Navy started off the day with a 110-93 victory in the men's track and field meet.
In the 100m dash, the duo of Evan Lexo (Groton, Mass.) and Aaron Watson (Union City, Mich.) finished 1-2 to win the event. Lexo clocked a 10.42, while Watson crossed the line just behind with a 10.50. Lexo won the 200m dash as well with a time of 21.09, while Watson followed with a third-place finish and a time of 21.47.
The 400m dash saw Eric Hughey (Lee's Summit, Mo.) win first place, while John Finnegan (Spring, Texas) and Nicholas Williams (Bristol, R.I.) finished 1-2 in the 800m run. Finnegan clocked a 1:50.31, while N. Williams registered a 1:51.90. Jake Brophy (New Hope, Pa.) was the top finisher for the Mids in the 1,500m run and the 5,000m run. Brophy crossed the finish line with a 1,500m time of 3:51.93 to win the event, while the junior took second in the 5K with a time of 14:23.14. David Nelsen (Chandler, Ariz.) was third in the 1,500m with a time of 3:54.20, while Kevin Murray (Wilmington, Del.) was third in the 5,000m with a time of 14:24.03.
In the hurdles, Clayton Thompson (Corpus Christi, Texas) was the top finisher for Navy in both the 110m and 400m hurdles. Thompson finished first in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.09 – the second-best performance in Navy history, while Kordell Williams (Upper Marlboro, Md.) claimed third in the event with a time of 14.37. In the 400m hurdles, Thompson finished second with a time of 51.81, out-touching Cameron Hurd (Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.) who clocked a 52.05 to claim third.
Murray won the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 9:10.15, while Julian Perez (Beaumont, Texas), competing in his first full steeplechase event, took second with a time of 9:12.87.
Navy's 4x100m relay team of Watson, Austin Pierce (Dahlonega, Ga.), Lexo, and Demetrius Lanier (Palm Coast, Fla.) combined for a time of 40.14 to win the event. The time was the third fastest in Navy history. The 4x400m relay team of Hughey, Simon Petsch (Billings, Mont.), Hurd, and Finnegan closed out the meet with a second-place finish with a time of 3:10.21 in the final event of the men's competition, which was the eighth-best time in school history.
Freshman Cole Bailey (Yukon, Okla.) was the top finisher for Navy in the high jump, taking third place with a top height of 1.99m (6-06.25). The pole vault saw Stefano Pineda (Hockessin, Del.), Charles Dever (Thornton, Pa.), and Charles Crispi (Staten Island, N.Y.) finish 1-2-3. Pineda won with a jump of 4.90m (16-00.75), while Dever and Crispi were tied with a height of 4.80m (15-09.00).
The horizontal jumps saw Cedric Williams (Powder Springs, Ga.) finish as the top Midshipmen, claiming second place in both the long jump and triple jump. C. Williams finished the long jump with a distance of 7.18m (23-06.75), while the junior registered a mark of 15.22m (49-11.25) in the triple jump. Ben Stewart (Charlestown, R.I.) third in the long jump (7.14m / 23-05.25), while K. Williams was third in the triple jump (14.51m / 47-07.25).
In the throws, Sean Brennan (Westfield, N.J.) continued to be consistent. The senior finished second in the shot put, third in the discus, and won the hammer throw. Brennan won the hammer with a throw of 60.70m (199-02), while Mike Milcarek (Woodinville, Wash.) took third with a throw of 56.99m (187-00). Brennan and Milcarek finished back-to-back in the shot put both notching a throw of 17.49m (57-04.75). Brennan's throw of 50.74m (166-06) in the discus was the top for Navy. The javelin saw Hayden Fox (Pittsburgh, Pa.) and Skyler Mason (Oakdale, Pa.) post the same distance – 65.59m / 215-02 – to finish second and third, respectively on judge's decision.
Women's Recap
The women's team completed the outdoor sweep with a 115-88 victory over the Black Knights.
Regine Tugade (Dededo, Guam) posted a pair of second-place finishes in the 100m and 200m dashes. The junior posted the second fastest time in each event, clocking an 11.82 in the 100m and a 24.38 in the 200m. She was followed by Amanda Henson(West Barnstable, Mass.) in the 100m, who finished third with a 12.00. Chloe Alfieri (Harvard, Mass.) was third in the 200m with a time of 24.63, which was the seventh fastest time in program history.
Chelsey Edwards (Schertz, Texas), Alfieri, and Laruen Heaton (Russia, Ohio) finished 1-2-3 in the 400m dash with time of 55.45, 57.17, and 57.58, respectively.
In the 800m run, Kara Kakascik (Weirton, W.Va.) won the event with a time of 2:11.02, while Kathleen Murphy (Westport, Conn.) was Navy's top finisher in the 1,500m run with a time of 4:39.76. With the meet secured, Maddy Warrender (Mount Wolf, Pa.) held nothing back and won the 5,000m run with a time of 17:59.97.
In the hurdles, Mealer was the top finisher for the Midshipmen in the 100m hurdles, finishing second with a time of 14.40. Amanda Agana (Fayetteville, Ark.) won the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:00.17, which was the sixth fastest time in program history.
Annie Imhof (Great Mills, Md.) and Annika Pearson (Glen Ellyn, Ill.) finished second and third in the 3,000m steeplechase.
In the relays, Navy won both the 4x100m and 4x400m relay. The quartet of Henson, Edwards, Tugade, and Alfieri combined to clock the third fastest time in school history with a time of 46.11 in the 4x100m relay, while Edwards, Heaton, Kakascik, and Agana combined for a time of 3:44.42 in the 4x400m relay, which was the fourth fastest time in Navy history.
Women's basketball's Darryl Langford (Fayetteville, Ga.) made the transition to outdoor track and field, and won the high jump with a height of 1.60m (5-03.00). She was joined in the top two by Chloe Lucas-Brown (San Antonio, Texas) who finished second with a jump of 1.55m (5-01.00).
Like the men's team, Navy swept the pole vault, going 1-2-3 on the women's side. Maddi Falvey (Cypress, Texas) won the event with a jump of 3.70m (12-01.50). She finished ahead of teammates Kaitlyn Stafford (Friendswood, Texas – 3.50m / 11-05.75) and Brianna Green (King George, Va. – 3.35m / 10-11.75).
Mealer set the school record in the long jump with a distance of 5.96m (19-06.75), while fellow freshman Lindsay Lewis (Lanham, Md.) was second with the third best jump in school history of 5.84m (19-02.00). The triple jump once again saw Audrey Fernandez (South Hill, Wash.) and Evelyn Berecz (Downington, Pa.) finish back-to-back for the Midshipmen. Fernandez registered a distance of 12.00m (39-04.50), while Berecz was just shy of the mark with a jump of 11.71m (38-05.00).
The throws saw Sam Orie (Greensburg, Pa.) and Ariana McKenzie (Potomac, Md.) each notch throws in the Navy top 10. Orie won the shot put with the second-best performance in school history with a mark of 14.61m (47-11.25), while McKenzie won the hammer with the sixth best distance in Navy history with a 57.08m (187-03). Rachel Duncavage (League City, Texas) was the top finisher for the Mids in the discus with a distance fo 43.33m (142-02). Navy swept the javelin as Jadyn Tiracave (Ashville, Pa.) won the event with the sixth-best distance in school history of 46.48m (152-06). Emma Foster (Poteet, Texas) and Sarah Morris (Mobile, Ala.) were second and third, respectively, with distances of 45.02m (147-08) and 43.46m (142-07).
