ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy track and field teams swept the 2023 Army-Navy Outdoor Star Meet on Saturday at Ingram Field. The two victories earned the Mids two stars in the Army-Navy Star Series, presented by USAA.
The women's team defeated Army by a score of 111-92. The women won their eighth straight star and claimed their 22nd win.
Along with the two stars won by track and field, the women's team won its star match over Army earlier in the day to help Navy clinch the 2022-23 Army-Navy Star Series. The win marks the 39th time in the past 45 years in which Navy has won the Star Series (39-4-2).
Navy improved to 13-7 in Star competitions against Army this season. Additionally, the Navy track and field and cross country teams swept all six Star competitions for the second-consecutive season.
The Mids won 12 of the 19 events and earned the maximum points in seven.
Team captain Molly Chapman contributed 11 points in her final Army-Navy Star Meet. She won the triple jump with the third-best distance in school history at 12.24m (40' 2"). The senior posted the same height as teammate Hannah Lowenstein in the high jump with a mark of 1.65m (5' 5") to place second (Lowenstein earned first place in the event by having fewer missed jumps in the previous attempt). Chapman also placed second in the long jump with an effort of 5.65m (18' 6.5").
Sophomore Isabella Romasko competed in her first collegiate outdoor long jump and walked away victorious with a distance of 5.68m (18' 7.75").
Sami Bollinger placed second in the triple jump with the eighth-farthest distance in school history at 12.11m (39' 8.75"). Her placement earned Navy the maximum points in the event.
Giulia Mesa placed third in the long jump (5.56m / 18' 3") and triple jump (11.90m / 39' 0.5") to sweep the events for the Mids.
Charlene Morke repeated as the outdoor Star Meet pole vault winner. She posted a height of 3.86m (12' 8") to earn the victory. Stephanie Jacobs and Alayna Schloeder each recorded a mark of 3.76m (12' 4") to place second and third, respectively.
Autumn Nicholas began the meet with a win and Navy top-10 mark in the hammer throw. She posted the seventh-best throw in Navy history at 58.28m (191' 2"). The senior also scored two points with a third-place finish in the shot put (13.07m / 42' 10.75") and a fourth-place effort in the discus (42.34m / 138' 11").
Jordynn Hutchinson also scored in all three events with Nicholas. She placed fourth in the hammer throw (49.04m / 160' 10") and shot put (12.74m / 41' 9.75") to score a point in each event. The sophomore also added a point with a fifth-place finish in the hammer throw (42.28m / 138' 8").
Renny Murphy (third place) and Sarah Perico (fifth place) scored a combined three points in the javelin with distances of 46.41m (152' 3") and 38.90m (127' 7"), respectively.
The 4x100m relay team of Jia Anderson, Mayu Gayton, Molly Mangan and Sabrina Sutter combined to record a winning time of 46.17. The time is the eighth-best in Navy history.
The 4x400m relay team of Kylie Bedard, Annie Lemelin, Kayla McGuire and Mangan also set a Navy top-10 mark. The squad posted the fourth-fastest time in program history at 3:43.66 to place second.
Mangan scored an additional eight points for Navy for her placements in the 400m and 200m. She won the 400m with a time of 55.77 and placed second in the 200m with an effort of 24.35.
Sutter claimed victories in the 100m (12.03) and 200m (24.25) to score 10 points. The 200m times by Sutter and Mangan didn't count as top-10 marks due to an illegal wind.
Rachel Anderson earned Navy a sweep in the 200m with a third-place finish at 24.96.
The Mids claimed first in both hurdle races. Jia Anderson won the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.45 and Annie Taylor won the 400m hurdles with an effort of 1:01.60. Anderson's time also didn't count as a top-10 mark due to illegal wind.
Taylor also competed in the 100m hurdles and placed third with a time of 14.26.
Annie Lemelin gave Navy the maximum points in the 400m hurdles with a second-place finish at 1:01.73.
McGuire claimed the 800m race with a winning time of 2:10.20. Alex Wercinski placed third in the event with a time of 2:11.39 to score an additional two points toward Navy's score.
Ellie Abraham finished in second place with a time of 10:38.60 in the 3,000m steeplechase. Her time is the 10th-best at Navy. Olivia Lutkevich placed third in the race with a time of 10:54.59.
Emily Boutin earned second place in the 1500m with a time of 4:30.37. Emily Ettrich recorded a time of 4:35.23 to place fourth.
Sophie Compton scored three points in her first Star meet race. The freshman placed second in the 5,000m with a time of 17:21.58. Elizabeth Sullivan placed fourth in the race with a time of 17:35.53.
