Dec. 4, 2007

Results

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy pole vaulter Jacqui Charnigo (Sr./Medina, Ohio) qualified for the ECAC Championship with a first-place height to lead the Midshipmen to dual-scoring wins over American and Mount St. Mary's to open the women's indoor track & field season on Tuesday night at Halsey Field House.

Navy topped American, 264-66, and Mount St. Mary's, 246-118, to open the 2007-08 indoor slate with a 2-0 record. The Midshipmen have not lost a regular season dual-meet since the 2004-05 indoor season, a span of 47-straight wins.

Charnigo, last year's ECAC outdoor pole vault champion, soared over the 12'3-1/2" (3.75 meters) bar on her second try to surpass the championship-qualifying standard. The product of Medina, Ohio, attempted to break the school record and match the NCAA Championship provisional qualifying mark of 12'11-1/2" (3.95 meters), but could not clear the height on three attempts. Earlier in the day, she finished second in the high jump with a height of 5'1" (1.54 meters).

"Jacqui really exceeded our expectations at this point of the season," stated Navy head coach Carla Criste. "This really bodes well for things to come.

"I'm quite happy with the tone the upperclassmen has set for the team. They are paving the way for the underclassmen."

The Midshipmen won each of the six field events on Tuesday night. Indoor team captain Lauren Burmeister (Sr./Brownsdale, Minn.) soared 37'1-3/4" (11.32 meters) to win the triple jump after Colleen Conley (Jr./Woodstock, Md.) topped the field with a 17'1/2" (5.19 meters) performance in the long jump. Rebecca Tucker (Sr./Oregon City, Ore.) came away victorious in the high jump with a mark of 5'1" (1.54 meters), while Meg Joyce (Jr./West Kingston, R.I.) won the weight throw with a distance of 42'4" (12.90 meters) and Janet Von Eiff (Fr./San Diego, Calif.) uncorked a toss of 38'8-1/4" (11.79 meters) to win the shot put in her first collegiate meet.

Navy also out-ran the field in five track events during its season-opening meet. Amy Watson (So./Hampstead, Md.), a First-Team All-Patriot League cross country runner in the fall, opened the track portion of the meet with a first-place time of 18:16.19 in the 5,0000-meter run.

Sabrina Gambill (Sr./Bridgewater, Mass.) delivered a time of 8.81 seconds in the 55-meter hurdles to pace the competition in the next event. Katie Calhoun (So./Lancaster, Pa.) followed with a first-place showing of 5:29.47 in the mile run and Vicki Moore (Sr./Burke, Va.) completed the 800-meter run in 2:20.44 to claim another event title.

The Midshipmen wrapped up the evening with Maureen Dooley (Jr./Durham, Conn.), Kyleigh Millhouse (Sr./Boiling Springs, Pa.), Jenny Rubin (So./Papillion, Neb.) and Arwyn Becker (Sr./Vail, Colo.) teaming up for a first-place clocking of 10:11.25 in the 4x800-meter relay.

The Midshipmen will be off during final exams and the semester break before returning to action on Jan. 4 with the World Pole Vault Summit Championship in Reno, Nev., and the UMES Invitational in Princess Anne, Md.