March 4, 2007
Complete Results
BOSTON - Navy men's track & field junior middle distance runner Craig Meekins (Baldwin, N.Y.) placed fifth in the 800-meter run finals as the Midshipmen concluded the IC4A Championship in 41st place on Sunday at Boston University.
The Midshipmen totaled four points over the two-day championship to tie with Colgate, Stony Brook, New Haven and Lafayette. Cornell won the meet with 50 points, followed by Seton Hall's 45 points and Georgetown's 42 points.
One day after tying the seventh-fastest 800-meter time in school history, Meekins came back to register a time of 1:50.98, which ranks sixth in the program's all-time annals. The Navy junior finished only 0.29-second off Tim Kaijala's first-place time from Penn. His fifth-place finish on Sunday earned him All-East recognition for the first time in his career.
Junior Darryl Hunter (Des Moines, Iowa) narrowly missed reaching All-East status in the shot put, as he placed 10th on Sunday. His second of three throws proved to be the best for him on the day, going 53'5-3/4" (16.30 meters).
Junior John Kress (Colorado Springs, Colo.) finished 21st in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 15:03.36. Seniors Cole Herron (Sanger, Calif.) and Stephen White (Marietta, Ga.) were unable to clear the opening height of 6'8" (2.03 meters) in the high jump and did not place on Sunday.
The Midshipmen will await to see whether or not junior 800-meter runner Paul Harris (Woodbury, Minn.) and their distance medley relay team will advance to the NCAA Championship next weekend at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark. Both areas posted NCAA provisional qualifying marks during the Iowa State Classic last month to close out the regular season.
