March 22, 2008

Results

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Navy women's track & field distance runner Amy Watson (So./Hampstead, Md.) won the 10,000-meter run with an ECAC-qualifying time to lead the Midshipmen to a first-place team score against American, Lehigh, Maryland and VCU in their outdoor season opener at Ingram Field on Saturday afternoon.

Navy won eight events to lead the way with 303.5 points, 118 more than second-place Lehigh's 185.5 points. VCU came in third with 154 points, followed by Maryland's 82 points and American's 38 points.

Watson earned a spot at the ECAC Championship in May with her first-place time of 37:27.14 in the 10,000-meter run. It was the first time she had raced at that distance in her collegiate career.

Three other Midshipmen came away victorious on the track on Saturday. Sabrina Gambill (Sr./Bridgewater, Mass.) won the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.30 seconds and Jessica Orr (Sr./New Holland, Pa.) paced the field in the 400-meter hurdles with her 1:06.94 showing. Arwyn Becker (Sr./Vail, Colo.) began the track portion of the meet with a first-place 11:07.30 clocking in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.

Four different Mids each earned an event victory in the field. Team captain Jacqui Charnigo (Sr./Medina, Ohio), last year's outdoor ECAC champion in the pole vault, won the event with a height of 10'11-3/4" (3.35 meters). Katie Berkey (Jr./Tempe, Ariz.) soared 37'1-3/4" (11.32 meters) to best the competition in the triple jump, while Sienna Brown (Fr./Alamo, Calif.) won the discus throw with a distance of 121'10" (37.14 meters) and Liz Hall (Sr./Erie, Pa.) placed first in the javelin throw with a mark of 113'3" (34.52 meters).

The Midshipmen (4-0) will make the short drive to College Park next Saturday to compete at the Maryland Invitational, starting at 10 a.m.