CENTER VALLEY, Pa. – Navy track and field tallied three of the six M-F Athletic Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Weekly Awards as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. David Nelsen (Chandler, Ariz.) was named Male Track Athletes of the Week, while Caden Dailey (Centreville, Va.) and Charlene Morke (Isanti, Minn.) were tabbed Male and Female Rookies of the Week, respectively.
 
Nelsen helped Navy to an impressive 107-68 victory over Princeton in a dual meet on Saturday. He posted a pair of victories, clocking two IC4A qualifying times. The sophomore won the 1-mile run with an IC4A qualifying time of 4:11.80 to win the event by nearly two seconds. In addition, Nelsen ran the anchor leg of the 4x800m relay team that posted an IC4A qualifying time of 7:46.00 to win the event.
 
Dailey posted a pair of IC4A qualifying marks / times competing in a pair of events against the Tigers. He notched a season-best mark of 7.22m (23-08.25) in the long jump, besting his previous top distance by 0.19m. The jump was the longest jump of the season for Navy by 0.13m. Also, the freshman clocked the second fastest time of the season in the 60m dash, posting a personal best time of 6.96.
 
On the women's side, Morke won the pole vault against Princeton on Saturday, notching an ECAC qualifying height of 3.80m (12-05.50). She won the pole vault by 0.35m. The freshman posted the second-best height of the season in the PV behind only her personal best of 3.97m recorded in her first collegiate meet.
 
Navy returns to action next Friday and Saturday, January 17-18, as the Midshipmen host the annual Wesley A. Brown Invitational. The competition begins with the multi-events on Friday evening (4:00 p.m.) before concluding with field events (11:00 a.m.) and running events (12:00 p.m.) on Saturday.