ANNAPOLIS, Md. – In the final meet before Army, the Navy track and field team notched a solid performance at the Navy Invitational II on Saturday at the Wesley A. Brown Field House. As a team, the Midshipmen tallied 31 IC4A / ECAC qualifying times / marks, while also recording seven performances that rank in the all-time Navy top 10.
"I think we got some work done today to prepare us for next week against Army," Director of Navy Track and Field
Jamie Cook said after the meet. "We didn't compete a lot of people, but I thought we were pretty solid overall. There are obviously things we can continue to improve on, but morale is good. We just have to be ready to go next week."
The Navy men registered 19 IC4A qualifiers, while the women notched 12 ECAC qualifiers on the day.
On the women's side, Regine Tugade (Dededo, Guam) notched a pair of top 10 performances in the 60m dash. The senior captain tied for fifth all-time in the 60m dash with a time of 7.65, while posting a time of 7.67 in the preliminaries to tie for 10th in program history.
The 200m dash saw freshman Molly Mangan (Pittsburgh, Pa.) recorded the third fastest time with a time of 24.57, while Chloe Alfieri (Harvard, Mass.) notched the 10th best time in Navy history in the 400m dash with a time of 55.81.
Charlene Morke (Isanti, Minn.) tied her own season-best performance with the second-best height in the Navy annals with a jump of 4.00m (13-01.50) in the pole vault.
On the men's side,
Clayton Thompson (Corpus Christi, Texas) posted a pair of top 10 performances. Thompson remained the only student-athlete in Navy history to clock a sub-eight second time in the 60m hurdles. Thompson registered the fourth fastest performance in school history in the preliminaries of the hurdles with a time of 7.97. The junior shaved a hundredth of a second off his prelim time to clock a 7.96 and tie for the school's second fastest performance.
Navy returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 8, as the Midshipmen host rival Army West Point in the annual Army-Navy Indoor Star Series Meet, which is part of the star series, presented by USAA. America's Meet begins with the men's field events at 11:00 a.m., while the women's meet is slated for 2:30 p.m. at Wesley A. Brown Field House.
IC4A / ECAC Qualifying Times / Marks
Women 60 Meter Dash
Regine Tugade – 7.65
Regine Tugade (p) – 7.67
Molly Mangan – 7.75
Women 200 Meter Dash
Molly Mangan – 24.57
Women 400 Meter Dash
Chloe Alfieri – 55.81
Women 500 Meter Dash
Chelsey Edwards – 1:14.21
Kara Kakascik – 1:14.39
Women 60 Meter Hurdles
Katherine Halbert – 8.89
Women Pole Vault
Charlene Morke – 4.00m (13-01.50)
Alexa Arthun – 3.70m (12-01.50)
Women Weight Throw
Ariana McKenzie – 17.81m (58-05.25)
Monet Salazar – 16.07m (52-08.75)
Men 400 Meter Dash
Eric Hughey – 48.20
Men 500 Meter Dash
James Love – 1:04.74
Dominic Franshaw – 1:05.03
Men 800 Meter Run
John Finnegan – 1:52.75
Ian Bartlett – 1:53.39
Men 1 Mile Run
Julian Perez – 4:09.80
Grant Van Valkenburg – 4:09.86
Men 60 Meter Hurdles
Clayton Thompson – 7.96
Clayton Thompson (p) – 7.97
Hunter Wargo – 8.30
Hunter Wargo (p) – 8.33
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
Navy 'A' – 3:17.47
Men Distance Medley
Navy 'A' – 10:07.39
Men Pole Vault
Jack Haller – 4.95m (16-02.75)
Thomas Johnstone – 4.85m (15-11.00)
Men Long Jump
Clayton Thompson – 7.17m (23-06.25)
Cedric Williams – 7.06m (23-02.00)
Men Shot Put
John Barber – 17.35m (56-11.25)
Men Weight Throw
Tommy Reeder – 18.80m (61-08.25)
