LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Navy track and field team concluded competition at the sixth annual Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational at the Liberty Indoor Track Complex in Lynchburg, Va. The meet was highlighted by 34 IC4A / ECAC qualifying times / marks and seven top 10 performances, including a school record.
 
"Overall, we had a pretty solid day," Director of Navy Track and Field Jamie Cook said after the meet. "We were able to get a lot of things accomplished. We wanted to go and compete away from our home facility. Liberty is a really nice facility so it gave us a chance to compete against some different competition at a different location. We had a solid outing today. It was a good meet."
 
The meet was highlighted by a school record by Chelsey Edwards (Schertz, Texas) in the 400m dash. The junior tied her own record with a time of 54.79.
 
Molly Mangan (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Edwards, Kara Kakascik (Weirton, W.Va.), and Chloe Alfieri (Harvard, Mass.) combined for a time of 3:44.43, which is the third fastest time in program history. Kakascik also posted the ninth fastest time in the 800m run with a time of 2:11.39.
 
In the field events, Sam Orie (Greensburg, Pa.) and Ariana McKenzie (Potomac, Md.) had top 10 performances in the shot put and weight throw respectively. Orie's distance of 14.18m (46-06.25) was the fifth-best throw in school history, while McKenzie notched the sixth best distance in the weight throw (18.22m / 59-09.50) a week after setting the school record in the event against Army.
 
On the men's side, Clayton Thompson (Corpus Christi, Texas) notched a pair of top 10 performances in the 60m hurdles. In the finals of the event, he clocked a time of 7.96, which ties for the third fastest time in Navy history. In the preliminaries saw the junior posting a time of 7.97, which ties for sixth fastest in program history.
 
Navy returns to action on Friday, Feb. 21, as the Midshipmen host the Navy Select at Wesley A. Brown Field.
 
IC4A / ECAC Qualifiers
Women 60 Meter Dash
Regine Tugade (p) – 7.66
Molly Mangan (q) – 7.73
 
Women 200 Meter Dash
Regine Tugade – 24.89
Chelsey Edwards – 24.91
Chloe Alfieri – 24.97
Sabrina Sutter – 25.03
 
Women 400 Meter Dash
Chelsey Edwards – 54.79
Chloe Alfieri – 55.80
Molly Mangan – 55.93
 
Women 800 Meter Run
Kara Kakascik – 2:11.39
 
Women 1000 Meter Run
Eva Knowles – 2:55.28
 
Women 60 Meter Hurdles
Breanna Mealer (p) – 8.86
 
Women 4x400 Meter Relay
Molly Mangan, Chelsey Edwards, Kara Kakascik, Chloe Alfieri – 3:44.43
 
Women Pole Vault
Stephanie Jacobs – 3.83m (12-06.75)
Charlene Morke – 3.68m (12-00.75)
 
Women Shot Put
Sam Orie – 14.18m (46-06.25)
 
Women Weight Throw
Ariana McKenzie – 18.22m (59-09.50)
 
Men 60 Meter Dash
Evan Lexo (s) – 6.97
 
Men 200 Meter Dash
Sethan Hollier – 21.79
Evan Lexo – 21.91
 
Men 400 Meter Dash
Eric Hughey – 48.30
 
Men 800 Meter Run
John Finnegan – 1:53.01
 
Men 1 Mile Run
Ashwin Briggs – 4:09.65
 
Men 5000 Meter Run
Kevin Murray – 14:28.74
Grant Van Valkenburg – 14:37.50
 
Men 60 Meter Hurdles
Clayton Thompson – 7.96
Clayton Thompson (p) – 7.97
 
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
Eric Hughey, Simon Petsch, Cameron Hurd, John Finnegan – 3:17.57
 
Men Distance Medley
Ian Bartlett, Jonathan Gill, Sean Casey, Julian Perez – 10:00.86
 
Men Pole Vault
Jack Haller – 4.88m (16-00.00)
Charles Crispi – 4.88m (16-00.00)
Clayton Thompson – 4.88m (16-00.00)
 
Men Shot Put
John Barber – 17.26m (56-07.50)
 
Men Weight Throw
Tommy Reeder – 19.13m (62-09.25)