ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy women's track and field team posted a 93-80 victory over rival Army West Point on Saturday afternoon to claim the indoor star in the annual Army-Navy Indoor Star Series Meet, which is part of the Star Series presented by USAA. The indoor victory was the first for the Midshipmen since 2014.
 
Navy won eight of the 17 events on the day on the women's side. In addition, the Midshipmen posted five school records en route to the victory. The Mids set school records in the 60m dash, 200m dash, 4x400m relay, triple jump, and weight throw.
 
"This team competes," Director of Navy track and field Jamie Cook said after the meet. "What we always talk about is competition and leadership. That is why they choose to come here and that is why I chose to coach here and help in their development. It is fun to see when things go the way you plan for them to go. It is rewarding. It is rewarding for them. The excitement they are feeling for being genuinely excited for their teammates. It is for me, it is awesome."

The meet started out with a win in the weight throw Ariana McKenzie (Potomac, Md.) broke the Navy school record with a distance of 19.04m (62-05.75) to win the event and put the Midshipmen in front. Sam Orie (Greensburg, Pa.) was second in the event with the second-best distance in program history (18.61m / 61-00.75) to help the Mids sweep the event and take an early 8-3 lead.
 
Trailing 23-21, Navy swept the top spots in the 400m dash to regain the lead, 29-26. Chloe Alfieri (Harvard, Mass.) posted the sixth fastest time in program history (55.29) to win the event, while Lauren Heaton (Russia, Ohio) came in second with a time of 57.22.
 
The 400m dash gave the Midshipmen a lead that they would not relinquish.
 
Chelsey Edwards (Schertz, Texas) notched the seventh fastest time in navy history in the 500m dash (1:12.75) to win the event and push Navy's advantage to 36-30.
 
Army gained a point back in the 60m dash, but senior captain Regine Tugade (Dededo, Guam) onced against etched her name into the Navy record book setting the school record with a time of 7.57 to finish second. Molly Mangan (Pittsburgh, Pa.) finished third with a time of 7.60 that ranks third in program history.
 
Captain Kara Kakascik (Weirton, W.Va.) passed her Black Knight counterpart in the final stretch of the 800m run to come away with a victory, clocking a 2:12.10 to win by 0.28 seconds.
 
Army won the shot put and the 1,000m run to close the gap to 56-54. The Black Knights also edged the Midshipmen in the 200m dash. During the 200m dash, Mangan posted a new Navy record with a time of 24.42 in the event to take second, while Tugade came in third with the fifth fastest time in program history (24.59).
 
Leading 61-60, Navy received a big boost over the next four events to take control of the meet.
 
Led by freshman Charlene Morke (Isanti, Minn.) Navy swept the pole vault for maximum points. Morke won the event with a jump of 3.75m (12-03.50). Audrey Fernandez (South Hill, Wash.) won the triple jump, breaking the school record with a distance of 12.40m (40-08.25). Emily Craig (Reisterstown, Md.) leaned at the finish line to out touch her opponent and win the 3,000m run (9:51.58) by 0.04 seconds. In the 4x400m relay, the quartet of Edwards, Kakascik, Mangan, and Alfieri broke their own school record with a time of 3:42.73 to win the event and give Navy an 88-74 lead with two events remaining.
 
High jumpers Taylor Buchanan (Columbia, S.C.) and Molly Chapman (Leesburg, Va.) finished second (1.63m / 5-04.25) and third (1.58m / 5-02.25), respectively, to secure five points and give Navy the victory. The 4x800m saw a double disqualification due to an error by the lap counter so Navy claimed the victory, 93-80.
 
The Midshipmen continue the season on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 14-15, as the Mids take part in the Liberty's Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational in Lynchburg, Va.