ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy track and field team competed in its first outdoor meet in 385 days, recording a solid outing at the Navy Spring Invitational on Saturday, March 27 at Ingram Field in Annapolis. Navy had six performances that ranked in the program's all-time top 10, while combing for 38 IC4A / ECAC qualifying performances.
"Today was a good chance to evaluate where we were," Director of Navy Track and Field
Jamie Cook said after the meet. "We hadn't seen our athletes for 23 days. I think team did great. Their effort was great and their attitude was great. Those are the two things you can control. Overall, I was pretty happy."
Senior captain Clayton Thompson (Corpus Christi, Texas) clocked a time of 14.00 in the 110m hurdles, which was the second fastest time in Navy history. The time fell just two hundredths of a second shy of tying his own school record in the event.
The women's side saw five top 10 performances on the day.
Audrey Fernandez (South Hill, Wash.) registered a distance of 12.02m (39-05.25) in the triple jump, which is the fifth best performance in program history.
Katie Halbert (Keller, Texas) clocked a time in the 100m hurdles to notch the ninth best time in school history. In the pole vault,
Stephanie Jacobs (Belleville, Ill.) and
Alayna Schloeder (Rockford, Minn.) posted a height of 3.81m (12-06.00), which ties for the ninth best performance in Navy history. The long jump saw
Ann Jackson (Roanoke, Va.) register the 10th best distance in school history with a jump of 5.75m (18-10.50).
In addition to Navy's top 10 performances, the Midshipmen tallied 22 IC4A qualifiers on the men's side, while registering 16 ECAC performances on the women's side.
Navy returns to action next weekend as the Midshipmen take on Army in America's Meet. The Army-Navy Outdoor Star Meet is slated for Saturday, April 3 at Ingram Field in Annapolis.
ECAC / IC4A Qualifying Times / Marks
100m Dash
WOMEN: Molly Mangan – 12.01 (-0.9)
MEN: Austin Pierce – 10.79 (-1.1); Sethan Hollier – 10.90 (-1.1)
200m Dash
MEN: Austin Pierce – 21.69 (0.5)
400m Dash
WOMEN: Chloe Alfieri – 55.72
MEN: Eric Hughey – 47.55; James Love – 48.11; Simon Petsch – 48.41
800m Run
MEN: Sean Casey – 1:50.89
1,500m Run
MEN: Julian Perez – 3:48.66; Ashwin Briggs – 3:48.78
100m / 110m Hurdles
WOMEN: Katie Halbert – 14.15 (2.0);
Alexa Arthun – 14.51 (2.0)
MEN: Clayton Thompson – 14.00 (1.0); Brahmir Vick – 14.40 (1.0)
400m Hurdles
WOMEN: Alexa Arthun – 1:00.81;
Annie Taylor – 1:02.52
MEN: Clayton Thompson – 52.30
4x100m Relay
WOMEN: Ann Jackson,
Audrey Fernandez,
Breanna Mealer,
Chloe Alfieri – 47.34;
Shania Vincent,
Chelsey Edwards,
Alexa Arthun,
Molly Mangan – 47.43
MEN: Clayton Thompson, Austin Pierce, Sethan Hollier, Nahshon Houston – 41.45; Brahmir Vick, Eric Hughey, Nico Gonzalez-Reed, Simon Petsch – 41.69; Jaden Alexander, Ajia Brown, Bryce Becker, Joshua Leggett – 42.32
Pole Vault
WOMEN: Stephanie Jacobs – 3.81m (12-06.00);
Alayna Schloeder – 3.81m (12-06.00)
MEN: Thomas Johnstone – 5.02m (16-05.50)
Triple Jump
WOMEN: Audrey Fernandez – 12.02m (39-05.25) (1.9)
Discus Throw
WOMEN: Autumn Nicholas – 43.43m (142-06);
Sam Orie – 43.04m (141-02)
MEN: David Huizenga – 49.84m (163-06)
Hammer Throw
MEN: Zachary Peterson – 57.00m (187-00); Joshua Boamah – 53.87m (176-09)
Javelin Throw
WOMEN: Emma Foster – 46.17m (151-06);
Jadyn Tiracave – 45.15m (148-01);
Sarah Morris – 43.47m (142-07)
MEN: Skyler Mason – 62.90m (206-04); Hayden Fox – 62.29m (204-04); Braden Presser – 60.04m (197-00)
