FAIRFAX, Va. – The Navy track and field team posted a solid performance at the George Mason Spring Invitational on Saturday at George Mason Stadium. The Midshipmen recorded 28 top-10 finishes on the day during the 23-team invitational meet.
 
"It was a solid performance today," Director of Navy Track and Field / Cross Country Jamie Cook said of the meet. "There were some young people who stepped up. That is what it is always about, is opportunities and continuing the momentum that we have gained through the early part of the season. I was really happy with what I saw. We are always looking for how to formulate our best team as we get towards the bigger meets. Having more of these meets with a lot of competitors gives us opportunities you don't always get in a dual meet. It is definitely a needed meet for a lot of our athletes."
 
On the men's side, Navy recorded 18 top-10 finishes, while the women notched eight.
 
Caden Dailey (Centreville, Va.) and Nahshon Houston (Kansas City, Kan.) finished 1-2 in the long jump with Aidan Featherby (Corpus Christi, Texas) took fourth in the event. Dailey won the event with an IC4A distance of 7.35m, while Houston posted an IC4A qualifier or 7.10m.
 
Jack Haller (Cumming, Ga.) finished second in the pole vault with an IC4A qualifying height of 4.97m.
 
In the triple jump, Sebasteon Allen (East Orange, N.J.) took third with a distance of 14.40, while Joe Hurt (Carlsbad, Calif.) claimed fifth with a jump of 13.98m. Jordan Payne (Wendell, N.C.) finished 10^th with a performance of 13.63m.
 
Preston Wilson (St. Johns, Ariz.) and Spencer Eves (Hillsdale, Mich.) finished third and seventh in the high jump. Wilson cleared a height of 2.04m, while Eves posted a jump of 1.94m.
 
In the throws, Jonathan Harding (Lafayette, La.), Eric Donevant (Peachtree City, Ga.), Collin Greene (Elkridge, Md.), and David Huizenga (Long Valley, N.J.) finished in the top 10 in the weight throw and shot put. Harding (54.63m) and Donevant (53.83m) took third and fifth in the weight throw, while Greene (15.87m) and Huizenga (15.20m) claimed sixth and ninth in the shot put.
 
In the running events, the men's team posted five top-10 performances. Ben Countiss (Houston, Texas) finished third in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 9:25.51, while Jack Mariano (Quincy, Mass.) clocked a time of 9:40.90 to finish ninth. Mitchell Rome (Dallas, Pa.) and Garrison Clark (Severna Park, Md.) crossed the finish line in fifth (14:35.76) and ninth (14:42.90), respectively. Levi Knobloch (Alpine, Calif.) posted a time of 55.98 in the 400m hurdles to take seventh to round out the men's running events.
 
On the women's side, the Midshipmen notched four top-10 finishes in the running events, while registering six top-10 performances in the field events.
 
Mayu Gayton (Jenkintown, Pa.) finished eighth in the 100m dash with a time of 12.49. In the 5,000m run, Carolyn Thurlby (Overland Park, Kan.) posted a time of 17:37.16 to finish seventh, while Shannon Clancy (North Arlington, N.J.) and Olivia Lutkevich (Kauai, Hawai'i) were fifth (11:42.30) and eighth (11:54.81) in the steeplechase.
 
Hannah Lowenstein (Pompano Beach, Fla.) posted a height of 1.63m to finish seventh in the high jump, while Molly Chapman (Leesburg, Va.) registered a distance of 11.99m to take third in the triple jump.
 
Autumn Nicholas (Houston, Texas) finished fifth in the discus with a throw of 40.85m, while Sarah Perico (Kansas City, Kan.) posted a sixth-place finish in the javelin with a distance of 37.16m. In the shot put, Aislyn Hayman (Leon, W.Va.) and Jordynn Hutchinson (Spokane, Wash.) finished sixth (12.91m) and eighth (12.84m), respectively.
 
Navy returns to action on Friday-Saturday, April 15-16 as the Midshipmen travel to Princeton, N.J. for the Larry Ellis Invitational.
 
 
NAVY RESULTS
100m Dash
MEN: 18th – Ian Ellis – 11.36 (-0.5); 19th – Nico Gonzales-Reed – 11.36 (-1.6); 20th – Jacob Jancek – 11.37 (-1.2); 26th – Baynes Autrey – 11.43 (-1.2); 38th – Casey Tow – 11.78 (-0.8); 40th – Guillaume Laforest – 11.95 (-0.8);
WOMEN: 8th – Mayu Gayton – 12.49 (1.6); 19th – Jasmine Forbes – 12.63 (1.6); 39th – Taylor Woodworth – 13.34 (1.0);
 
200m Dash
MEN: 25th – Ian Ellis – 22.41 (-0.4); 42nd – Guillaume Laforest – 23.18 (0.3); 43rd – Nico Gonzalez-Reed – 23.27 (0.0);
WOMEN: 21st – Jasmine Forbes – 26.01 (-0.1); 29th – Erin Higgins – 26.20 (0.2); 30th – Annie Taylor – 26.24 (0.3); 36th – Mayu Gayton – 26.41 (0.5); 60th – Sarah Perico – 28.38 (0.2);
 
400m Dash
MEN: 16th – Mike Quispe – 49.65; 26th – Pete deJonge – 50.66; 40th – Levi Knobloch – 51.63; 44th – Alex Asady – 51.89;
WOMEN: 29th – Taylor Woodworth – 1:01.07;
 
800m Run
MEN: 11th – Joseph Domingues – 1:53.25; 12th – Carson Sloat – 1:53.29; 16th – Tyler Casey – 1:54.13; 28th – Bowen Shuttleworth – 1:56.03; 32nd – Adam Kennedy – 1:56.36;
WOMEN: 12th – Isabell Baltimore – 2:15.28; 25th – Charlotte Hill – 2:19.81; 26th – Phoebe Spackman – 2:20.21; 33rd – Beth Miller – 2:23.06;
 
1,500m Run
MEN: 23rd – Jack Rooney – 3:57.43; 25th – Luke Nester – 3:58.42; 40th – Jack Lange – 4:05.42; 42nd – Tyler Callaway – 4:06.29;
WOMEN: 14th – Emily Ettrich – 4:40.64; 18th – Kayla McGuire – 4:43.16; 25th – McKenna Brophy – 4:49.18; 30th – Alex Wercinski – 4:50.56;
 
5,000m Run
MEN: 5th – Mitchell Rome – 14:35.76; 9th – Garrison Clark – 14:42.90; 21st – Luke Murphy – 15:25.15;
WOMEN: 7th – Carolyn Thurlby – 17:37.16; 19th – Caroline Harding – 18:18.91; 28th – Madeline Myers – 18:39.24; 34th – Cassidy Kiko – 18:59.57;
 
110m/100m Hurdles
MEN: 12th – Conrad Swenson – 15.41 (0.1); 19th – Max Lapuh – 16.08 (0.2); 21st – Casey Tow – 16.31 (0.2); 24th – Ryder Yriarte – 16.59 (-1.1); 29th – Justice Hood – 17.40 (-1.1); 31st – Thomas Christie – 18.03 (-1.1);
WOMEN: 12th – Erin Higgins – 15.19 (0.2); 14th – Annie Taylor – 15.33 (-0.9); 15th – Sabrina Sokol – 15.35 (0.8);
 
400m Hurdles
MEN: 7th – Levi Knobloch – 55.98; 14th – Conrad Swenson – 57.77; 16th – Ryder Yriarte – 58.49; 22nd – Max Lapuh – 1:03.32;
 
3,000m Steeplechase
MEN: 3rd – Ben Countiss – 9:25.51; 9th – Jack Mariano – 9:40.90; 16th – Sean Miller – 9:55.17;
WOMEN: 5th – Shannon Clancy – 11:42.30; 8th – Olivia Lutkevich – 11:54.81; 12th – Katelyn Pepin – 12:04.10; 13th – Anna Cherian – 12:04.27;
 
High Jump
MEN: 3rd – Preston Wilson – 2.04m; 7th – Spencer Eves – 1.94m; 19th – David Kincaid – 1.84m;
WOMEN: 7th – Hannah Lowenstein – 1.63m; 16th – Sabrina Sokol – 1.58m;
 
Pole Vault
MEN: 2nd – Jack Haller – 4.97m; 15th – Thomas Christie – 4.37m;
 
Long Jump
MEN: 1st – Caden Dailey – 7.35m (0.5); 2nd – Nahshon Houston – 7.10m (1.4); 4th – Aidan Featherby – 6.90m (0.0);
 
Triple Jump
MEN: 3rd – Sebasteon Allen – 14.40m (2.4); 5th – Joe Hurt – 13.98m (0.3); 10th – Jordan Payne – 13.63m (0.5);
WOMEN: 3rd – Molly Chapman – 11.99m (0.8); 18th – Giulia Mesa – 11.12m (3.9); 19th – Sami Bollinger – 11.07m (1.6);
 
Shot Put
MEN: 6th – Collin Greene – 15.87m; 9th – David Huizenga – 15.20m;
WOMEN: 6th – Aislyn Hayman – 12.91m; 8th – Jordynn Hutchinson – 12.84m;
 
Discus
MEN: 11th – Dane Vernor – 45.79m; 12th – Sam Kwatkosky – 44.93m; 25th – Collin Greene – 39.06m;
WOMEN: 5th – Autumn Nicholas – 40.85m; 11th – Jordynn Hutchinson – 38.22m; 17th – Aislyn Hayman – 36.83m;
 
Hammer Throw
MEN: 3rd – Jonathan Harding – 54.63m; 5th – Eric Donevant – 53.83m; 14th – Dane Vernor – 50.22m; 16th – David Huizenga – 49.81m;
WOMEN: 15th – Autumn Nicholas – 45.09m; 16th – Dara Hulstein – 45.08m; 29th – Jordynn Hutchinson – 37.80m;
 
Javelin
MEN: 12th – Seth Hanson – 54.61m;
WOMEN: 6th – Sarah Perico – 37.16m; 11th – Alycia Ruiz – 35.58m; 17th – Charli Aldana-Proulx – 34.36m; 23rd – Erin Higgins – 31.21m;