ANNAPOLIS, MD. - The Navy track and field team returns home for its final competition before the Patriot League Indoor Championship, hosting the annual Navy Select this Friday at the Wesley A. Brown Field House. The meet kicks off with the field events at 11:00 a.m. and the first running event occurs at 12:20 p.m. Fans can view the full meet schedule on the schedule of events tab.
Notes For Traveling Fans
• Vehicular access to the Naval Academy is limited to those drivers with a Department of Defense identification card.
• All other visitors may park outside of the Naval Academy grounds and walk through the security gates at Gate 1 or they may take the complimentary shuttles.
• The shuttles will run from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The shuttles will pick up spectators at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (550 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, Md., 21401).
• Enter the blue/west parking lot through gate 5 off of Taylor Avenue.
• The cost of parking is 10 dollars per vehicle.
• Visitors 18 years and older must present a government-issued identification card (driver's license/ passport) to gain access to the Academy grounds, while visitors under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Live Results
Live results will be available throughout the meet from M&D Timing.
Meet Participants
George Mason, Loyola, McDaniel, Navy, William & Mary
Three Mids Selected Patriot League Athletes of the Week
Alex Rizzo,
Sam Kwatkosky and
Jia Anderson earned their first Patriot League weekly awards of the season following historic performances last weekend. Rizzo was named the men's track athlete of the week, Kwatkosky earned men's field athlete of the week honors and Anderson received the women's rookie of the week accolade.
Rizzo earned his third career Patriot League weekly honor after breaking Navy's indoor one-mile record at the David Hemery Valentine Invite. The senior crossed the finish line in 3:58.75, becoming only the third Mid all-time to run the mile in under four minutes. His time is also the top mark in the Patriot League this season.
Kwatkosky reached a career milestone with a 20.00m (65' 7.5") throw in the weight throw at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational. The distance is the seventh-farthest in Navy history and only the seventh of at least 20.00m. He also recorded an IC4A qualifying distance in the shot put at 16.01m (52' 6.5") to help collect his first career weekly award.
Anderson broke her own program record for the second straight week in the 60m hurdles. She first set a new program best in the semifinals at Darius Dixon with a time of 8.47 seconds. In the finals, she decreased her time by .06 seconds to end with a program record of 8.41 seconds, which is also the fastest 60m hurdles time in the Patriot League this season.
Additional Highlights
Joining Anderson and Rizzo in setting a program record last week was
Emily Boutin. The junior broke her second program record this season at the David Hemery Valentine Invite, breaking the 5,000m record with a time of 16:19.36. Her time is 21.5 seconds faster than the previous mark held by Justine Whipple since 2006. Her time also ranks second in the Patriot League this season.
Sam Keeny and
Ellie Abraham also recorded top-10 marks in Boston. Kenny finished with the ninth-fastest 3,000m in Navy history with a time of 8:00.43, posting the fastest 3,000m in the conference this season. Abraham ended with the 10th-best mile time in Navy's record book at 4:52.08 on Friday but
Alanna Julius' mile at Darius Dixon on Saturday was .04 seconds faster, giving her the 10th-best mile time at 4:52.04.
Navy's 4x400m relay team of
Jonathan Simmons,
Mike Quispe,
Nathan Kent and
Jacques Guillaume recorded the second-fastest time in Navy history at 3:11.93 to win the event at Darius Dixon. The squad finished just .35 seconds off the program record. Guillaume also recorded a top-10 mark in the 400m, posting the seventh-best time in Navy history at 47.39 seconds to place second overall in the event.
Sabrina Sutter clocked in a time of 24.45 seconds in the 200m, earning her the fourth-best time in Navy history.
Up Next
Navy begins the indoor postseason with the Patriot League Indoor Championship next Saturday, Feb. 25 and Sunday, Feb. 26. The two-day championship will be held in Annapolis at the Wesley A. Brown Field House. The multi and field events begin the action on Saturday at 11:00 a.m., with the first running event taking place at 1:00 p.m. The meet continues on Sunday with additional field and multi events at 11:00 a.m. along with the men's mile beginning the running events at 12:10 p.m. Track events for the championship will be streamed on ESPN+. Field events during the championship will not be streamed, but up-to-date content featuring Patriot League multimedia journalist Maria Trivelpiece will be available by following @PatriotLeagueTV on Twitter.
