ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Making its final preparations for the Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championship, the Navy track and field team hosted the annual Navy Select on Friday at the Wesley A. Brown Field House. Career throws by Joshua Boamah and Autumn Nicholas in the weight throw, along with another big race from Ellie Abraham in the 1,000m gave Navy three top-10 marks in the meet to go along with 33 IC4A/ECAC qualifying marks.
 
"We had a good meet today. We were very successful with a lot of people competing in some different events and others who focused on one or two leading into next week's big meet. We saw a lot of personal records across the board and some team records as well," said Director of Track and Field/Cross Country Jamie Cook. We had Joshua Boamah with the third-best weight throw on the men's side and Autumn Nicholas with the 10th best in the women's weight throw. Ellie Abraham also had the third-best 1,000m of all-time. We're continuing to trend upwards which lends itself well for the team."
 
"We're poised and ready to prepare for the conference meet, which we host next week," continued Cook. "I encourage everyone to come out and support Navy track and field. We want it to be a loud and exciting atmosphere as we look to win another conference championship."
 
Men's Recap
Joshua Boamah recorded a new career best in the weight throw with a distance of 20.28m (66' 6"), which ranks third all-time in Navy history. It's his fourth career throw of at least 20.00m and second this season.
 
Four additional Mids posted IC4A qualifying marks in the weight throw. Sam Kwatkosky recorded a distance of 19.73m (64' 8") and Collin Greene ended with a mark of 18.75m (61' 6.25") to place second and third respectively. Dane Vernor posted a distance of 18.02m (59' 1.5") and David Huizenga ended just .02m short of tying his collegiate best with a mark of 17.62m (57' 9.75").
 
Boamah and Greene also posted qualifying marks in the shot put. Boamah claimed first place with a mark of 17.35m (56' 11.25") and Greene placed second with a throw of 16.28m (53' 5").
 
Benjemen Schneider and Preston Wilson tied for first in the high jump with a qualifying height of 2.05m (6' 8.75"), and Jack Haller recorded a height of 5.00m (16' 4.75") to win the pole vault. Schneider and Wilson have ended with a height of at least 2.00m in every high jump this season, while Haller recorded a height of at least 5.00m for the third time this season.
 
Freshmen Nathan Kent and Jonah Johnson had the top two times in the 60m dash. Kent won the event with a qualifying time of 6.95 seconds, and Johnson was close behind in second with a qualifying time of 6.98 seconds.
 
Jonathan Simmons won the 200m with a new collegiate best/qualifying time of 21.95 seconds, and Ryan Harris claimed the 400m win with a new collegiate best/qualifying time of 49.18 seconds.
 
Sophomore Carson Sloat had a career performance in the 800m, winning the race with a collegiate best/qualifying time of 1:51.73. Ian Bartlett, Garrett Baublitz and Tyler Casey also posted qualifying times in the event. Bartlett posted a time of 1:52.74, while Baublitz and Casey finished close to each other with times of 1:53.41 and 1:53.47 respectively.
 
Jack Mariano's new collegiate best/qualifying time of 2:26.50 was the fastest finish in the 1,000m at the meet and Ben Countiss' new collegiate best/qualifying time of 8:26.47 won him the 3,000m.
 
To cap off the meet, the 4x800m relay squad of Jack Lange, Baublitz, Alex Dachos and Joseph Domingues won the event with a qualifying time of 7:50.60.
 
Women's Recap
Highlighting the women's team was Ellie Abraham who posted a Navy top-10 mark in the 1,000m. The junior crossed the finish line in 2:49.20 to end with the third-fastest time in Navy history. She now owns a Navy top-10 mark in the 800m, 1,000m and one-mile.
 
Autumn Nicholas posted the other top-10 program mark in the weight throw. Nicholas recorded a distance of 18.41m (60' 5"), which ranks 10th all-time in Navy's record book to win the event. Jordynn Hutchinson also ended with an ECAC qualifying mark of 17.21m (56' 5.75") to place third overall in the weight throw.
 
Isabella Romasko finished under nine seconds for the first time in her career in the 60m hurdles. The sophomore finished second in the event with a collegiate best/qualifying time of 8.89 seconds.
 
Mayu Gayton finished just .01 seconds off her collegiate best mark in the 60m dash, winning the race with a qualifying time of 7.66 seconds. Sabrina Sutter ran the fastest 400m of her indoor career, winning the event with a qualifying time of 56.95 seconds.
 
Kayla McGuire and Emily Ettrich both posted new collegiate best/qualifying times in the 800m. McGuire won the race with a time of 2:12.45, and Ettrich finished just behind at 2:12.48 to place second.
 
Navy had a big day in the women's pole vault with three Mids ending with qualifying heights. Stephanie Jacobs won the event with a height of 3.80m (12' 5.5") while Alayna Schloeder and Elise Russell recorded heights of 3.70m (12' 1.5"). The mark by Russell is the best of her career.
 
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., followed by 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.