BETHLEHEM, Pa. - The Navy men's and women's track and field teams both hoisted the Patriot League Outdoor Championship first-place trophies for the fifth-consecutive time the event has been held on Saturday at the Goodman Track and Field Complex in Bethlehem, Pa.

With the two victories, the Navy track and field / cross country teams combined to win six N-Stars and six Patriot League conference championships for the second-consecutive season.
 
The men's team posted 323.2 points to win its ninth-straight outdoor title and 10th all time. Navy's team score is the second best in league history behind its league-record 333 points that the team set in 2022. Additionally, Navy's score marks just the third time a team has scored 300 or more points in the meet's 32-year history.
 
The men's team claimed all five of the post-meet individual awards. Jacques Guillaume was named the men's track athlete of the meet following victories in the 400m (47.30) and 400m hurdles (52.09). Additionally, he helped the Mids win the 4x400m relay (3:10.79).
 
Joshua Boamah collected the men's field athlete-of-the-meet and highest-point-scorer honors. The junior won the shot put (17.67m / 57' 11.75") and discus (54.71m / 179' 6"). He also finished in second place in the hammer throw (66.20m (217' 2") to total 28-points scored in his three events.
 
Nathan Kent earned the men's rookie-of-the-meet accolade for posting a victory in the 200m (21.17) and a second-place finish in the 400m (47.81). He also helped the Mids claim the 4x400m relay championship and aid the 4x100m relay team (40.46) in its second-place finish.
 
Director of Track and Field / Cross Country Jamie Cook was named the men's coach of the year.
 
The women's team recorded 241.5 points to claim the title for the fifth-consecutive time the meet has been held. The women's victory is the seventh title in program history.
 
Molly Chapman earned the women's field athlete-of-the-meet award. Navy's team captain won the long jump 5.85m (19' 2.5") and broke the school record to place third in the triple jump (12.33m / 40' 5.5"). Additionally, she finished in a tie for fourth place in the high jump (1.68m / 5' 6").
 
Cook also took home the women's coach-of-the-year honors.

"This senior class graduates as the most successful group ever in terms of a complete program. It's significant to win every Patriot League Outdoor Championship in their time here," said Director of Track and Field / Cross Country Jamie Cook. "For us to win every single Star meet and conference title the last two years is a big deal because it helps the athletic department win the N-Star series and Presidents' Cup. This team understands that track and field is a team sport. We have some athletes that are willing to give up winning individual events to compete in multiple events to help the team score huge points. Our kids laid it out there today and it was awesome to see. Tremendous job by our coaching and support staff.
 
"There are so many great things to talk about at this meet. Everyone contributed in some way and the support the teams showed each other was tremendous. We want to continue to be on top of the league and win every last event."
 
"I've been here for 16 years and we've grown exponentially as a program over the last few years. The intensity, quality of athletes and amount of effort we put into development in a four-year period has changed drastically," said Associate Head Coach Chris Campbell. "We have a lot of higher expectations for ourselves than we used to. We have multiple athletes that have the right mindset for building a great culture. These kids are selfless enough to understand that our priorities are beating Army in dual meets and winning the conference championship. We've been able to do both of those things in a dominant fashion for two-straight seasons. The kids do a lot of great things on an individual level, but they always put the team ahead of themselves."
 
Final Men's Standings
1. Navy - 323.2 points
2. Army - 169.2 points
3. Boston - 109 points
4. Lehigh - 93.4 points
5. Bucknell - 67.2 points
6. Colgate - 30 points
7. Holy Cross - 23 points
8. Lafayette - 21 points
9. American - 20 points

Final Women's Standings
1. Navy - 241.5 points
2. Boston - 150 points
3. Army - 143 points
4. Bucknell - 119.5 points
5. Lehigh - 103.5 points
6. Holy Cross - 50 points
7. Colgate 18 point
8. Lafayette - 16.5 points
9. Loyola - 14 points
10. American - 2 points
 
Men's Recap
The men's team won 12 of the 22 events, broke two meet records and recorded four top-10 times / marks in school history.
 
Navy crushed the individual track events on Saturday, scoring 29 points in the 100m and 200m and 24 in the 400m. The Mids also posted scores of 19 points in the 110m hurdles and 3,000m steeplechase, 18 in the 400m hurdles, and 17 in the 800m.
 
Freshman Jonah Johnson led the way in the 100m with a first-place finish at 10.53. Sethan Hollier, Jay Evans and Caden Dailey posted times of 10.66, 10.73 and 10.80, respectively to place second through fourth.
 
Navy also claimed the top-four placements in the 200m. Freshman Nathan Kent was victorious in the race with a time of 21.17. Johnson finished behind in second place with a time of 21.30. Hollier placed third overall with a time of 21.60. Evans took fourth place with a time of 21.61.
 
Jacques Guillaume repeated as the 400m champion with a time of 47.30. Kent placed second in the race with a time of 47.81. Also standing on the podium was Pete deJonge with a third-place time of 48.60.
 
Brahmir Vick dominated the 110m hurdles, winning by .37 seconds with a time of 14.00. Baynes Autrey finished in third place with a time of 14.55. Additionally, Jayshon Dubose took sixth place with a time of 14.96.
 
Brett Brady placed second with a time of 8:52.81 to earn the silver medal in the 3,000m steeplechase. Tom Fodor (third place) and Benjamin Countiss (fourth place) recorded times of 8:54.39 and 8:58.39, respectively.
 
Guillaume's second victory of the meet was in the 400m hurdles with a time of 53.22. Additional points in the event were earned by Levi Knobloch (54.78) and Dubose (56.86) by placing fourth and sixth, respectively.
 
Ian Bartlett got revenge against Army's Luke Griner in the 800m. Griner won the event at the Army-Navy Star Meet, but Bartlett won the event in Bethlehem with a time of 1:50.26. Greyson Gravitt placed fifth in the race with a time of 1:51.42 and Carson Sloat finished right behind in sixth place with a time of 1:51.46.
 
The 4x400m relay squad of deJonge, Kent, Evans and Guillaume won the race with a time of 3:10.79 to score 10 points.
 
Navy's 4x100m relay team of Vick, Kent, Hollier and Evans placed second by tying the eighth-fastest time in school history at 40.46 to score eight points.
 
Autrey (10 points) added his name to the conference record book after breaking the decathlon meet record with a winning score of 7,233 points. His score was 42 points better than the previous record of 7,197 set by Leigh's Trevor Knowles in 2017. Autrey's score is also the fifth-best in school history. The senior won five of the 10 events. His track victories came in the 100m (11.08) and 110m hurdles (14.62). His field wins came in the long jump (6.77m / 22' 2.5"), pole vault (4.62m / 15' 1.75") and javelin (55.05m / 180' 7").
 
Thomas Christie added five points to Navy's team score with a fourth-place decathlon score of 6,311 points.
 
Joshua Boamah compiled 28 points toward Navy's team score. After placing second in the hammer throw yesterday, he won the shot put (17.67m / 57' 11.75") and discus throw (54.71m / 179' 6") to claim three medals at the event.
 
David Huizenga (fourth place) and Dane Vernor (eighth place) contributed a combined six points in the discus with marks of 51.95m (170' 5") and 46.72m (153' 3"), respectively.
 
Collin Greene added four points in the shot put with a fifth-place mark of 16.69m (54' 9.25").
 
All three Mids scored in the triple jump. Jordan Payne (eight points) led the way by placing second with a mark of 15.12m (49' 7.25"). Sebasteon Allen (six points) followed behind in third place with a jump of 14.38m (47' 2.25"). Additionally, Aidan Featherby (two points) took seventh place with a mark of 14.07m (46' 2").
 
Preston Wilson posted Navy's best mark in the high jump with a fifth-place effort of 2.01m (6' 7") to score four points. Benjemen Schneider finished in a four-way tie for sixth place with a height of 1.96m (6' 5") to contribute 1.2 points.

Men's Outdoor Track & Field First-Team All-Patriot League (First-Place Finishers)
100m - Jonah Johnson
200m - Nathan Kent
400m - Jacques Guillaume
800m - Ian Bartlett
10,000m - Sam Keeny
110m Hurdles - Brahmir Vick
400m Hurdles - Jacques Guillaume
4x400m Relay - Pete deJonge, Nathan Kent, Jay Evans, Jacques Guillaume
Pole Vault - Walker Rudisaile
Shot Put - Joshua Boamah
Discus Throw - Joshua Boamah
Decathlon - Baynes Autrey
 
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Second-Team All-Patriot League (Second-Place Finishers)
100m - Sethan Hollier
200m - Jonah Johnson
400m - Nathan Kent
3,000m Steeplechase - Brett Brady
4x100m Relay - Brahmir Vick, Nathan Kent, Sethan Hollier, Jay Evans
4x800m Relay - Alex Rizzo, Carson Sloat, Greyson Gravitt, Ian Bartlett
Triple Jump - Jordan Payne
Hammer Throw - Joshua Boamah
Javelin - Braden Presser

2023 Patriot League Outdoor Track & Field Championships Men's Major Awards
Men's Track Athlete of the Meet - Jacques Guillaume, Navy
Men's Field Athlete of the Meet - Joshua Boamah, Navy
Men's Rookie of the Meet – Nathan Kent, Navy
Men's Highest Point Scorer - Joshua Boamah, Navy
Men's Coach of the Year- Jamie Cook, Navy
 
Women's Recap
The women's team recorded victories in seven events, broke two meet records and posted 14 Navy top-10 times / marks.

Molly Mangan made history with a new meet record in the 400m to win the race and score 10 points. Her winning time of 54.14 beat the previous best time set by Boston's Tori Levy in 2017 (54.31) by more than .15 seconds. Mangan's time is also the third-fastest in Navy history. Additionally, she posted the eighth-best 200m time (24.23) in school history to place third in the event and add six points to the scoreboard.
 
Sabrina Sutter (five points) also recorded a top-10 200m time of 24.29 to finish in fifth place.
 
Kylie Bedard placed sixth in the 400m with a time of 56.31 to post three points.
 
Bedard, Mangan and Sutter also helped break a meet and program record in the 4x400m relay. Along with Taylor Woodworth, the four won the race with a time of 3:41.64 to score 10 points. Navy's time beat the previous best time of 3:42.23 set by Boston in 2017.
 
Ellie Abraham defended her 3,000m steeplechase title with a time of 10:35.72 to post 10 points. Olivia Lutkevich added two points by finishing in seventh place with a time of 10:50.36.
 
Annie Lemelin (1:01.94) won the 400m hurdles and Annie Taylor (1:02.83) placed second to score Navy a combined 18 points in the event.
 
Jia Anderson, Mayu Gayton, Mangan and Sutter combined to place second in the 4x100m relay with a time of 46.08 to contribute eight points. The finish is tied for the fourth-fastest time in Navy history.
 
Anderson also scored eight points with a second-place time in the 100m hurdles at 13.75. Her time tied the third-fastest finish in program history. Additionally, Lemelin placed fifth with a time of 14.74 to add four points.
 
Alex Wercinski posted Navy's best time in the 800m to place third at 2:09.82 to contribute six points. Kayla McGuire (five points) finished in fourth place with a time of 2:10.41. Abraham (three points) also scored in the race with a sixth-place time of 2:12.23.
 
In the 100m, Anderson (12.11), Gayton (12.23) and Sutter (12.23) combined to total 12 points by placing fourth through fifth, respectively. 
 
Freshman Sophie Compton (six points) improved eight spots from her semifinal 1500m race to lead the Mids in the finals with a third-place finish at 4:30.30. Emily Ettrich (four points) placed fifth and McKenna Brophy finished in sixth place (three points) with times of 4:32.85 and 4:33.26, respectively.
 
Molly Chapman followed up her victory in the long jump yesterday with a new school record in the triple jump. She took third overall in the event with a distance of 12.33m (40' 5.5") to score six points. Her jump is a .04m improvement over the previous school record set by Sammi Bollinger (12.29m / 40' 4") last season.
 
Additionally, Chapman contributed five points after finishing in a tie for fourth place in the high jump (1.68m / 5' 6"). Navy's team captain ended the championship with 21-points scored in her three events.
 
Giulia Mesa (four points) placed fifth in the triple jump with the 10th-best jump in program history at 12.10m (39' 8.5"). Bollinger (two points) finished in seventh place with a mark of 11.85m (38' 10.5").
 
Hannah Lowenstein repeated as the high jump champion to score 10 points for the Mids. She tied the second-highest mark in school history at 1.76m (5' 9.25"). Her height was just .01m short of tying the school record that she set at last year's conference championship meet.
 
Navy once again dominated the heptathlon to score 21 total points in the event. Annie Taylor claimed the title with the third-highest score in Navy history at 4,985 points. The junior placed first in the 100m hurdles (14.42), shot put (11.65m / 38' 2.75") and 800m (2:22.50).
 
Isabella Romasko (eight points) finished in second place with 4,693 points. The sophomore won the 200m race with a time of 25.33.
 
Sabrina Sokol (seventh place) and Sarah Perico (eighth place) also contributed to Navy's overall point total with scores of 4,499 and 4,275, respectively.
 
Autumn Nicholas scored an additional six points in her two events on Saturday. She placed fifth in the discus with a throw of 48.45m (158' 11") and seventh in the shot put with a mark of 13.27m (43' 6.5").
 
Jordynn Hutchinson added three points with her sixth-place discus effort of 46.18m (151' 6").
 
Women's Outdoor Track & Field First-Team All-Patriot League (First-Place Finishers)
400m - Molly Mangan
400m Hurdles - Annie Lemelin
3,000m steeplechase - Ellie Abraham
4x400m Relay - Kylie Bedard, Sabrina Sutter, Taylor Woodworth, Molly Mangan
High Jump - Hannah Lowenstein
Long Jump - Molly Chapman
Heptathlon - Annie Taylor
 
Women's Outdoor Track & Field Second-Team All-Patriot League (Second-Place Finishers)
10,000m - Emily Boutin
100m Hurdles - Jia Anderson
400m Hurdles - Annie Taylor
4x100m Relay - Jia Anderson, Mayu Gayton, Molly Mangan, Sabrina Sutter
4x800m Relay - Alex Wercinski, McKenna Brophy, Mia-Claire Kezal, Emily Ettrich
Pole Vault - Charlene Morke
Hammer Throw - Autumn Nicholas
Javelin - Renny Murphy
Heptathlon - Isabella Romasko

2023 Patriot League Outdoor Track & Field Championships Women's Major Awards
Women's Track Athlete of the Meet – Daisy Liljegren, Boston University
Women's Field Athlete of the Meet - Molly Chapman, Navy
Women's Rookie of the Meet - Vera Sjöberg, Boston University
Women's Highest Point Scorer – Meghan Quinn, Bucknell
Women's Coach of the Year - Jamie Cook, Navy
 
Up Next
Navy continues its postseason schedule with the IC4A / ECAC Outdoor Championship, which is slated for Friday, May 12 through Sunday, May 14 in Fairfax, Va.