ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy track and field teams split the annual dual against Princeton on Saturday at the Wesley A. Brown Field House in Annapolis, Md.
 
The men's team (1-0) defeated the Tigers, 92-87, while the women's team (0-1) dropped a 103-74 decision.
 
The men's team claimed its fourth-straight victory against Princeton and now owns a 5-1 record in the series under Director of Track and Field / Cross Country Jamie Cook.
 
The dual scoring format was a 5-3-2-1 for individual events and 5-3 for relays. Two athletes from each school scored per individual event.
 
"We're looking for everyone to be present in the situation and understand what you can control. It's about how you compete, prepare, finish after you compete, what your mental focus is and how you attack the next situation," said Cook. "On the men's side we got the win, but on the women's side we got beat up pretty good. It's early in the year and there are a lot of things we can work on. We have some really good leaders and they're saying the right things. The message was clear and I'm anxious to see how the next few weeks go.
 
"I want everyone to understand the competitive nature of this sport and the things they can do to control their individual effort. You have to be ready to compete when your name is called. There is a small amount of opportunities you get to compete in your lifetime and anytime you're given the opportunity to compete, you have to take it very seriously."
 
Men's Recap - Navy 92, Princeton 87
The Mids won nine of the 17 events and scored the maximum points (eight) in four.
 
Joshua Boamah opened the dual with a new school record in the weight throw. He registered a distance of 21.02m (68' 11.75") to win the event and earn Navy five points. His effort beat the previous record by .26m, which was set by Ted Bregar (20.76m / 68-01.50) in 1973.
 
Boamah also scored three points for placing second in the shot put with a mark of 17.62m (57' 9.75").
 
Collin Greene placed second in the weight throw (19.65m / 64' 5.75") and fourth in the shot put (16.82m / 55' 2.25") to score four points.
 
Walker Rudisaile and Thomas Christie combined to score eight points in the pole vault. Rudisaile won the event with a height of 5.20m (17' 0.75"), which is tied for the ninth-best mark in school history. Christie posted a height of 4.60m (15' 1") to finish in second place.
 
Sheldon Ulmer and Benjemen Schneider helped the Mids sweep the long jump by placing first and second, respectively. Ulmer recorded a jump of 2.08m (6' 9.75") and Schneider totaled a height of 2.02m (6' 7.5").
 
Jordan Payne posted Navy's top triple jump distance (14.65m / 48' 0.75") to earn second place. Sebasteon Allen finished behind Payne in third place with a mark of 14.47m (47' 5.75") to give the Mids five points in the event.
 
Aidan Featherby garnered a third-place effort in the long jump with a distance of 7.17m (23' 6.25"). Colby Fahrney (7.13m / 23' 4.75") and William Pierce (7.11m / 23' 4") both posted career-best marks in the event to place fourth and fifth, respectively. Featherby and Pierce accounted for three points combined in the event.
 
Brahmir Vick once again highlighted the track events. The senior won the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.81 seconds. His finish is tied for the second-best time in Navy history.
 
Jayshon Dubose scored an additional point in the event by placing fifth at 8.33.  
 
Greyson Gravitt (2:28.23) and Jack Lange (2:28.40) crossed the finish line less than a second apart to place first and second, respectively, in the 1,000m.
 
Sam Keeny started his senior campaign with a victory in the mile with a time of 4:09.40.
 
Matt Newell (4:13.69) registered the second-fastest time in the mile to finish in sixth place and add a point to the scoreboard.
 
Murphy Smith recorded a win in the 3,000m with a time of 8:18.11. Justin Mumford followed up with a collegiate-best time of 8:19.56 to place third. The two combined to earn the Mids eight points.
 
Carson Sloat ended with a time of 1:52.07 to claim the 800m victory. Anthony Engle posted a time of 1:54.36 to finish in fourth place to score one point.
 
Jacques Guillaume (1:03.44) and Pete deJonge (1:04.23) battled hard in the 500m to place second and third, respectively, to contribute five points.
 
The Mids scored a combined nine points from the 60m, 200m and 400m.
 
Jonah Johnson placed fifth in the 60m with a time of 6.96. Jay Evans finished in seventh place with a time of 7.02.
 
Nathan Kent saw his first action of the season in the 200m and he placed fourth with a time of 21.50. Evans finished behind Kent in fifth place at 22.10.
 
The 400m was highlighted by David Walker and Jayshon Dubose. Walker placed fifth with a time of 49.94 and Dubose took sixth place with a time of 51.86.
 
Navy's final win in the dual came in the 4x800m relay. Garrett Baublitz, Engle, Gravitt and Sloat beat out Princeton for the victory by .32 seconds with a time of 7:43.41.
 
Prior to the 4x800m relay, deJonge, Kent, Walker and Guillaume compiled a second-place finish in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:14.61.
 
Women's Recap - Princeton 103, Navy 74
Hannah Lowenstein claimed her second win of the season in the high jump (1.75m / 5' 8.75") to earn five points. Her height is the second-best mark in Navy history and just .02m off the school record that she set at the Navy Invitational I earlier this season.
 
Sabrina Sokol contributed two points in the high jump with a third-place effort at 1.59m (5' 2.5").
 
Alayna Schloeder posted the best pole vault height in her collegiate career to finish in second place and score three points. She ended with a mark of 3.95m (12' 11.5"), which is tied for the ninth-best finish in team history.
 
Gracie Emerick added a point by setting a new career-best mark in the pole vault at 3.65m (11' 11.75") to place fourth.
 
Sami Bollinger won the triple jump with a distance of 11.85m (38' 10.5"). Giulia Mesa finished in third place with a mark of 11.58m (38' 0"). Bollinger and Mesa's efforts scored a combined seven points.
 
The Mids scored six points in the throw events. Jordynn Hutchinson placed fourth in the shot put (12.45m / 40' 10.25") and weight throw (16.68m (54' 8.75"). Jacee Hauser finished in sixth place in the shot put and seventh place in the weight throw with marks of 10.97m (36' 0") and 12.21m (40' 0.75"), respectively.
 
Jia Anderson claimed victories in the 60m hurdles and the 200m. Anderson won the 60m hurdles with the 10th-fastest time in program history (8.62). She then set a new collegiate-best time in the 200m at 24.70. 
 
Annie Taylor helped the Mids earn another two points in the 60m hurdles by finishing with a time of 8.74 to place third.
 
Sophia Richter scored all three points in the 200m with a third-place finish at 24.97.
 
Ellie Abraham recorded a top-10 in the mile in her season debut. She took second place with the 10th-best time in school history (4:51.96).
 
The mile was also the first race of the season for Emily Boutin, who placed third with a time of 4:52.19.

Navy scored five points in the mile, 60m, 400m and 500m.
 
Mayu Gayton ended with a time of 7.73 to place second in the 60m. Richter followed up with a third-place finish in 7.81.
 
Taylor Woodworth (56.22) and Kylie Bedard (58.16) recorded the top times in the 400m to place second and third, respectively.
 
Kayla McGuire led the way in the 500m with a second-place effort at 1:16.62. Morgan Blackford placed third in the race with a time of 1:17.44.
 
Mia-Claire Kezal added three points to the scoreboard by placing second in the 1,000m. She recorded a collegiate-best time of 2:56.43.
 
McKenna Brophy garnered a fourth-place finish in the 1,000m with a time of 2:58.17.
 
Olivia Lutkevich (10:07.39) and Samantha Woodworth (10:15.81) both posted collegiate-best times in the 3,000m to place third and fourth, respectively, to earn three points combined.
 
Freshmen Susannah Heinz and Lexi Ensor highlighted the 800m to earn the Mids three points. Heinz placed fourth overall (2:20.69) and Ensor ended in fifth place (2:21.74).
 
Navy earned three points in both relay events by placing second in each race. Woodworth, Annie Lemelin, Bedard and Richter posted a time of 3:52.51 in the 4x400m relay. Sophie Compton, McGuire, Kezal and Abraham concluded the dual with a time of 9:15.47 in the 4x800m relay.
 
The Mids will conclude their homestand with the Wesley A. Brown Invitational next Friday and Saturday at the Wesley A. Brown Field House in Annapolis, Md.