ANNAPOLIS, Md. - New program records by Brahmir Vick and Murphy Smith highlighted the Wesley A. Brown Invitational for the Navy track and field teams on Saturday at the Wesley A. Brown Field House in Annapolis, Md. The meet did not have team scoring.

Vick recorded a time of 7.76 to win the 60m hurdles. He beat his own school record by just .01 seconds that he set at the 2022 Navy Invitational I. He also posted a time of 7.80 in the preliminaries, which is the third-best time in Navy history.

Smith won the 5,000m with a time of 13:55.15. He broke the previous school record set by Andrew Hanko (14:03.10) in 2011.

The Mids finished the meet with 15 program top-10 times / marks, 20 first-place finishes and 54 IC4A / ECAC qualifying times / marks.

"The men's 5,000m was the highlight of the meet. We had three runners break the school record with times under 14 minutes. It shows the exceptional job coach (Aaron) Lanzel has done preparing that group," said Director of Track and Field / Cross Country Jamie Cook. "Emily Boutin and Sophie Compton were also terrific on the women's side in the 3,000m. They all did what we wanted them to do and that's compete hard. I was really impressed with our multi-athletes in their first competition of the season. Annie (Taylor) just missed out on a school record and Thomas Christie had a huge personal record in the high jump to win the men's heptathlon. Everyone's performances in the 800m and 1,000m were solid as well. Coach (Chris) Johnson has continued to do a great job with that group. 

"Anytime we can get the wins we had today really helps our competitive nature. When they have a chance to compete we want them to do so at the best of their ability and we saw that from a lot of athletes today. Very thankful for all the support from the fans again this weekend who came out to cheer us on despite all the harsh weather." 

Joining Smith in setting a top-10 time in the 5,000m was Alexander Kirkland (13:56.28) and Justin Mumford (13:59.02). Kirkland recorded the second-fastest time, while Mumford posted the third-best finish to place second and third in the race, respectively. Additionally, Jackson Nguyen recorded an IC4A qualifying time of 14:30.75 to place fourth. 

Olivia Lutkevich gave the women's team the victory in 5,000m with an ECAC qualifying time of 17:22.64.

Emily Boutin (9:34.38) added her name into the record book again with the third-fastest 3,000m in Navy history to place first in the race. She now owns the top-three 3,000m times.

Sophie Compton finished behind Boutin in second place with the fourth-best time in team history at 9:39.74.

Sam Keeny won the men's 3,000m with a qualifying time of 8:13.85. Sam Moultrie (8:22.34) and Joe Reimann (8:25.85) also recorded qualifying times to place second and fourth, respectively. 

Jia Anderson posted the seventh-fastest time in school history in her victory in the 60m hurdles at 8.57.

Annie Taylor finished with the 10th-best 60m hurdles time (8.61) to win the first event of the women's pentathlon. She won the pentathlon with the second-best score in team history with 3,813 points.

Thomas Christie led the way in the men's heptathlon with a first-place score of 5,124 points. Christie's top event in the heptathlon was the high jump, where he recorded a collegiate-best / qualifying mark of 2.06m (6' 9") to place first.

Hannah Lowenstein posted her third top-10 mark in the high jump this season. She finished in a tie for the second-best height in school history at 1.75m (5' 8.75") to win the event. 

Sheldon Ulmer (second place) and Benjemen Schneider (fourth place) both ended with qualifying heights in the high jump at 2.09m (6' 10.25") and 2.06m (6' 9"), respectively. 

Sami Bollinger placed first in the triple jump with the fourth-farthest mark in team history at 12.27m (40' 3.25").

Colby Fahrney took second place in the long jump with a qualifying distance of 7.12m (23' 4.5").

Joshua Boamah claimed another two wins in the weight throw and shot put. He won the weight throw with the second-best distance in Navy history at 20.88m (68' 6"). The senior has posted seven of the 10-best weight throw marks in school history. Additionally, he recorded a qualifying mark of 17.85m (58' 6.75") in the shot put. 

Collin Greene placed second in the shot put and third in the weight throw with qualifying distances of 17.40m (57' 1") and 18.78m (61' 7.5"), respectively.

Dane Vernor (17.27m / 56' 8") also posted a qualifying mark in the weight throw to place fifth. 

Jordynn Hutchinson garnered a first-place finish in the women's weight throw with a qualifying distance of 16.19m (53' 1.5").

The Mids totaled four qualifying heights in the pole vault. 

Alayna Schloeder and Gracie Emerick both ended with a mark of 3.90m (12' 9.5") to place second and third, respectively. 

Mimi McHugh placed seventh with a height of 3.70m (12' 1.5").

Walker Rudisaile led the men's team with a third-place effort at 5.15m (16' 10.75"). 

Jacques Guillaume Jay Evans, Pete deJonge and Nathan Kent combined to win the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:13.35. Their finish ranks eighth all-time in program history.  

The squad also shined individually. Guillaume won the 400m and placed second in the 200m with qualifying times of 47.74 and 21.48, respectively. 

Kent finished first overall in the 200m (21.40) and second in the 400m (47.84) with a pair of qualifying times. 

Evans posted qualifying times in the 60m (6.96) and 200m (21.90) to place fifth in both races. 

deJonge claimed third place in the 500m with a qualifying time of 1:04.27.

Jonah Johnson and Mayu Gayton also recorded qualifying times in the 60m. Johnson placed second in the men's race with a time of 6.89. Gayton took fourth place for the women with a time of 7.73. 

Taylor Woodworth became the first mid to post a top-10 time in the women's 500m since Chelsey Edwards in 2020. She ended with the seventh-fastest time (1:12.73) to take fourth place. 

Woodworth also played a role in the 4x400m relay team posting a qualifying time. Kylie Bedard, Annie Lemelin, Sophia Richter and Woodworth finished in third place with a time of 3:52.16.

Richter continued her excellent first season with a win in the 400m by finishing with a qualifying time of 56.26.

The squad of Mia-Claire Kezal, Milana Breuninger, Susannah Heinz and Lexi Ensor earned the first win in the distance medley relay for Navy this season with a time of 12:20.68.

Kezal also won the mile with a time of 5:03.25.

Luke Nester recorded a qualifying time of 4:11.10 to place second in the men's mile. 

Ellie Abraham posted a victory in the 800m with a qualifying time of 2:11.75. Kayla McGuire also garnered a qualifying time to place second in 2:13.65.

Greyson Gravitt led the men's team in the 800m with a second-place effort. He ended the race with a qualifying time of 1:51.73.

Carson Sloat (2:25.91), Sean Miller (2:27.51) and Tate Frost (2:28.90) finished with qualifying times in the 1,000m to place third, fourth and sixth, respectively. 

The Mids will compete on the road for the first time next Saturday in the Patriot Games hosted by George Mason in Fairfax, Va.