BOSTON, Mass. - Emily Boutin highlighted another excellent weekend for the Navy track and field teams by breaking the program record in the 5,000m at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Friday in Boston, Mass.
 
The senior clocked in a time of 16:06.25 to beat her own school record by 13.11, which she set in 2023. She finished in 25th place out of 104 athletes.
 
Ellie Abraham ran in the mile in Boston and placed 99th out of 318 competitors with an ECAC qualifying time of 4:52.07.
 
Murphy Smith, Sam Keeny and Alexander Kirkland competed in the 3,000m that featured 145 athletes. Smith placed seventh in his heat and 20th overall with a time of 7:57.47, which ranks sixth all-time in school history. Keeny posted the ninth-fastest time in Navy history (7:59.53) to place second in his heat and 25th overall. Kirkland ended in 11th place in his heat and 85th overall with an IC4A qualifying time of 8:14.42.
 
"Emily (Boutin) and coach (Kim) Lewnes had a great week of training and an excellent game plan heading into this meet. Emily is a tremendous leader and leaving Boston with another school record shows resilience on her part," said Director of Track and Field / Cross Country Jamie Cook. "She has had to deal with injuries this season, but she has come back better and stronger. Really happy to see her produce the way she has this season and looking forward to seeing her in the Patriot League Championship."
 
The remainder of the mids competed in the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational, hosted by Liberty, on Friday and Saturday at the Brant Tolsma Indoor Track in Lynchburg, Va. The meet did not have team scoring.
 
"Going from a dual-meet format to a big invitational was an adjustment, but the team handled it very well. This is more of the nature of track and field in this day in age and we have to be prepared to see a lot of people competing at conference in a few weeks. There were a lot of positives at this meet from Brahmir (Vick) and Jia (Anderson) excelling again in the 60m hurdles to a lot of our younger athletes setting new personal bests in multiple events. Everyone is improving across the board and that's really exciting," said Cook. "Getting more race-ready was the objective this weekend and we did a great job in executing our race patterns and plans. Going forward we're going to focus on figuring out what is best for each athlete for them individually and the team. The coaching staff has done a tremendous job all season and we want to continue our success with a strong final few weeks."
 
Brahmir Vick was the top performer in Lynchburg thanks to another stellar performance in the 60m hurdles. He won the event with a time of 7.74, which tied his team record that he recorded last week against Army. Additionally, Vick registered the ninth-fastest finish in Navy history in the semifinals with a time of 7.83. The senior now owns the 10-best 60m hurdle times in program history.
 
Jia Anderson posted her third top-10 finish of the season in the 60m hurdles. She took third place with a time of 8.40, which is the third-best finish in school history.
 
Nathan Kent recorded a top-10 time in the 200m for the second-straight week. He placed third in the 200m invite with a time of 21.88, which ranks seventh in team history.
 
Sophia Richter led the way for the women's team in the 200m open with a qualifying time of 24.94 to finish in third place.
 
Kayla McGuire added her name to the record book in the 1,000m. She posted the ninth-fastest time in program history at 2:51.86 to place second overall. McGuire also compiled a qualifying time of 2:11.28 to finish in fourth place in the 800m invite.
 
Katelyn Pepin won the 800m open with a time of 2:15.81.
 
Aidan Eberhardt (eighth place) and Tate Frost (ninth place) both finished in the top 10 in the 1,000m for the men's team with qualifying times of 2:28.98 and 2:29.44, respectively.
 
Carson Sloat recorded a qualifying time of 1:52.37 to place seventh in the 800m invite.
 
Four mids posted qualifying times in the women's 400m invite. Annie Lemelin (56.34) and Taylor Woodworth (56.57) finished in the top 10 in seventh and ninth place, respectively. Richter took 12th place with a time of 56.80. Kylie Bedard registered a time of 56.96 to finish in 16th place.
 
Luke Nester recorded a pair of qualifying times in the 3,000m invite (8:10.49) and the one-mile invite (4:07.57). He ended in seventh place in the 3,000m and 10th place in the mile.
 
Sam Moultrie also garnered a qualifying time in the 3,000m invite to finish 11th overall at 8:17.01.
 
Matt Newell (4:13.65) and Garrett Baublitz (4:14.18) posted the additional qualifying times in the mile invite to place 19th and 21st, respectively.
 
Sophie Compton (ninth place) had the top placement in the women's one-mile invite with a qualifying time of 4:53.32.
 
Mia-Claire Kezal crossed the finish line right after Compton in 10th place with a qualifying time of 4:53.43.
 
Kate Leddy recorded the additional qualifying time in the women's mile invite at 4:58.44 to finish in 19th place.
 
Nico Valdivieso claimed a victory in the 5,000m open with a collegiate-best time of 14:50.81.

Katelyn Pepin, Alex Wercinski, Susannah Heinz and Samantha Woodworth compiled a third-place finish in the distance medley relay with a time of 12:12.95.
 
Joshua Boamah posted the seventh-farthest weight throw distance in school history at 20.41m (66' 11.5") to place second in the event. Navy's indoor captain also placed second in the shot put with a qualifying mark of 17.44m (57' 2.5").
 
Collin Greene took third place in the shot put with a qualifying distance of 17.06m (55' 11.5"). He also recorded a qualifying weight throw mark of 19.45m (64' 1.25") to place fifth.
 
Dane Vernor's qualifying effort of 16.84m (55' 2.75") helped him place 11th in the weight throw.
 
Jordynn Hutchinson shined once again for the women's throwers. She placed 13th in the weight throw with a qualifying distance of 17.19m (56' 4.75").
 
Walker Rudisaile posted a qualifying height of 4.98m (16' 4") to finish in 10th place in the pole vault invite.
 
Leading the way in the women's pole vault invite was Gracie Emerick, who placed 12th with a qualifying mark of 3.67m (12' 0.25").

Benjemen Schneider (2.06m / 6' 9") and Sheldon Ulmer (2.01m / 6' 7") both ended with qualifying marks in the high jump to place third and fourth, respectively. 
 
Nick Simmons recorded a third-place effort in the long jump open with a distance of 6.89m (22' 7.25").
 
Sebasteon Allen and Jordan Payne compiled top-10 finishes in the triple jump. Allen placed ninth with a top jump of 14.58m (47' 10"). Payne's best mark of 14.41m (47' 3.75") earned him 10th place.
 
The Mids will compete in the Navy Select next Friday for their final tune-up before the Patriot League Indoor Championship. The meet will start at 10 a.m. at the Wesley A. Brown Field House in Annapolis, Md.