BOSTON, Mass. - The Navy men's track and field team concluded day one of the Patriot League Indoor Championship on Saturday at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center in Boston, Mass., in first place with 73.5 points through five events.
The Mids won the weight throw, pole vault and 5,000m during the opening day of competition to build a 22.5-point lead over second-place Army.
Patriot League Men's Indoor Championship Day One Standings
1. Navy (73.5 points)
2. Army (51 points)
3. Boston University (37 points)
4. Bucknell (9 points)
5. Lafayette (8.5 points)
6. Lehigh (8 points)
7. American (4 points)
7. Holy Cross (4 points)
9. Colgate (0 points)
"
Joshua Boamah winning the weight throw was amazing. The energy in the building and the momentum he built for his teammates was a great sight to see," said Director of Track and Field / Cross Country
Jamie Cook. "Huge credit to Collin (Greene) for taking second and Dane (Vernor) getting fifth in the event. Those three scored 22 of our points today and that event was a major momentum shifter for us.
"Very happy with the number of athletes we qualified for the finals in the track events. Murphy's (Smith) victory in the 5,000m along with Justin's (Mumford) and Alexander's (Kirkland) finishes in the event helped us score key points. A performance early in the day that was a big boost for our team was
Walker Rudisaile in the pole vault. He woke up not feeling great, but still found a way to come out on top."
Day One Recap
The story of the first day was
Joshua Boamah. Navy's indoor captain broke the program and meet record in the weight throw with a winning mark of 21.91m (71' 10.75") to score 10 points. He broke his own team record by 0.79m, which he posted at the Army-Navy Indoor Star Meet earlier this season. Boamah's distance shattered the championship record by 0.38m. Army's Cameron Smith set the previous meet record at last year's championship.
Collin Greene (19.88m / 65' 2.75") beat out Smith for second place in the weight throw by .40m to contribute eight points.
Dane Vernor added four points to the team score with a fifth-place effort of 18.45m (60' 6.5").
Walker Rudisaile won his second indoor gold medal for a first-place finish in the pole vault. He posted a winning height of 5.15m (16' 10.75") to score 10 points.
Gunnar Kimball (4.5 points) also scored in the event by finishing in a tie for fourth place with a mark of 4.75m (15' 7").
William Pierce,
Aidan Featherby and
Sebasteon Allen combined to score 11 points in the long jump. Pierce recorded the top distance for the Mids at 7.12m (23' 4.5") to place third. Featherby took fifth place with a mark of 7.03m (23' 0.75"). Allen's top jump of 6.85m (22' 5.75") helped him finish in eighth place.
Murphy Smith clocked in a winning 5,000m time of 14:03.10 to post 10 points. His finish is tied for the fourth-fastest time in program history. Additionally,
Justin Mumford (14:16.03) and
Alexander Kirkland (14:18.39) contributed a combined 10 points by placing third and fifth, respectively.
The 4x800m relay team of
Garrett Baublitz,
Greyson Gravitt,
Matt Newell and
Carson Sloat compiled a time of 7:33.07 to place third in the race. Their finish accounted for six points.
The remainder of the track events were qualifying races for the finals on Sunday.
Brahmir Vick qualified for the 60m hurdle and 60m finals by placing first in both semifinal races. He recorded a 60m hurdle time of 7.81, which is tied for the sixth-best finish in school history. Vick's 60m time (6.82) ranks second all-time in team history.
Jay Evans also qualified for the 60m finals. He placed eighth in the race with a time of 6.95. Additionally, Evans qualified for the 200m finals thanks to a fifth-place finish at 21.69.
Both
Nathan Kent and
Jacques Guillaume qualified for the 200m and 400m finals. Kent crossed the finish line in 21.28 to place first in the 200m. His time is in a tie for seventh in Navy history. Guillaume took second place in the 200m with a time of 21.46. Guillaume (46.08) ended with the top 400m time to finish in first place, while Kent (48.82) placed fifth.
Tyler Yurich will also race in the 200m finals. He garnered a sixth-place finish with a time of 21.92.
Sloat posted the first top-10 800m time since 2019. He clocked in the sixth-fastest time in program history at 1:50.51 to finish in third place.
Garrett Baublitz will join Sloat in the finals. He placed eighth by recording a time of 1:51.81.
Luke Nester (4:07.80) and
Sam Keeny (4:11.35) will represent the Mids in the one-mile championship after placing, third and 10th, respectively in the semifinals.
Day two of the indoor championship will begin tomorrow at 11 a.m. Fans can view the full meet schedule with links provided on NavySports.com(.)
Track events for the meet will be streamed on ESPN+ on
HERE. The field events won't be streamed, but up-to-date content featuring Patriot League multimedia journalist Maria Trivelpiece will be available by following @PatriotLeagueTV on Instagram.
Fans can also follow along with free live results
HERE.
"Everything at the end of the day is for the team. We are trying to qualify as many athletes as we can and score points," added Cook. "Although everyone has their individual goals, the entire group is focused most on what the team goal is and that's winning the meet. The big thing going into tomorrow is conserving our energy. We feel good on both sides, but tomorrow is the real day and we need to be ready to go on all levels."
