ANNAPOLIS, Md. - After a two-week road trip in California, the Navy track and field teams return to the East Coast to compete in the Penn Challenge this Saturday at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa. The field events begin at 11 a.m. and the track events start at 12:30 p.m. The meet will not have team scoring.
Fans can find links to live results and the schedule of events on NavySports.com(.)
Participating Teams
Columbia, Cornell, LaSalle, Lehigh, Navy, Penn, Princeton, Rider, Rutgers, St. Joseph's, Temple and Villanova
Navy Claims All Three Patriot League Men's Weekly Honors
The Patriot League announced its first set of track and field weekly awards of the outdoor season last Tuesday.
Brahmir Vick,
Joshua Boamah and
Marcel Jackson all earned a weekly accolade for their performances at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational.
Vick was named the men's track athlete of the week for his record-setting 110m hurdles performance. The senior shattered his own program record by 0.13 with a winning time of 13.58. His effort ranks first in the nation amongst times recorded in a legal wind and second overall.
Vick also ran in the 4x100m relay with
Nathan Kent,
Jonah Johnson and
Jay Evans. The squad clocked in a winning time of 40.72, which is the fastest in the Patriot League this season.
The Middletown, Del., native has received three track athlete-of-the-week accolades between the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2023-24.
Boamah carried his success from the indoor campaign into the outdoor season. He collected the first men's field athlete-of-the-week outdoor nod after earning the award seven times over the course of the indoor season.
Boamah broke Navy's 60-year shot put record to place first in the event with a mark of 19.09m (62' 7.75"). The San Diego, Calif., native also recorded victories in the discus (54.86m / 180' 0") and hammer throw (62.72m / 205' 9").
Boamah's shot put distance is currently third in the country, while his hammer and discus throw marks rank 24th and 26th, respectively.
Jackson garnered the men's rookie-of-the-week honor for the first time in his career. Individually, the freshman ran the second-fastest 100m in the Patriot League (10.67) to finish in third place in the race. Additionally, he took fifth place in the 200m with the fourth-best time in the conference (21.80).
Jackson also ran the first leg for the second-place 4x100m relay team. Jackson,
Jacques Guillaume,
Nico Gonzalez-Reed and
Tyler Yurich combined to record a time of 40.93.
Other Highlights From Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational
Kent set a new school record in the 100m at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational by clocking in a winning time of 10.35. He broke the previous record by 0.06, which was posted by Jordan Sartor-Francis in 2015. Additionally, Kent placed first in the 200m with a time of 20.76. His 200m finish would've beaten the program record if ran in a legal wind. The sophomore owns the 12th-best 200m time and 21st-fastest 100m finish nationally.
Also placing first in the men's track events were Guillaume in the 400m (47.06) and
Jayshon Dubose in the 400m hurdles (53.79).
The men won all eight field events. Joining Boamah in claiming a victory was
Braden Presser (javelin - 66.90m / 219' 6"),
Benjemen Schneider (high jump - 2.01m / 6' 7"),
Colby Fahrney (long jump - 6.84m / 22' 5.25"),
Jordan Payne (triple jump - 14.17m / 46' 6") and
Walker Rudisaile (pole vault - 4.70m / 15' 5").
Jia Anderson and
Mayu Gayton highlighted the track events for the women's team. Anderson placed first in the 100m hurdles with a time of 13.91. Gayton finished the 100m with a time of 12.00 to win the race.
Anderson and Gayton were also members of the 4x100m relay team with
Isabella Romasko and
Sophia Richter. The squad combined to record a time of 45.61 to win the race.
Sophie Compton took first place in the 800m and 1,500m with times of 2:13.16 and 4:33.90, respectively.
Additional victories in the track events were posted by
Taylor Woodworth in the 400m (54.67) and
Annie Taylor in the 400m hurdles (1:01.48). Their times rank 17th and 32nd in the country, respectively.
Jordynn Hutchinson led the way once again in the throws for the women's team. She won the shot put with a distance of 12.18m (39' 11.5") and the hammer throw with a mark of 49.40m (162' 1"). Additionally, she earned second place in the discus with a distance of 43.22m (141' 9").
Hannah Lowenstein placed first in the high jump with a mark of 1.70m (5' 7"). Her height stands at 27th in the nation.
Alayna Schloeder garnered a victory in the pole vault by recording the 49th-best mark in the country at 3.81m (12' 6").
Giulia Mesa recorded a top distance of 11.37m (37' 3.75") to win the triple jump.
Up Next
The Mids will play host to the Navy Outdoor Invitational next Saturday for their first home meet of the outdoor campaign. The meet will begin at 10 a.m. at Ingram Field.
