ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Mayu Gayton highlighted another great weekend for the Navy track and field teams by setting a new school record in the 100m on Saturday at the Navy Spring Invitational at Ingram Field in Annapolis, Md. The meet did not have team scoring.
 
Gayton posted a winning time of 11.73, which bested the previous record set by Loni Forsythe (11.74) in 2005 by 0.01. She was one of four mids to record a top-10 time / mark in Navy's final home meet of the season.
 
Additionally, the Mids recorded six top-10 times at the Virginia Challenge, which was held Friday and Saturday at Lannigan Field in Charlottesville, Va. The Virginia Challenge also didn't have team scoring.
 
"It was really exciting seeing our senior class compete at home one final time. We had much better weather toward the end of the second day and we saw a lot of great performances. Multiple athletes competed in different events and the multi event group got a full meet under their belt for the first time this season. The team wasn't afraid of trying new things today and that helped them see something they haven't seen before," said Director of Track and Field / Cross Country Jamie Cook. "We did well across the board, but we still have a lot of work to do in the next couple of weeks to get ready for the conference championship. We have a good experience in store for everyone next week at the Penn Relays too. For this team to be around that kind of exposure and the excitement of the sport is good for them. We're excited about the opportunity to go to a historic venue and show what we can do as a team. We'll see a lot of good competitors and that will really help us as we go into the conference meet."
 
Navy Spring Invitational Recap
Along with her program record in the 100m, Gayton placed second in the 200m with an ECAC qualifying time of 24.78. Additionally, she took first place in the long jump with a mark of 5.52m (18' 1.5").
 
Nathan Kent clocked in the additional top-10 time in the track events. He won the 200m by posting the fourth-fastest time in team history at 20.98. Kent also claimed first in the 100m with a time of 10.58. Both his times met IC4A qualifying standards.
 
Jay Evans followed behind Kent in the 200m to place second with a qualifying time of 21.65.
 
Brahmir Vick continued his winning streak in the 110m hurdles. He ended with a qualifying time of 13.75. Vick also ran in the 100m and placed second with a qualifying time of 10.73.
 
Jonah Johnson finished in third place in both the 100m (10.83) and 200m (21.7) with a pair of qualifying times.
 
Also recording a qualifying time in the 100m was Marcel Jackson (10.92 / 10.918), Tyler Yurich (10.92  / 10.919), Nico Gonzalez-Reed (10.95) and Simon Alexander (10.99), who placed fourth through seventh, respectively. Yurich (fourth place) and Alexander (fifth place) also compiled qualifying times in the 200m at 21.75 and 21.91, respectively.
 
Taylor Woodworth claimed two victories at Ingram Field. She posted a qualifying time of 24.74 in the 200m. She also won the 800m with a time of 2:12.11. Woodworth hadn't competed in the 800m since 2022.
 
Leading the women's team in the 100m hurdles was Jia Anderson. She won the event with a qualifying time of 14.14.
 
Annie Lemelin garnered a second-place finish in the 100m (12.04) and 100m hurdles (14.50) by clocking in a pair of qualifying times.
 
Josephine Zink won both her individual races and guided Navy's 4x400m relay team to a win. She placed first in the 400m and 400m hurdles with times of 58.77 and 1:06.97, respectively. Zink, Abby Lutz, Lilli Santomauro and Sophia Notaro posted a winning time of 4:09.48 in the 4x400m relay.
 
Tymique Goodman competed for the first time since the Mids faced Princeton during the indoor season. He won the 400m with a time of 51.30.
 
Jacques Guillaume cruised to another win in the 400m hurdles. He ended with a qualifying time of 52.55. Additionally, David Walker (53.23) and Levi Knobloch (53.82) each recorded a qualifying time in the race to place second and third, respectively.
 
Knobloch ran the first leg of the 4x400m relay, followed by Grant Hunsaker, Evans and Alexander. The squad recorded a winning time of 3:31.80.
 
Both of the men's 4x100m relay teams tallied qualifying times. Vick, Kent, Walker and Jackson combined to win the race with a time of 40.80. The quartet of Fabian France, Alexander, Gonzalez-Reed and Yurich finished with a time of 41.17 to place second.
 
Colter Kirkland led the way in the 800m for the men's team with a qualifying time of 1:53.44 to win the race.
 
Samantha Woodworth (4:47.51) ended with the top 1,500m time for the women's team to finish in first place.  
 
Susanna Henderson compiled a winning time of 12:07.48 in the 3,000m steeplechase.
 
May McConkey made her collegiate debut and won the 5,000m with a time of 18:00.74.
 
Logan Flament claimed first place in the men's 5,000m with a time of 14:58.73.
 
Annie Taylor had a career performance in the heptathlon to highlight the first multi event action of the outdoor season. She scored the third-most points in Navy history (5,013) to win the event. Taylor placed first in four of the seven events, which included a qualifying long jump distance of 5.64m (18' 6").
 
Thomas Christie led the men's team in the decathlon by placing second overall with 6,549 points. Christie earned victories in the high jump (1.94m / 6' 4.25") and pole vault (4.58m / 15' 0.25").
 
Walker Rudisaile posted his best pole vault mark of the season at 5.21m (17' 1") to take second place in the event. His qualifying height ranks ninth in Navy's record book.  
 
Gracie Emerick won the women's pole vault with a qualifying mark of 3.62m (11' 10.5").
 
Benjemen Schneider and Sheldon Ulmer both concluded the high jump with a qualifying height of 2.01m (6' 7") to finish in a tie for first place.
 
William Pierce enjoyed a big day in the long jump. His top jump of 7.30m (23' 11.5") won him the event and met qualifying standards. Colby Fahrney's qualifying distance of 7.10m (23' 3.5") helped him take second place.
 
Sebasteon Allen recorded a mark of 14.54m (47' 8.5") to place first in the triple jump.
 
Giulia Mesa won the women's triple jump with a distance of 11.58m (38' 0.0").
 
Jordynn Hutchinson once again dominated the throws for the Mids. She posted a qualifying mark in the shot put (14.05m / 46' 1.25"), discus (43.99m / 144' 4") and hammer throw (54.20m / 177' 10") to win all three events.
 
Joshua Boamah finished in first place in all of his throw events as well. He met qualifying standards in his shot put (17.43m / 57' 2.25"), discus (48.15m / 157' 11") and hammer throw (62.21m / 204' 1") victories.
 
Collin Greene's qualifying marks of 16.76m (55' 0.0") and 57.78m (189' 6") helped him place second in the shot put and third in the hammer throw, respectively.
 
Dane Vernor earned second place in the hammer throw with a qualifying mark of 59.30m (194' 6").
 
Renny Murphy (47.08m / 154' 5") and George Kalkanis (59.99m / 196' 10") both recorded a qualifying distance to win their respective javelin events.
 
Virginia Challenge Recap
Emily Boutin and Sophie Compton each recorded a top-10 time in their respective 5,000m races. Boutin placed 15th in the 5,000m invite by posting the second-fastest time in program history (16:26.38). Compton won the additional 5,000m race after clocking in the fourth-best time in school history (16:33.32).
 
Caroline Harding also finished with a qualifying time in the 5,000m at 17:19.30 to place 19th overall.
 
Alexander Kirkland ended in eighth place in the men's 5,000m invite with the eighth-best time in team history at 13:59.27. Additionally, Murphy Smith (14:12.56) and Justin Mumford (14:13.87) compiled qualifying times to finish in 18th and 19th place, respectively.
 
Matt Newell and Luke Nester placed back-to-back in second and third place, respectively, in the 1,500m. Newell recorded the ninth-fastest time in Navy history (3:44.49). Nester's effort of 3:44.79 ranks 10th all-time in program history.
 
Lexi Ensor finished in 18th place in the women's 1,500m with a qualifying time of 4:33.75.
 
Ellie Abraham had the top performance in the 3,000m steeplechase. She ended with the second-best time in school history at 10:15.20 to garner a fifth-place finish in the invitational race.
 
Mia-Claire Kezal placed second in the additional 3,000m steeplechase with a qualifying time of 10:40.44.
 
Sam Keeny (15th place), Ben Countiss (19th place), Tom Fodor (25th place) and Joe Reimann (26th place) all clocked in qualifying times of 8:48.94, 8:58.66, 9:14.90 and 9:17.83, respectively, in the men's 3,000m steeplechase invite.
 
Sam Moultrie won the other 3,000m steeplechase race with a qualifying time of 9:02.04. Additionally, Sean Miller recorded a qualifying time of 9:17.76 to finish in ninth place.
 
Greyson Gravitt was one of four mids to post a qualifying time in the 800m. He placed fifth in the race with a time of 1:50.55. Also posting a qualifying time for the men's team was Carson Sloat (1:51.46) and Garrett Baublitz (1:52.27), who finished in 13th and 23rd place, respectively.
 
Kayla McGuire crossed the finish line with a qualifying time of 2:09.04 to take 19th place in the women's 800m invite.
 
Navy will travel to Philadelphia, Pa., next week to compete in the Penn Relays. The 128th edition of America's oldest and largest track and field competition runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday.