WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Navy track and field team swept the 2025 Army-Navy Indoor Star Meet which is part of the overall Army-Navy Star Series presented by USAA. The men's team posted a 99-82 victory, while the women's team claimed a 94-87 win at the Gillis Field House in West Point, N.Y.
It was the sixth consecutive indoor victory in the series for both the men and women teams. The Midshipmen have now won 22-straight indoor / outdoor Star competitions over the Black Knights.
"This victory says a lot about our team and our ability to win. We did a good job competing when we needed to compete and winning those close battles," stated Director of Track and Fiield Jamie Cook. "We knew Army would be strong in some areas. All we could control is what we do, our coaches had the athletes prepared and ready to compete. I'm very proud of our coaching staff and obviously our student-athletes."
Men's Recap
The men's team extended its lead in the series to 37-27-2. The Mids won nine of 17 events, earning maximum points in six by placing first and second in an event.
Army won the hammer throw to jump out to a quick 7-4 lead.
Nathan Kent was the winner of two events in the 200m and 400m to score a combined 10 points. The Rocklin, Calif., native clocked in a time of 21.52 in the 200m. Kent was .03 seconds from tying a meet record that he set last year. In the 400m he beat fellow Midshipmen Simon Alexander by .69 seconds with a time of 49.70.
Navy earned maximum points in the 500m with team captain Jacques Guillaume and Peter deJonge took 1-2 respectively. Guillaume took first place for the second consecutive meet with a time of 1:04.07, deJonge followed as he clocked a time of 1:05.97 to secure the eight points.
The Mids dominated the distance events taking 1-2-3 in the 1,000m, mile and 3,000m events.
Freshman Dane Eike won his first collegiate event in the 1,000m with a season best time of 2:26.67. Fellow freshman James Partlow (2:26.85) and sophomore Aidan Eberhardt (2:28.06) trailed Eike to secure the sweep.
Luke Nester led the pace in the mile event with a top time of 4:08.39 for Navy's first five points of the day. Freshman Patrick Gandini (4:08.55) clocked in .16 seconds behind Nester for three points while Justin Mumford placed third with a time of 4:10.11.
Senior Murphy Smith followed his program record setting performance in his last outing in the 3,000m run by setting a Gillis Field House record of 8:07.66. Smith took control of the race at the 1,800m mark when he passed Alexander Kirkland for first place and never looked back. Jackson Nguyen crossed the line shortly after Smith with a time of 8:08.86.
Freshman Aiden Cartier clocked his best 60m hurdles time of 8.47 to lead the Mids in the event.
Navy secured the victory by sweeping the relay events. The quartet of Peter deJonge, Simon Alexander, Jay Evans and Jacques Guillaume won the 4x400m with a time of 3:17.13. Army was leading the race going into the final lap but Guillaume overtook Chad Dohl to secure the meet with an additional five team points.
Navy's lone field event victory was in the high jump event with a crucial maximum points outing. Sheldon Ulmer led the charge in his indoor season debut with a height of 2.06m (6' 9"). Thomas Christie also made his indoor season debut taking second with a mark of 2.03m (6' 7.75").
In the final race of the day, the Mids edged out Army in the 4x800m relay by .15 seconds with a time of 7:48.18 to provide the final margin of 99-82.
Women's Recap
The women's team added on its series lead to 21-17-1. The Mids won 10 of 17 events, earning maximum points in three by placing first and second in an event.
The running events got started with junior Sophie Compton placing third in the mile event for the first two team points. Compton added her name to the record book posting the fifth fastest mile time in program history of 4:47.29. Compton's big day carried over in the 3,000m where she ran the second-best time of 9:41.63. She ended her day with five combined points.
It was a photo finish in the 60m dash with a .01 second separating first and third. The Midshipmen duo of Annie Lemelin and Jia Anderson held off Olivia Reed. Lemelin and Anderson ran an identical time of 7.71 to take 1-2, it was a career-best mark for Lemelin.
Anderson and Lemelin also went 1-2 in the 60m hurdles. Anderson clocked in at 8.65 while Lemelin added to her career day with a personal best time of 8.74. The duo combined for 21 of the teams 94 points on Saturday.
Lemelin capped her day off as a member of the 4x400m relay team that recorded the 10th fastest time in Navy history of 3:47.27. Joining Lemelin was Kylie Bedard, Sophia Richter and Taylor Woodworth. The time of 3:47.27 was also a Gillis Field House facility record.
Anderson won her second event of the day in the 200m when she clocked a time of 25.35. Savannah Swanda added a team point in the event taking fourth with a time of 25.74.
Sophia Richter won the 400m event as she posted a season-best time of 56.28. Kylie Bedard ran a time of 56.64 to place third.
Senior team captain Taylor Woodworth claimed the 500m top crown for the second-consecutive meet with a season-best time and a Gillis Field House facility record of 1:13.32.
Mia-Claire Kezal and Lexi Ensor combined for seven points in the 1,000m event. Kezal led the pace with her season-best time of 2:52.03. Ensor took third place with a career-best time of 2:53.55.
In the field events Zoie Tesi won the high jump event. She registered the ninth best mark in program history with a height of 1.71m (5' 7.25") to add five team points for the Midshipmen. Tesi added three more points in the triple jump with a season-best mark of 11.52m (37' 9.5").
Navy went 1-2-3 in the pole vault event. Helen Emerick and Sophia Hill awarded the Mids eight points with an identical mark of 3.75m (12' 3.5"). Mimi McHugh finished third as she tied her season-best mark of 3.60m (11' 9.75").
Navy capped off the meet with a time of 9:26.42 in the 4x800m relay to secure its 22nd-consecutive star.
