ANNAPOLIS, Md. – The Navy men's track and field team begins its quest for a fifth-consecutive league title, while the women look to capture its sixth in a row when Navy plays host to the 2024-25 Patriot League Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend.

The two-day event kicks off on Saturday at the Wesley A. Brown Field House in Annapolis, Md. with the field and multi events starting at 11 a.m., while the running events are scheduled for 1 p.m. The championships wrap up on Sunday at 11 a.m. with additional field events and the conclusion of the multi events, while the running events are slated for 12:02 p.m.

Watch the Championships on ESPN+
The track events for the 2024-25 Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championships will be streamed live on ESPN+. While the field events will not be streamed, up-to-date content will be available by following @PatriotLeague on Instagram.

Live Results
A link to live results from the championship can be found at NavySports.com.

Championship Participants
The championships field includes all 10 Patriot League programs - American, Army, Boston University, Bucknell, Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette, Lehigh, Loyola and Navy

Fan Advisory
• Vehicular access to the Naval Academy is limited to those drivers with a Department of Defense identification card. 
• All other visitors must either park outside of the Naval Academy grounds and walk through the security gates at Gate 1 or take the complimentary shuttles from Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium (550 Taylor Avenue, Annapolis, Md., 21401). 
• The shuttles will run from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday
• Enter the blue/west parking lot through Gate 5 off of Taylor Avenue. 
• The cost of parking is $10.
• Visitors 18 years and older must present a government-issued identification card (driver's license / passport) to gain access to the Academy grounds, while visitors 17 and younger must be accompanied by an adult.

Hear From Jamie Cook
Director of Track and Field / Cross Country Jamie Cook was featured on the Navy Sports Magazine with Tim Nolan this week. Fans can watch the interview on the Navy Athletics YouTube page.

Men's Team Looking for Fifth-Consecutive Championship

The Navy men's squad has won 14 Patriot League indoor titles, including four in a row.  Head coach Jamie Cook was named the Patriot League Men's Indoor Coach of the Year in each of those four championship years.

Eight Mids who won their respective events at last year's championship will be competing this weekend.

Murphy Smith won the 5,000m event last year with a time of 14:03.10.

Nathan Kent, who was named the Patriot League Indoor Track & Field Championships Men's Track Athlete of the Meet and was the men's highest point scorer, looks to retain his 200m and 400m individual titles. Kent broke the championship record in the 400m with a time of 46.83. The Rocklin, Calif., native then shattered the Navy record in the 200m to claim first place with a time of 20.88. His finish bested the former school record set by Jordan Sartor-Francis in 2015 by 0.13.

All four competitors from last year's championship-winning 4x400m relay team of Kent, David Walker, Jay Evans and Jacques Guillaume return. The relay team recorded the second-fastest time in school history of 3:11.04.

Three of the four members from the distance medley relay team – Luke Nester, Carson Sloat and Matt Newell – return after setting a championship-record time of 9:51.15.

Navy Women Aiming for Sixth-Straight League Titles
The Navy women's team is looking to win its sixth-straight indoor league title and ninth overall. Jamie Cook enters the weekend having been named the Patriot League Women's Indoor Coach of the Year in each of those championship years.

The Mids are returning seven athletes who earned First-Team All-Patriot League accolades last season.

Sophia Richter, who was named the Patriot League Indoor Track and Field Championships Women's Rookie of the Meet last year, won the 400m with the fastest time (54.61) in program history.

The 4x400m relay squad of Richter, Taylor Woodworth, Kylie Bedard and Annie Lemelin return after running the second-best time in program history at 3:42.94.

Jia Anderson looks to claim her third-consecutive 60m hurdles title after posting the seventh-best time in school history of 8.51 a year ago.

Alex Wercinski returns as the lone member of the 4x800m relay team that won the event with a time of 8:55.81.

Wercinski and Katelyn Pepin played an impactful role in the distance medley relay. The Mids recorded the second-fastest finish in team history with a time of 11:41.79.

Patriot League Indoor Championships
Navy Men (14) – 2004, '05, '08, '11, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '20, '22, '23, '24
Navy Women (8) – 2001, '09, '11, '19, '20, '22, '23, '24
*The 2021 Patriot League Indoor Track & Field Championships were not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Last Time Out: Navy Select
Navy played host to the Navy Select last Friday at the Wesley A. Brown Field House in the program's final competition before the Patriot League Indoor Championship.

Senior Carson Sloat led the way on the men's side, as he set a school record in the 1,000m with a time of 2:22.41. Luke Nester followed 11-hundreths of a second behind Sloat to set the second-fastest 1,000m time in program history of 2:22.52.

Both runners bettered the record of 2:22.58 set by Ashwin Briggs in 2021.

On the women's side, Alex Wercinski continued the Mids' big day in the 1,000m, clocking a time of 2:47.87 to take first. It was the second-fastest time in program history and 36-hundreths of a second shy of tying the program record.

Senior May McConkey had a dominant performance in the 3,000m with a winning time of 9:47.52. McConkey shattered her previous personal-best time by 20 seconds. It was also 15 seconds faster than runner-up Hannah Mack from Maryland.

Senior team captain Jacques Guillaume won the men's 200m for the first time this season with a time of 21.50, while sophomore Marcel Jackson placed third in the event with a career-best mark of 21.74.

Freshman Zoie Tesi won the high jump for the third time this season with a mark of 1.68m (5' 6"). She has placed among the top-three finishers in the event at each meet in which she competed this season.

Gracie Emerick won the pole vault with a height of 3.95m (12' 11.5") and Sophia Hill followed in second place with a mark of 3.80m (12' 5.5").

Keyshawn Dolford won the weight throw for the second time this season with the top mark of 17.19m (56' 4.75").

Jordynn Hutchinson won the shot put with a distance of 13.72m (45' 0.25") and also placed second in the weight throw with a mark of 18.05m (59' 2.75").