FAIRFAX, Va. – The Navy men's track and field team won its third-consecutive IC4A Championship on Sunday at George Mason Stadium in Fairfax, Va. The Mids won four events and scored 128 total points to better second-place UMBC's tally by 21 points. The Navy women's squad finished in sixth place in the ECAC Championship, which was held at the same venue, with 53.5 points.  Jia Anderson's victory in the 100m hurdles headlined the efforts for the women's team.
 
"I thought it was a really good weekend. We went in there with the intention of trying to hit certain marks and give some younger kids another opportunity to compete," said director of track & field Jamie Cook. "The younger athletes were impressive from Cooper [Wakley], Wyatt [Shaw] and Zoie [Tesi]. Everyone had a lot of fun this weekend and it was exciting on our part as coaches to see them having fun. We had a lot of guys who performed well who don't normally get a lot of opportunities."

Men's Recap
The Mids won a pair of relay events during the championship.
 
The 4x100m relay team of Marcel Jackson, Nathan Kent, Jonah Johnson and Tyler Yurich ran a winning time of 39.68, the third-fastest time in program history. The quartet now owns the five fastest times in Navy history, all of which were set this season.
 
"These guys have been amazing this year and to win today's race by over a second is impressive. The chemistry is strong and that's what makes this group great," said Cook.
 
The Mids won their second relay event when the 4x400m relay team of David Walker, Cooper Wakley, Conor McFadden and Pete deJonge ran a time of 3:11.42.
 
In the field events, Wyatt Shaw and Benjemen Schneider each cleared 2.08 meters (6' 9.75") in the high jump to place first and second, respectively.  Then three Mids finished in the top five in the pole vault led by Wakley's first-place mark of 5.09m (16' 8.25"). Brian Schloeder cleared 4.99m (16' 4.5") to take second, while Gavin Anderson was fifth with a vault of 4.89m (16' 0.5").
 
Navy had five more second-place showings during the meet.  Jackson competed in the 100m sprint where he finished second in a time of 10.67. Yurich tied his season-best placement in the 200m with a second-place time of 21.09.  Walker battled to a second-place finish (by nine-hundredths of a second) in the 400m hurdles as clocked a 52.43. Logan Flament took second place in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:33.53. It marked the second time this season he has placed second or better in the event.  Rounding out the list was Malachi Cummings, who finished in second place in the javelin with a career-best throw of 64.84m (212-8).
 
Sean Miller recorded his second-fastest 3,000-meter steeplechase time of the season to finish third in 9:17.02.  Shaw continued his strong weekend with a third-place finish in the long jump as he recorded a leap of 7.17m (23' 6.25"). Colby Fahrney placed fifth in the event with a jump of 6.98m (22' 10.75").  Reilly Payne and Adam Szatanek both finished in the top seven in the discus. Payne threw 48.06m (157-8) to place fourth, while Szatanek placed seventh with a mark of 46.27m (151-9).  Also, deJonge clocked a sixth-place time in the 400m of 47.81 seconds and Gary Choice placed seventh in the triple jump with a leap of 14.08m (46-4.25).
 
Women's Recap
Anderson edged Sacred Heart's Magdalena Brogioli by two-tenths of a second to win the 100m hurdles title with a time of 14.03. 
 
The Mids had two silver medalists at the meet.  First, Zoie Tesi placed second in the high jump with a leap of 1.69m (5' 6.5"). Tesi has had an impressive rookie campaign as she finished first or second in every meet she competed in.  Then Taylor Woodworth had a strong 400m as she clocked the seventh-best time in program history at 54.29 to place second in the field.
 
Nalina Smith had a standout weekend with career-best marks in both the discus (45.02 meters / 147' 8") and the hammer throw (51.23m / 168', 1") to place third in each event.
"Nalina [Smith] did a really good job this weekend. She's starting to come in her own, it was good to see her hit some career marks this weekend. She's worked very hard and I'm excited for her career and development," said Cook.
 
Additionally for the Mids, Gracie Emerick registered the seventh-best pole vault mark in Navy history at 3.92m (12' 10.25") to finish in fourth place, Emma Miller led the Mids in the javelin with a fifth-place throw of 39.10m (128' 3") and May McConkey recorded a sixth-place finish in the 5,000m with a time of 17:49.85.