LYNCHBURG, Va. — Navy track and field produced a weekend full of record-setting and season-best performances Friday and Saturday at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational in Boston and the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational in Lynchburg, Va., highlighted by a school record from Dane Eike.
 
"I thought it was a successful weekend in Boston and in Virginia," said Jamie Cook, Navy's director of track and field and cross country. "We had a lot of athletes compete and our goal was to have a solid competition coming off the emotion of the victories over Army last week and seeing where athletes stand, being a few weeks out from the Patriot League Championships."
 
David Hemery Valentine Invitational
Matt Newell opened the weekend with the second-fastest mile in Navy history, clocking 3:59.33 to place 14th.
 
Eike followed with a school record in the 3,000 meters, posting a time of 7:53.84 to finish 20th and surpass Murphy Smith's previous mark of 7:55.05.
 
"Eike breaking the school record was pretty impressive because he's only a sophomore," Cook said. "That was fantastic to see."
 
Justin Mumford and Jackson Nguyen closed the men's portion of the meet with top-10 program marks in the 5,000 meters. Mumford placed 23rd with the second-best time in school history at 13:46.64, while Nguyen finished 60th in 13:59.65, the eighth-fastest time in Navy history.
 
Sophie Compton (4:52.08, 56, invite) and Mia-Claire Kezal (4:53.14, 74^th, open) represented Navy in the women's mile.
 
Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational
Track events
Marcel Jackson, Tyler Yurich and Fabian France advanced to the semifinals of the 60 meters. Jackson (6.92, seventh overall) and Yurich (6.93, eighth) won their heats, while France qualified with a 6.94 (12th). In the semifinals, Jackson led the trio with a 6.90 to place 12th, France ran a season-best 6.91 for 13th and Yurich finished 15th in 6.92.
 
In the 200-meter invite, Connor McFadden placed seventh in 21.57, while Yurich tied for 10th in 21.76. On the women's side, Sophia Richter ran a season-best 24.62 to place 10th.
 
Jackson (22.01) and France (22.05) posted season-best times in the men's 200-meter open to place eighth and 10th, respectively. Samaria Williams led the women with a ninth-place finish in 25.00, while Savannah Swanda ran a season-best 25.01 to place 10th.
 
Four Midshipmen advanced to the 60-meter hurdles semifinals. Michael Wilkerson led the group with an 8.20 (ninth), followed by Jason Keiser (8.21, 10th), Bobby Wind (8.23, 11th) and Logan Howe (8.40, 24th). Keiser earned the final qualifying spot for the finals with an 8.01 in the semifinals and finished third overall in 8.02. Wilkerson placed ninth (8.11), Wind 13th (8.33) and Howe 21st (8.46).
 
In the women's 60-meter hurdles, Jia Anderson placed third overall in the prelims and won her heat with an 8.48, the seventh-best time in school history. She advanced to the final and finished fourth with the program's fourth-best mark of 8.44.
 
Navy competed in the 300 meters for the first time this season, led by Keiser's second-place finish in 34.96. Ethan Mullinix followed in third (34.99), and Jonah Johnson placed fifth (35.33).
 
Emily Maury won her first collegiate event in the 500 meters with a personal-best 1:17.56. Morgan Blackford placed fourth in a season-best 1:19.39, while Charles Skaggs ran 1:04.86 to place fifth on the men's side.
 
Simon Alexander finished fifth in the 400-meter invite in 48.22. David Walker placed sixth in the 400-meter open in 49.08. Richter also placed fifth in the women's 400-meter invite in 54.97, the 10th-best time in program history.
 
Justin Hom placed fourth in the 800-meter open in 1:55.71, while Jessica Black matched that finish on the women's side with a personal-best 2:16.49.
 
Aidan Eberhardt ran a personal-best 1:51.41 to place fifth in the 800-meter invite. Julia Blake (2:12.77, ninth) and Reilly Nussbaum (2:12.80, 10th, personal best) paced the women.
 
William Driscoll placed fourth in the men's 3,000-meter open in 8:38.82. Jane Phillips ran 9:56.71 in the women's 3,000-meter invite to place ninth.
 
Madeline Palmisciano posted a personal-best 17:39.42 to place fourth in the 5,000-meter invite. In the open, Susanna Henderson won in a personal-best 17:44.30, while Caroline Montemaro placed ninth in 18:51.78.
 
Jacob Officer (2:26.44) and Will Ditre (2:28.76) finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the 1,000 meters.
 
The men's distance medley relay team of Eberhardt, Caleb Price, Hom and Ben Marks placed second in 10:03.76. The women's quartet of Nussbaum, ChiChi Obasi, Blake and Catalina Simon won in 11:44.87, the sixth-best time in program history.
 
The meet concluded with the mile open, where Amelie Loomis (5:10.06) and Paige Sheiffele (5:10.72) finished eighth and ninth, respectively.
 
Field events
Wyatt Shaw won the long jump with the second-best mark in program history at 7.52 meters (24-8 1/4) and placed second in the high jump at 2.01 meters (6-7). Gary Choice III finished sixth in the long jump (6.71 meters, 22-1/4), while Nigel Vidale placed seventh in the high jump (1.86 meters, 6-1 1/4).
 
Olivia Baird won the pole vault for the second straight meet, clearing 3.90 meters (12-9 1/2). Sophia Hill tied for second at 3.80 meters (12-5 1/2), and Elisa Ramos finished in a five-way tie for 10th at 3.50 meters (11-5 3/4). Cooper Wakley tied for seventh in the men's pole vault at 5.02 meters (16-5 1/2).
 
In the men's weight throw, Aaron Spears placed fifth with an 18.05-meter toss (59-2 3/4), while Cooper Hydock recorded a career-best 17.86 meters (58-7 1/4) to finish sixth. Merrick Hocking (17.11 meters, 56-1 3/4) and Dominic Dogue (16.78 meters, 55-3/4) placed ninth and 10th, respectively. Nalina Smith placed eighth in the women's weight throw (17.40 meters, 57-1).
 
Gretchen Hurt placed 10th in the women's shot put (13.50 meters, 44-3 1/2), while Hunter-Robbins Mann led the men with a sixth-place toss of 15.57 meters (51-1).
 
Farrah Eike (11.22 meters, 36-9 3/4) and Brooke Lobban (11.18 meters, 36-8 1/4) placed second and third, respectively, in the triple jump. Zoie Tesi tied the fifth-best high jump mark in program history at 1.74 meters (5-8 1/2) to place third.
 
Choice III placed eighth in the upper triple jump group (14.30 meters, 46-11), while Vidale finished third in the lower group at 13.30 meters (43-7 3/4).
 
Navy returns to action next Friday at the Navy Select at Wesley Brown Field House, serving as its final tune-up before the league championships.