Naval Academy Athletics

Career Bests:
400 - 49.75
500 - 1:05.04
800 - 1:52.36 Ash[apos]s Career Honors:
• 2011 Patriot League 4x400 Indoor Champion
• 2011 Patriot League Track-Athlete of the Week (Jan. 24)
• 2010 IC4A All-East Performer (4x800-relay)
• 2010 Patriot League DMR Indoor Champion
• 2010 All-Patriot League Second Team (4x800 - Outdoor)
• 2009 IC4A All-East Performer (4x800-relay)
• 2009 All-Patriot League Second Team (4x400 - Indoor)
• 2009 All-Patriot League Second Team (4x800 - Indoor) Senior Season (2010-11):
• Team captain
• Ran a leg of Navy[apos]s first-place 4x400 relay team at the Patriot League Championship
Junior Season (2009-10):
• Key contributor on relay teams
• Member of IC4A All-East 4x800 team
• Part of Patriot League Championship Indoor Distance Medley Relay team
• Earned All-Patriot League Second Team honors in the outdoor 4x800 race
• Ran a career-best 1:05.04 to place third in the Navy Quad in the 500
• Placed 19th in the 800 at the IC4A Indoor Meet with a 1:52.37
• Ran a personal record of 1:52.36 in the 800 at the Pt. Loma Open
• Placed fifth in the 800 in the Indoor and seventh in the 800 at the Patriot League Outdoor Championships
• Placed third in the 800 at the Indoor Star Meet against Army
Sophomore Season (2008-09):
• Team[apos]s top-800 runner, earned indoor all-league laurels as part of two relay squads (4x400, 4x800)
• IC4A qualifier, posted season indoor-best 1:54.04 to place 22nd
• Posted a then career-best 1:53.64 clocking at Florida Relays
• His time was the fifth-fastest in the conference during the spring • Scored with a sixth-place 800 showing at Patriot League Indoor Championship
• Earned two top-five 800 finishes versus Army (3rd, Indoor; 4th, Outdoor)
• Garnered All-East kudos along with teammates Matthew Evers, Lucas Connelly and George Stevenson on Navy[apos]s eighth-place 4x800 team at IC4A Indoor Championship
• Ran first leg on 4x800 team, which posted the ninth-fastest clocking in school history (7:35.81) at the IC4A Outdoor Championships
Freshman Season (2007-08):
• Placed fourth in 800 in team[apos]s indoor Star Meet victory
• Placed 11th in 800 at Patriot League Indoor Championship
• Ran season-best 1:55.63 in 800 at the outdoor league championship, finishing 16th High School:
• A 2007 graduate of Williamston High School in Williamston, Mich.
• Earned four letters in track and cross country, one with swim team
• Two-time state champion in the 800 (2006 & [apos]07)
• Helped track team to four-straight state titles from 2004-07
• Also part of state champion cross country team in 2006
• Served as team captain for track and cross country his senior year Personal:
• Born Feb. 22, 1989, in Concord, N.H.
• Son of Richard and Catheline Ash
• Majoring in aerospace engineering
• Ranks 111th in his class in Military Order of Merit
• Named to the Commandant[apos]s List in fall of freshman year