March 15, 2008

Results

POINT LOMA, Calif. - Sparked by 10 IC4A-qualifying marks in its outdoor season opener, the Navy men's track & field team finished first among three teams at the Point Loma Invitational on Saturday afternoon.

Navy won 11 events to rack up 151. 5 points, followed by host Point Loma Nazarene's 108.5 points and Hamline's 90 points.

The corps of Midshipmen throwers took the spotlight on Saturday, owning the top-two marks in all-four events with six Mids combined for eight IC4A-qualifying distances. Darryl Hunter (Sr./Des Moines, Iowa) uncorked a career-best toss of 57'7-3/4" (17.47 meters) to win the shot put and placed second in the discus throw with a 161'6" (49.23 meters) effort. Andre Barber (Sr./Carrollton, Texas) won the discus throw with a distance of 162'7" (49.56 meters) and landed second in the shot put with a mark of 51'11" (15.82 meters). Tyrell Arment (So./Wamblee, S.D.) placed third in the discus throw with a 157'7" (48.03 meters) effort.

Patrick Norwood (Fr./Houston, Texas) won the hammer throw with a distance of 194'11" (59.42 meters) in his first-collegiate outdoor meet, followed by Mark Van Orden's (So./Morris Plains, N.J.) second-place 175'6" (53.50 meters) performance. Bo Lawson (Sr./Fredon, N.J.) topped the field in the javelin throw with a toss of 206'9" (63.02 meters), while Devan Clark (Fr./Lorton, Va.) landed second with his 183'7" (55.95 meters) effort.

The Midshipmen owned the top-two marks in three other events on Saturday. Ron Belany (Sr./Haiku, Hawai'i) won the 110-meter hurdles with an IC4A time of 14.52 seconds, followed by Matthew Hanley's (So./Rapid City, S.D.) second-place, IC4A effort of 14.81 seconds. Belany would also top the field in the long jump with a distance of 22'11-1/4" (6.99 meters), while Bill Stillman (So./Norfolk, Mass.) came in second with his 21'5-1/2" (6.54 meters) performance. David Ash (Fr./Williamston, Mich.) paced all runners in the 800-meter run with a time of 1:55.87, followed by Sam Brinson's (So./Madison, N.C.) second-place 1:57.37 showing.

Craig Meekins (Sr./Baldwin, N.Y.) produced a career-best time of 48.62 seconds in the 400-meter dash to win the event. Lucas Burke (Sr./Bakersfield, Calif.) led all runners across the finish line in the 1,500-meter run with a 3:59.89 clocking and Tyler Morrison (So./Okemos, Mich.) earned first-place points in the 3,000-meter steeplechase by virtue of his 10:03.70 showing. The Navy 4x100-meter relay team also teamed up to best the field with a 42.59-second effort.

The Midshipmen will return to the East Coast to host American, George Mason, Lehigh and Maryland at Ingram Field on Saturday, March 22, starting at 12 noon.