March 9, 2008

BOSTON - Navy women's track & field pole vaulter Jacqui Charnigo (Sr./Medina, Ohio) finished third in the event to highlight Navy's performance at the ECAC Championship at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center in Boston on Saturday and Sunday.

Charnigo soared over the bar at 3.85 meters to earn All-East recognition for the first time in her indoor career and claim six team points. The mark ranks as the seventh-best height in school history.

Navy competed in one other event on the weekend, as Amy Watson (So./Hampstead, Md.) came through with a career-best time of 17:30.45 in the 5,000-meter run to finish 13th on Saturday.

Charnigo, who owns a provisional-qualifying mark of 4.07 meters for the NCAA Championship, will await to see if she is invited to this year's national championship in Fayetteville, Ark., this Friday and Saturday.