May 18, 2008

PRINCETON, N.J. - Navy men's track & field thrower Bo Lawson (Newton, N.J.) placed eighth in the javelin to lead the team's performance at the IC4A Championship this Friday through Sunday at Princeton University. The Midshipmen finished the three-day event in 45th place with one point.

Liberty won the team title with 62 points, while Virginia (55 points), Georgetown (44 points), Syracuse (42 points) and Albany (39 points) rounded out the top-five schools.

Lawson produced Navy's best mark in its strongest event of the meet. The Navy senior uncorked a throw of 198'11" (60.63 meters), while teammate Devan Clark (Fr./Lorton, Va.) placed 11th with a toss of 191'8" (58.41 meters) and Tim Gruber (So./Grove City, Pa.) landed 24th by virtue of a 183'9" (56.00 meters) mark.

Navy's next-highest performers came in the hammer throw and the 800-meter run. Mark Van Orden (So./Morris Plains, N.J.) delivered a throw of 185'0" (56.39 meters) to land in 11th place, a ranking that Craig Meekins (Sr./Baldwin, N.Y.) would match in the 800-meter run with his 1:50.60 clocking.

Darryl Hunter (Sr./Des Moines, Iowa) finished among the top-15 in two throwing events. He placed 14th in the discus throw with a distance of 154'11" (47.23 meters) and ranked 15th in the shot put with a 49'11-1/4" (15.22 meters) performance. Fellow thrower Andre Barber (Sr./Carrollton, Texas) also partook in two events, finishing 17th in the discus throw with a toss of 152'4" (46.43 meters) and 24th in the shot put with a 46'6-1/4" (14.18 meters) effort.

Navy will return to action on May 30-31 with the NCAA East Region Championship in Tallahassee, Fla. Qualifiers from that meet will advance to the NCAA Championship on June 11-14 in Des Moines, Iowa.