Mids to Host Five-Team Meet on Saturday - NAVY OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE

Mids to Host Five-Team Meet on Saturday

Navy has posted 63-consecutive indoor victories in Annapolis, stretching back to the 1999-00 campaign

	Jacqui Charnigo has qualified for the ECAC Championship in the pole vault

Jan. 18, 2008

Schedule of Events
Time	Event
2:00 p.m.	Weight Throw (Ingram Field)
2:45 p.m.	5,000-meter Run High Jump Long Jump (follows Men's Triple Jump) Triple Jump (follows Long Jump)
3:15 p.m.	55-meter Hurdles
3:30 p.m.	55-meter Dash Pole Vault
3:45 p.m.	Mile Run
4:00 p.m.	400-meter Dash Shot Put
4:15 p.m.	800-meter Run
4:30 p.m.	200-meter Dash
4:45 p.m.	3,000-meter Run
5:20 p.m.	4x400-meter Relay
5:35 p.m.	Distance Medley Relay

ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy women's track & field team will compete in Annapolis for the first time in a month and a half when it hosts James Madison, Mount St. Mary's, UNC-Wilmington and William & Mary on Saturday afternoon. The weight throw kicks off the competition at 2 p.m. at Ingram Field, followed by the rest of the action starting at 2:45 p.m. in Halsey Field House.

Navy (2-0) has not been defeated in a scored meet since the 2004-05 indoor season, a span of 47-consecutive victories. In Halsey Field House, the Midshipmen have not suffered a setback since the 1999-00 campaign, a stretch of 63-straight indoor triumphs.

The Mids last competed two weeks ago in both the UMES Coach O Invitational and the 18th annual National Pole Vault Summit in Reno, Nev. Navy totaled 15 top-three marks at the UMES Invitational, while Jacqui Charnigo (Sr./Medina, Ohio) and Jessica Schlaegel (So./Nashport, Ohio) both saw action alongside some of the nation's elite pole vaulters.

For their efforts at the UMES Invitational, Navy swept all three of the Patriot League weekly awards. Kyleigh Millhouse (Sr./Boiling Springs, Pa.) won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:28.84, 43.60 seconds better than the next-fastest non-Navy runner, to earn Patriot League Track Athlete-of-the Week honors.

Mia Blundetto (So./Apple Valley, Minn.) claimed victory in the weight throw with a career-best distance of 41'5-3/4" (12.64 meters) to capture Patriot League Field Athlete-of-the-Week kudos. Joy Nameth (Fr./Walden, Colo.) bettered her season-opening mark in the shot put by more than three feet with a toss of 41'3-1/4" (12.58 meters) to place second overall and bring home Patriot League Rookie-of-the-Week recognition.

James Madison produced three ECAC-qualifying marks in the Virginia Tech Invitational last weekend. Mount St. Mary's delivered eight top-five finishes at Bucknell's Gulden Relays one week ago. William & Mary will be making its 2008 debut this Saturday, as it has not competed since the Christopher Newport Holiday Open on Dec. 8. While the Tribe have not competed in the new calendar year, UNC-Wilmington will kick off its indoor season in Annapolis this Saturday.

Following this Saturday's competition, the Midshipmen will make the short drive to Fairfax, Va., to compete at George Mason's Recreation Sports Complex for the Patriot Games on Saturday, Jan. 26.