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March 9, 2008

BOSTON - Navy men's track & field multi-event athlete Ron Belany (Sr./Haiku, Hawai'i) led the team with a fourth-place showing in the heptathlon as the Midshipmen finished 19th at the IC4A Championship at Boston University on Sunday.

The Midshipmen racked up 14 points among four events on the championship's final day, the most among any school in the Patriot League. Georgetown led all teams with 86 points, while Liberty (67 points), Delaware State (45 points), Manhattan (38 points) and Pittsburgh (32 points) rounded out the top five.

Belany, who entered the day in ninth place in the heptathlon, accumulated 2,452 points over the final-three events to finish the championship with 5,191 points. He led all competitors in the 55-meter hurdles, where he finished in 7.69 seconds, earning 932 points. The Navy senior also came in third in the pole vault with a height of 15'1" (4.60 meters), good for 790 points.

Darryl Hunter (Sr./Des Moines, Iowa) earned All-East recognition in the shot put for the first time in his indoor career, as he uncorked a fifth-place toss of 55'1" (16.79 meters). Teammate Andre Barber (Sr./Carrollton, Texas) placed 11th with his 51'5" (15.67 meters) effort.

Team captain Craig Meekins (Sr./Baldwin, N.Y.) claimed points and All-East honors for his sixth-place time of 1:52.41 in the 800-meter run. Meekins qualified for the finals one day prior with a career-best 1:49.85 clocking, the fourth-best mark in program history.

Dante Marshall (Sr./Hermitage, Pa.) rounded out the scoring for the Midshipmen on Sunday. He landed in seventh place in the triple jump with a distance of 49'1-3/4" (14.98 meters).

Navy middle distance runner Paul Harris (Sr./Fairburn, Ga.) and Belany both own NCAA provisional qualifying marks and will await to see if they are invited to this year's national championship in Fayetteville, Ark., this Friday and Saturday.