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March 26, 2008

CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - The Navy men's track & field duo of Darryl Hunter (Sr./Des Moines, Iowa) and Paul Harris (Sr./Fairburn, Ga.) have been recognized as the Patriot League Field and Track Athlete of the Week, respectively, it was announced on Tuesday afternoon.

Hunter produced two IC4A marks in winning a pair of events in Navy's Five-Team Meet with American, George Mason, Lehigh and Maryland last Saturday in Annapolis. Hunter topped the field in the shot put with a distance of 53'8-1/4" (16.36 meters) before winning the discus throw with a toss of 162'7" (49.55 meters). This is the third time in his career that he has been recognized as the league's outdoor field athlete of the week.

Harris delivered an IC4A time in winning a very competitive 800-meter race on Saturday. The Navy senior crossed the finish line in 1:51.83, 0.04-second ahead of second place Carlos Jamieson's time from American and 0.08-second ahead of teammate Craig Meekins's (Sr./Baldwin, N.Y.) third-place showing. Harris has been crowned as the league's outdoor track athlete of the week three times during his career.

The Midshipmen (6-0) will remain home this Saturday, as they host Colgate, Penn and Princeton at Ingram Field, starting at 11 a.m.