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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Harris and Hanko Win at Penn State National Open

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Navy men’s track & field runners Paul Harris and Andrew Hanko each posted a victory in the second and final day of the Penn State National Open Jan. 26. The Midshipmen totaled three event titles this weekend, as the distance medley relay team paced the competition last night.

Harris, who was a member of the winning distance medley relay on Friday, followed that effort with an impressive 1:49.29 showing in the invitational section of the 800-meter run. The effort bested his NCAA provisional qualifying mark and ranks as beat Karjuan Williams’s second-place 1:49.43 showing in the first heat. Harris’s effort ranks as the third-fastest time in program history the second-quickest clocking in the nation, only 0.01-second off Alex McClary’s top time from Arkansas.

Harris’s day was not done at that point, as he came back to run the anchor leg of Navy’s 4x400-meter relay that finished second with a season-best time of 3:15.27. The quartet of Will Ricks, Craig Meekins, Vince Carpentier and Harris came just 0.19-second away from Bowie State’s first-place showing.

Hanko, who earned a spot at the IC4A Championship in the 3,000-meter run last week, registered a blistering, IC4A qualifying 4:09.99 clocking in the mile run to top all competitors. His performance was 3.68 seconds ahead of second-place runner Stephen Kraus’s time from Army. Hanko’s showing currently ranks as the best time among Navy runners this winter.

The Midshipmen also produced two other IC4A times on the track. Meekins finished third overall with a season-best time of 1:52.53 in the 800-meter run.

Navy’s 4x800-meter relay in the invitational section placed seventh and qualified for the IC4A Championship. Lucas Burke, James Stratton, Ricky Griffith and Ben Kozy teamed up for a time of 7:48.68. Earlier in the day, Burke nearly missed IC4A status in the 800-meter run with a 1:54.97 showing and Griffith crossed the finish line in 2:30.39 during the 1,000-meter run.

For the fourth-consecutive week, Navy thrower Darryl Hunter produced an IC4A distance in the shot put. Hunter placed fifth overall with a 54’11-1⁄2'' toss.

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