The United States Merchant Marine Academy held its 2018 Awards Convocation on Friday morning at the Ackerman Auditorium as part of Kings Point Weekend festivities, which culminates with commencement exercises on Saturday. Four major athletic award winners were announced during the ceremony – the Male and Female Athletes of the Year as well as the two Coaches of the Year – along with a number of other athletic awards and honors.

The Skyline Conference recently announced that a total of 92 student-athletes have been selected to the Skyline All-Sportsmanship Teams for the 2017-18 Winter and 2018 Spring seasons. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy had 10 student-athletes – one from each team that participates in the Skyline Conference – honored on the list.

Senior Alex Miller (Stevensville, Mich.) represented the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s track & field team at the 2018 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Outdoor Championship Meet on Thursday. She competed in one event, the discus throw.

Senior Dominique Pope (Silver Spring, Md.) represented the USMMA women's track & field team at St. John's University's Tom Farrell Classic on Saturday. She competed in the long jump event.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s track & field team competed in the inaugural Skyline Conference Outdoor Championship Meet on Sunday, hosted by Farmingdale State College. The Mariners came in second place at the event with 163 points, not far behind the host Rams, who claimed the Skyline title with 185.5 points.

It is with great sadness that United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Athletic Department shares the news of Bill "Coach O" Omeltchenko‘s passing. The Hall of Fame Track & Field Coach and long-time professor died peacefully earlier this week, at age 88. 

On Tuesday, the Skyline Conference announced its weekly award winners for men’s & women’s outdoor track & field and USMMA freshman Kitara Smolinski (Bailey, Colo.) was selected by the league as its Women’s Field Athlete of the Week for the week ending April 22. The honor comes after Smolinski’s performances in the Mariners’ lone meet last week, the home Coach Omeltchenko Invitational on Sunday.

On Sunday, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s track & field team hosted the annual Coach Omeltchenko Invitational at Brooks Stadium. Prior to the start of the meet, the Mariners recognized their four graduating seniors with a special Senior Day Ceremony honoring Tichina Carmon (Greenville, N.C.), Dominique Pope (Silver Spring, Md.), Kaylee Kilbert (Canfield, Ohio) and Alex Miller (Stevensville, Mich.).

The USMMA women’s track & field team spent Saturday morning and afternoon at the Queensborough Relay meet at nearby Queensborough Community College. The Mariners claimed one first-place finish at the event and one relay team set a new Academy record.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s track & field team lost its head-to-head matchup against arch-rival Coast Guard on Tuesday up at the Bears’ Nitchman Field.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s track & field team opened the 2018 outdoor season at the TCNJ Invite this weekend. The event was spread out over two days – this past Friday, April 6, for two field events and a couple of long distance running events, and today for the remainder of the meet.

The USMMA women’s track & field team competed at the St. Joseph’s Invitational on Sunday at St. Anthony’s High School. The Mariners had a total of three top-10 finishes at the event.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s track & field team competed at the NYU Invitational on Friday at the famed Armory Track & Field Center in Manhattan. The Mariners’ day was highlighted by the distance medley relay squad setting a new Academy record.

For the second-straight week and third time this season sophomore Alexa Vandermeer (Grove Heights, Minn.) added her name to another Academy Record, as this week she tied USMMA’s best mark in the 55 meter dash on Saturday at East Stroudsburg’s DeSchriver Invitational. 

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy sophomore Alexa Vandermeer (Grove Heights, Minn.) broke the Academy Record in the 200 meter run with a time of 28.14 to lead the Mariners at Haverford College’s McElligott Invite on Saturday. She was one of four Mariners to record top-10 finishes on the day, as the squad finished in sixth place (12.5 points) out of the seven teams that scored at the event.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s track & field team took part in the Wagner Invitational in Staten Island on Friday. The event was the team’s first of the 2018 portion of its schedule.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s track & field team competed in the TCNJ Invite on Saturday night at the Armory in Manhattan to open up the 2017-18 indoor season. One Academy record fell at the event and the Mariners had five top-five finishes.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy held its 2017 Awards Convocation on Friday morning at the Ackerman Auditorium as part of Graduation Weekend festivities. Four major athletic award winners were announced during the ceremony – the Male and Female Athletes of the Year as well as the two Coaches of the Year – along with a number of other athletic awards and honors.

The USMMA women’s track & field team ended the 2017 outdoor season on Saturday at the Tom Farrell Classic hosted by St. John’s University. The Mariners had a number of high finishes on the day.

The USMMA track & field teams hosted the annual Coach Omeltchenko Invitational on Sunday at Brooks Stadium. Prior to the event getting underway full-swing, the program held a special Senior Day Ceremony to honor their four graduating seniors – Cameron Green (Lancaster, Calif.), Conor McWeeney (Lake Oswego, Ore.), Daniel Wolfer (Hebron, Ky.) and Mary Catherine Zehnder (Carle Place, N.Y.).

The USMMA men’s and women’s track & field teams competed in The College of New Jersey’s Invitation on Saturday. Below are the Mariners’ top finishes at the event.

On Wednesday, the USMMA women’s track & field team hosted arch-rival Coast Guard in a dual meet at Brooks Stadium. Despite losing the meet head-to-head against the Bears, the Mariners saw three Academy outdoor records fall.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy track & field team wrapped up action at Ramapo’s Roadrunner Invitational on Saturday. The Mariner women came in 21st place out of the 26 teams that scored at the meet with 12 team points.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women's track & field team had a great first day at Ramapo College's Roadrunner Invitational on Friday, as the 4x800 meter relay team finished in second place in their event. That placement earned the Mariners eight team points, which is currently good for eighth place out of the 17 teams that have scored thus far.

The USMMA men’s and women’s track & field teams opened the 2017 outdoor season on Saturday at the Monmouth Season Opener, hosted by Monmouth University.

Freshman Alexa Vandermeer (Grove Heights, Minn.) broke the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy 400 meter run record on Saturday at Haverford’s Keogh Invitational, as she placed sixth in the event with a time of 1:03.39. This is the third straight week that the Mariners have seen an Academy record fall and Vandermeer was also a part of the last two – the 4x400 relay two weeks ago and the 4x200 relay last week.

For the second straight week, the same exact USMMA relay squad that set an Academy record last week set a new one in a different event this week at the St. Joseph’s Winter Invitational.

The USMMA men’s & women’s track & field teams competed in the Wesleyan Invitational on Saturday up in Connecticut. Both teams lost their head-to-head matchups to arch-rival Coast Guard, but they had some solid individual finishes on the day.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy men’s and women’s track & field teams traveled to Ohio this weekend to take part in the Carnegie Mellon Invite, hosted at the SPIRE Institute. The Mariner men finished in 12th place at the event.

The USMMA men’s and women’s track & field teams competed in the Ramapo Invite on Saturday. It was the Mariners’ first event of the New Year. Both squads placed 19th at the competitive event.