Women's Track & Field

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.

Track & Field results are now available for the USMMA men’s and women’s teams from today’s meet up at Springfield College. The event did not feature team scoring and the complete results can be viewed at this link.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy held its 2016 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.

Early last week, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy had six student-athletes named to the Landmark Conference Spring All-Sportsmanship Teams – one from each of the spring teams at the Academy.

The six U.S. Merchant Marine Academy spring teams garnered a total of 23 student-athletes, collectively, on the Landmark Conference Spring Honor Roll, the league announced on Tuesday morning. In total, 418 student-athletes received recognition from the conference’s nine institutions.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s track & field team competed in the Landmark Conference Outdoor Championship Meet this weekend, hosted by Juniata College. It was the squad’s final even of the 2016 season.

The USMMA women’s track & field team competed in the Lions’ Invitational on Saturday, hosted by The College of New Jersey.

The USMMA women’s track & field team took part in the ESU All-American Invite on Saturday, hosted at Eiler-Martin Stadium on the campus of East Stroudsburg University.

The USMMA women’s track & field team hosted the Coach Omeltchenko Invitational Meet on Sunday at Brooks Stadium. The Mariners had two top-15 finishes at the event during the beautiful spring day.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s track & field team competed in the CGA Spring Invitational, hosted by Coast Guard, on Saturday and had three top-10 finishes to place in 12th in the full field of teams with nine points.

The USMMA women’s track & field team took part in the Monmouth 21st Annual Monmouth Season Opener along with a primarily Division I field of opponents in New Jersey on Saturday.

The USMMA women’s track & field team came in seventh place at the 2016 Landmark Conference Championship Meet, hosted by Susquehanna University on Saturday in Pennsylvania. Sophomore Alex Miller (Stevensville, Mich.) broke the Academy record in the 400 meter run with a time of 1:03.44.

The USMMA women’s track & field team was represented by sophomore Alex Miller (Stevensville, Mich.) and freshman Kelsey Ramirez (Stevensville, Mich.) on Saturday down at the Monmouth Collegiate Open.

The USMMA women’s track & field team took part in the Lions Invite on Friday night, hosted by Molloy College at St. Anthony’s High School. A total of nine Mariners competed in the event, which was not scored.

The USMMA men’s and women’s track & field teams travelled up to Wesleyan University to compete in the Second Wesleyan Indoor Invite. The men had two first-place finishes, while the women had a runner finish as high as fourth place.

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy women’s track & field team sent 10 competitors over to the John Covert Classic, hosted by Lehigh University, on Saturday. The Mariners were led by freshman Kelsey Ramirez (Stevensville, Mich.), who had the squad’s top finish with a fourth-place showing in the 1000 meter run in 3:23.53.

Due to Winter Storm Jonas, which is expected to dump nearly a foot or more of snow on the New York Metropolitan Area this weekend, all USMMA athletic events that were scheduled for Saturday have either been postponed or cancelled.

The USMMA women’s track & field team competed at Coast Guard’s CGA Winter Invite on Saturday and the Mariners ended the event in fifth place. A total of 10 girls compete for Merchant Marine at the event, and freshman Kelsey Ramirez (Stevensville, Mich.) recorded the squad’s top finish with a fourth-place showing in the 600-meter run with a time of 1:51.95.