FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason University track and field program will head to the Navy Spring Invitational on Friday and Saturday at Ingram Field in Annapolis, Md.

The meet begins on Friday at 11 a.m. with the multi-events. Saturday begins with the conclusion of the multi-events at 9:15 a.m. The field events are slated to start at 10:15 a.m., followed by the running events at 12:30 p.m. 
 
The field features host Navy and UConn. For the full schedule of events, click here. Live results for the Navy Spring Invite can be found here. 
 
In addition, Mason will send a small group of throwers to the Arizona State Twilight Invite on Friday and Saturday. Jessica McRae, Jaylen Simmons, Sid Yap and Connor Steggerda will represent the Patriots. Live results for the two-day meet can be found here. 
 
Last time out, the Patriots totaled six first-place finishes, including five by the field events, at the JMU Invite on April 16. 
 
Junior Decker Barborek cleared 4.81 meters to set a new lifetime best and finish first in the pole vault. The height currently leads the conference.
 
McRae tabbed first in the hammer throw (55.42m), marking her third straight hammer throw win of the 2022 outdoor season. Yap (Hammer), Simmons (Shot Put), RJ Lightbourne (Triple Jump) and the men's 4x100 relay also claimed first-place finishes.
 
In the USTFCCCA event squad rankings, Mason ranks 18th nationally in the women's triple jump, 21st in the men's 10,000m and 22nd in the men's hammer throw. 
 
Up next, Mason will send student-athletes to the Penn Relays, scheduled April 28-30 in Philadelphia, Pa.