Results

The Northeastern women's track & field team put on a show in all areas as the Huskies captured five first-place finishes in addition to four top-three showings in Saturday's Harvard Open in Cambridge.

Junior Althea Charles highlighted the Huskies' performance with an ECAC-qualifying pitch of 17.84m for the victory in the weight throw. Charles' win marks her second-straight week with a victory after claiming the title in last week's season opener at the Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational. Her winning toss in Cambridge was also the second-furthest toss in Northeastern history.

Third-year mutli-athlete Consandria Walker chalked up another ECAC-qualifying coup with a triumph in the triple jump with a combination of 12.01m.

Veteran Katherine Sherman had a strong performance with a win in the 60-meter hurdles by crossing in 9.09 while freshman Eryn Wheeler beat out the rest of the field in the 500-meter run with a time of 1:17.94. Junior Seri Gordon finished right behind in second place with a time of 1:18.96.

Sherman was also part of the winning unit in the 4x400-yard relay as the senior joined forced with newcomers Christina Izzicupo, Samantha Stabile and Wheeler. Northeastern's four turned out a time of 4:04.67 for NU's fifth and final win. The Huskies continued to fill the top of leaderboard in the 4x440-yard relay as the team of junior Angelique Marcus, sophomore Brittany Martin, freshman Sarah Trotman and Gordon combined for a second-place time of 4:10.66.

Along with Charles' win in the weight throw, she found her way back to the podium again with a heave of 12.11m in the shot put.

Newcomer Jillena DeCarteret added another third-place showing in the pole vault after clearing 3.35m.

Rookie Samantha Stabile and Trotman put forth a good showing in the 200-meter dash with respective marks of 26.45 and 26.56. Trotman captured fifth while Stabile finished up in eighth.

Martin claimed another eighth-place finish for NU with a time of 1:01.85 in the 400-meter dash.

The Huskies return to the track after the New Year when they compete in the Dartmouth Relays, starting on Friday, January 8 in Hanover, N.H.