Results

The first-annual Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational was a rousing success at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury as the men's team picked up 16 top-10 finishes, including senior captain Nate Hunter returning to his old habits by claiming the shot put title with an NCAA provisional-qualifying toss of 18.19m.

Saturday's event was rededicated to Jay Carisella, a talented Northeastern's track & field star whose life was cut short by tragedy. On Saturday, the Northeastern athletics department honored Carisella by renaming the Husky Winter Carnival the Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational.

Hunter's captain counterpart, classmate Jonathan Hall picked up a second-place showing in the 500-meter dash with a mark of 1:04.90. Hall's clip qualified him for the IC4A Indoor Championship on March 6.

The distance team set the precedent for this winter with senior Brian Kennedy's time of 4:20.95 in the mile while sophomore Daniel Grant captured ninth with a clip of 4:27.11. Kennedy was pegged second for his run.

Senior Ryan Miling continued the distance team's success with a second-place run of 1:58.18 in the 800-meter while second-year harrier Sebastian Putzeys was awarded second, as well, in the 1,000-meter for his tempo of 2:34.10. Classmate Teddy Vrountas went the distance in the 5,000-meter challenge for 10th place in 15:20.36.

Turning to the field, senior Adrian Li got off on the right foot with second and eighth-place performances in the long jump and high jump, in respectively. Li cleared 6.98m in the long jump and 1.93 in the high jump. Newcomer Tejorn Davis finished directly behind Li with a leap of 1.88m for ninth. Davis was also tabbed ninth in the long jump with his spring of 6.45m. Junior Brendan Bergson hopped 6.61m for eighth in the long jump.

Fourth-year vaulter Jordan Thull soared over 4.71m for second place while junior Brian Daly claimed sixth with a spring of 4.26m. Rookie Rafael Rodriguez vaulted 4.11m for eighth place.

Joining Hunter in the field was junior Alex Iannetta's sixth-place pitch of 15.48m in the weight throw.

The Huskies compete locally next weekend at the Harvard Open starting on Dec. 12.