Results

The first-annual Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational was a rousing success at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury as the women's team picked up 24 top-10 finishes. Northeastern won four events including: a 55-meter dash victory by senior Cosandria Walker in 7.26, a winning heave of 17.57m by junior Althea Charles in the weight throw, a 5K triumph by senior Brittany Moriarty in 17:39.72 and an 800-meter win by rookie Eryn Wheeler in 2:19.06.

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.

Moriarty's 5K-clip was second-fastest in NU history while Charles qualified for the ECAC Championship with her winning pitch.

Sophomore Saleena Abdur-Rashad claimed fifth in the 200-meter dash by bolting for 26.34. Abdur-Rashad also took second in the 55-meter hurdles with an ECAC-qualifying time of 8.16 while senior Katie Sherman dashed for fourth in 8.44.

The Huskies performed well in the distance game as sophomore Christina Izzicupo crossed the 500-meter dash line in 1:12.15 for seventh while junior Annie Scully was awarded sixth in the mile run after turning in a time of 5:19.24.

Along with Wheeler's victory, classmate Laura Coyne finished in seventh in 2:25.28 in the 800-meter while junior Christina Gallagher crossed in 2:25.28 for eighth.

In the 1,000-meter race, junior Seri Gordon emerged from the Huskies pack with a third-place showing of 3:01.32 while classmate Courtney Mortimer finished closely behind in 3:04.98 in sixth.

Junior Kristen Martin and sophomore Jess Barton recorded fourth and fifth-place finishes with respective times of 10:15.66 and 10:15.75. Following in Moriarty's footsteps in the 5,000-meter run, sophomore Meegan Joly was clocked in 19:30.93 for ninth.

In the field, Sherman and sophomore Regan Cleminson cleared 1.57m and 1.52m, in that order, for seventh and 10th place. Walker made the top three again in the long jump with a leap of 5.48m.

Newcomer Jillena Decateret made the podium in third place with a mark of 3.35m in the pole vault. Senior Kristen Hafford cleared 3.20m for fourth while classmate Rachel Cassata finished in eighth with a mark of 2.90m.

Along with her weight throw victory, Charles claimed fifth in the shot put with a lob of 12.09m. Rookie Julie Westover joined Charles in the weight throw with a  top-10 toss of 14.27m for seventh place.

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