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Nate Hunter competing in the shot put.

Men's Track and Field

Hunter breaks own record at Dartmouth

Results

Senior Nate Hunter posted the second-best mark in Northeastern history with a toss of 18.98m (62'3.25) in the shot put at the Dartmouth Relays to win his third straight title of the season. Sunday's feat marks Hunter's longest-career toss.

The Northeastern indoor record was set by Derek Anderson on March 5, 2006 with a mark of 19.10m (62'8) at the IC4A Championship.

As it stands, Hunter's toss in Hanover, N.H. ranks as the second-longest pitch of the year in the entire country. Mason Finley of Kansas is the only performer that ranks ahead of Hunter at this point. Nerdal cleared 22.41m (73' 6.25") on Dec. 5, 2009 at the Arkansas State Kickoff Klassic.

Five other Huskies joined their teammate on the podium as Northeastern took second place out of nine teams with 64.33 points.

Host Dartmouth captured the title with 94 overall points.

Junior Andrew Staples joined Hunter as the other victor with a winning jump of 2.03m in the high jump. Senior Justin Benjaminsen and freshman Tejorn Davis both cleared 1.93m to tie for third in the high jump. Davis also came in second with a combination of 13.76m in the triple jump.

The men's distance relay team picked up second place with a combined time of 10:43.24.

Brian Daly finished fourth in the pole vault with a clearance of 4.42m while rookie Rafael Rodriguez claimed seventh in 4.12m.

Senior Ryan Miling was clocked in 2:00.53 for eighth place in the 800-meter run whereas junior Teddy Vrountas looped the 3,000-meter track in 8:41.36 for seventh place. Classmate James Pellerano finished in 16th in 8:58.40.

Northeastern's next meet comes at the Harvard Invitational on Saturday, January 16.

1) Dartmouth College 94
2) Northeastern University 64.33
3) University of Southern Maine  52
4) Harvard University 43.33
5) Boston College 34
6) Wheaton College 20
6) Keene State College 20
8) Middlebury College 3.33
9) Brandeis University 2            
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