Women's Results

Junior Saleena Abdur-Rashed took home first place in the 200-meter dash in a strong showing for Northeastern at the Harvard Open on Saturday.

Abdur-Rashed led the charge for the Huskies, who had 28 top-ten finishes in Cambridge. Northeastern also had a slew of runners notch top-five finishes.

Ashlee Pitts got the ball rolling for the Huskies by picking up a seventh-place finish in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.02. Abdur-Rashed followed up with her victory in the 200-meter, posting a time of 25.83, besting a field of 112.

Nikki Cunha picked up another top-five finish for NU by placing fourth in the 400-meter dash. Senior Christiana Gallagher also picked up a fourth place finish in the 800-meter dash, with her classmate Courtney Mortimer notching an eighth place finish in the race. Freshman Chelsea Hudson finished fifth in the 500-meter.

In the field events, junior Regan Cleminson placed seventh in the high jump, while classmate Ida Cance finished ninth. Allyson Crooke took down a sixth place finish in the long jump, and Georgia Pingue finished fourth in the triple jump. Olivia Stevens was just behind her in the event, finishing sixth.

A pair of sophomores notched top-ten finishes in the weight throw, as Julia Westover and Rachel Taback finished fifth and ninth, respectively.

The Harvard Open will be the Huskies' last competition of 2010. They return to the track on Jan. 7 when they will compete in the Dartmouth Relays in Hanover, N.H.