Results
Five top-10 finishes at the Boston University Valentine Invitational highlighted the Northeastern women's track & field team's performance on Friday afternoon.
Rookie
Jillena Decarteret continues to impress as the East Templeton, Mass. native hurdled over 3.35 (10'11.75) in the pole vault for fifth place out of 29 competitors.
Sophomore
Saleena Abdur-Rashed represented the Huskies with a sixth-place, ECAC-qualifying time of 8.17 in the 55-meter hurdles. Abdur-Rashed also posted a 25.57 in the 200-meter dash for 15th place.
Senior captain
Consandria Walker bolted home a clip of 7.24 in the 55-meter dash for eighth place while third-year sprinter
Serena Allen was awarded 13th for her time of 7.43.
Walker also ran in the 200-meter, clocking in 25.71 for 22nd while Allen turned in a 31st-place clip of 25.99. Sophomore
Sarah Trotman sprinted home a 23rd-place jaunt of 25.74.
Freshman Nikki Cuhna captured 19th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 57.67 while fourth-year member
Celeste Holder crossed the line in 1:01.29 for 54th. Newcomer Samantha Stabile finished the same event with a time of 1:01.66 for 63rd.
Freshman
Eryn Wheeler topped 150 other runners with a 15th-place time of 2:14.07 in the 800-meter run. Junior
Angelique Marcus recorded a time of 2:15.95 for 27th place in the same race. Sophomore Christina Gallagher broke out a mark of 2:23.24 for 83rd.
Freshman
Katie Barrett outlasted the 3,000-meter test and placed 35th with a time of 10:31.34.
Sticking with the distance game, senior
Brittany Moriarty and junior
Annie Scully each notched a top-10 spot in the 5K with respective times of 17:24.47 and 17:32.78 for ninth and 10th place. Junior Jess Barton posted a 25th-place run of 18:07.41.
Junior
Althea Charles was scheduled to participate in the weight throw at the Tyson Invitational amongst the nation's elite at the University of Arkansas. The event was postponed and will be part of tomorrow's line up.
The men's track & field squad gets its crack at the BU Valentine Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 9 a.m. The women's next meet marks the beginning of indoor championship season. The Huskies remain in Boston to vie for the New England Championship title on Friday, Feb. 26.
