Results

Senior Nate Hunter's pitch of 18.38m (60'3.75) on Saturday earned the two-time All-American his fourth New England shout put title. Hunter's lob paced the Huskies' ninth-place finish at the New England Indoor Track & Field Championship at Boston University's Agganis Arena. Northeastern edged out 21 other squads with 25 points while Connecticut took home its fifth-consecutive crown with 140 points.

Freshman Chris Conway picked up some points for Northeastern with a fourth-place clip of 7.59 in the 55-meter hurdles. Conway's time was good enough to qualify for the IC4A's next weekend.

Senior Michael Page cleared 13.93m (45'8.5) in the shot put for 14th while junior Andrew Staples cleared 1.94m (6'4.25) for 12th in the high jump.

Five Huskies took a stab at the 3,000-meter crown with sophomore Daniel Grant emerging from the pack in 8:35.99 for 13th place.  Junior James Pellerano (8:38.58), freshman Dawit Gelaye (8:48.81), rookie John Jantz (8:51.54) and senior Kyle Audet (9:15.37) earned spots of 16th, 23rd, 25th and 28th, respectively.

Championship weekend continues next week at the Reggie Lewis Center for the IC4A Championship starting on Saturday, March 6.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS:
Junior Andrew Staples anchored NU's effort with a second-place, IC4A-qualifying leap of 7.07m (23'2.5) in the long jump.

Freshman Chris Conway placed fifth in the preliminary round of the 55-meter hurdles with a clip of 7.70 while junior Teddy Vrountas picked up some points with a seventh-place clip of 14:50.52 in the 5,000-meter challenge.

Sophomore Evan Whetsell turned in a 12th-place time of 1:54.53 in the 800-meter run, missing the final heat by 0.30 seconds. Classmate Sebastian Putzeys was clocked in 2:32.00 for 13th in the 1,000-meter race.

Connecticut leads with 27.50 points, but the Huskies still have senior Nate Hunter waiting on deck for the shot put at 10:30 a.m. Tomorrow's events will start with the 55-meter hurdles leg of the heptathlon at 10 a.m.