Results
In the spirit of early February in Boston, the Northeastern women's track & field team placed third it in its own version of a Beanpot at the Battle of Boston on Saturday, Feb. 6 at Harvard University. The Huskies were powered by three first-place finishes and 17 top three showings.
Harvard won the third-annual event with 137 total points while Boston College captured second with 131 points. Boston University took fourth with 118 points as Northeastern totaled 121 points on the day.
Junior
Althea Charles won her fourth weight throw event of the season and her first shot put title with respective marks of 14.27m (46'10) and 17.90m (58'8.75). Charles' pitch in the shot put broke her own meet record set at last year's competition.
Senior
Consandria Walker posted three more top three performances with a 5.73m (18'9.75) vault in the long jump for third and an 11.85m (38'10.5) combination for second in the triple jump. Walker also took second in the 60-meter dash at a clip of 7.81. Senior
Serena Allen grabbed third place with a time of 7.92 in the same event. Classmate Celesta Holder claimed fourth in the long jump with a mark of 5.67 (18'7.25). Both distances qualify for the ECAC Championship on March 6.
Rookie
Jillena Decarteret emerged victoriously in her second pole vault excursion of the year with a clearance of 3.35m (10'11.75) while senior
Kristen Hafford registered a third-place effort of 3.20m (10'6).
Sophomore
Saleena Abdur-Rashed made reservations for the ECAC Championship with her third-place time of 8.76 in the 60-meter hurdles.
Freshman
Eryn Wheeler continued her strong rookie campaign with a second-place mark of 1:15.31 in the 500-meter run.
In the distance game, juniors
Kristen Martin and
Annie Scully generated respective times of 10:08.35 and 10:13.12 for third and fourth place in the 3,000-meter race. The 4 x 880 yard relay turned in a third-place time of 9:18.98.
Northeastern continues its indoor season at Boston University next Friday and Saturday at the Valentine Invitational. The women will compete on Friday, Feb. 12 starting at 1 p.m. while the men will have their turn on Saturday, Feb. 13 at 9 a.m. at BU's Track and Tennis Center.
