Results

The Northeastern men's track & field team racked up two victories, three second-place performances and a pair of third-place showings in a third-place finish at the outdoor season opening Seahawk Invitational on Friday and Saturday in Wilmington, N.C.

The University of Buffalo won the meet with 243 points while host UNC Wilmington finished in second (224 points). Northeastern's 68 points bested UNC-Pembroke, UNC Greensboro, Shaw University, East Carolina, Francis Marion, Saint Andrews and Wake Forest.

Rookie Tejorn Davis earned NU's first of two victories in the triple jump with a combination of 13.68m (44'10.75) while sophomore Eva Whetsell broke away from the pack with a winning run of 1:53.55 in the 800-meter run.

Junior Brian Racca finished right behind his teammate in the triple jump, posting a second-place combo of 13.05m (42'9.75).

Junior Brian Daly turned in a second-place spring of 4.60m (15'1) in the pole vault while rookie Rafael Rodriguez landed in third with a clearance of 4.30m (14'1.25) in the same event.

Third-year jumper Andrew Staples notched a third-place vault of 1.95m (6'4.75) in the high jump while senior Michael page uncorked a throw of 15.06m (49'5) in the shot put.

Junior Alex Iannetta logged a fourth-place fling of 46.85m (153'8) in the hammer throw while freshman Tejorn Davis put together a mark of 6.59m (21'7.5) in the long jump. Junior Brendan Bergson finished ninth in the same event (6.57m – 21'6.75) while Staples' mark of 6.55m (21'6) warranted 10th.

Northeastern will host its first of three home meets next Saturday, March 20 at Solomon Track in Dedham, Mass.