Results

The Northeastern men's track and field team broke in its home track with five victories, including three jumping events, at the Husky Spring Open on a gorgeous Saturday afternoon in Dedham, Mass.

It was more of the same for two-time All-American senior Nate Hunter who claimed his 33rd-career shot put title with the country's second-longest outdoor heave through week two. Hunter's pitch of 18.35m (60'2.5) topped the 51-man field. Classmate Michael Page finished fifth after clearing 14.89m (48'10.25).

The Huskies hopped their way to three victories in the high jump, long jump and triple jump. Third-year leaper Andrew Staples took down the high jump and long jump events with respective marks of 1.98m (6'6) and 7.00m (21'11.25) while rookie Valery Monplaisir posted a third-place distance of 6.51m (21'4.25) in the long jump.

Junior Brian Racca secured the triple jump title with a combination of 13.42m (44'0.5) to close out NU's dominance in the field.

Freshman Chris Conway belted out a winning time of 15.57 in the 110-meter hurdles to round out Northeastern's five victories on its home course.

In other sprinting events, Monplaisir notched a seventh-place time of 11.37 while Conway posted an eighth-place clip of 11.41. Senior Konrad Stefanek was clocked in 11.63 for 12th.

Brian Daly crossed the line in 23.26 for ninth in the 200-meter dash while Stefanek recorded another 12th-place time of 23.82.

In the 400-meter dash, rookie Anthony Gentles turned in a sixth-place effort of 51.36 while. Sophomores Sebastien Putzeys and Mike Marston registered fifth and 16th-place times of 1:58.87 and 2:06.00, in that order, in the 800-meter run.

Seniors Kyle Audet and Brian Kennedy put forth strong efforts in the 1,500-meter run, finishing third and fourth, respectively, clocking in 4:05.28 and 4:05.57. Classmate Ryan Miling closed out his run in 4:07.50 for ninth.

Senior Bryan Brunelli's mark of 15:52.61 in the 5,000-meter run was good for seventh while newcomer Chris Mentas crossed the line in 15:56.92 in the same event.

Rookie John Jantz completed the 10K challenge in 32:32.96, good for third place. Jantz's time topped 26 other harriers.

Junior Alex Iannetta's toss of 51.24m (168'1) was good for sixth in the hammer throw while sophomore Eric Milne's pitch of 53.05m (174') finished ninth. Rookie Greg Andrus turned in a 14th-place effort in the javelin with a throw of 50.46m (165'7).

Closing out the field events, sophomore Steve Caprio netted fifth with his throw of 41.34m (135'7) in the discus event.

The Huskies depart Boston to compete in the Raleigh Relays on Saturday, March 27 in Raleigh, N.C.