Results

The Northeastern women's track & field welcomed a slew of teams to the Husky Spring Open on its home track and posted three victories along the way on a picture-perfect day in Dedham, Mass.

Junior Jess Barton notched Northeastern's first victory in the 1,500-meter with a time of 4:50.48 while sophomore Saleena Abdur-Rashed's dominance in the hurdles continued with a victory in 100-meter hurdles with an ECAC-qualifying mark of 14.17. NU's 4 x 100-meter relay team captured victory as junior Serena Allen, sophomore Sarah Trotman, senior Consandria Walker and Abdur-Rashed combined for a winning mark of 47.87.

Walker's 12.65 performance in the 100-meter dash and Trotman's 25.83 mark in the 200-meter dash warranted a pair of second-place finishes. Freshman Nikki Cuhna turned in a seventh-place effort of 12.88 in the 100m while Allen was clocked in 12.92 for eighth. Cuhna also registered a third-place time of 26.00 in the 200-meter dash while junior Seri Gordon deviated from her usual distance runs to take 16th in the same race (27.49).

Gordon also ran in the 400-meter race, posting a third-place mark of 59.51. Classmate Courtney Mortimer's 1:02.11 mark yielded 11th.

Sophomores Christi Gallagher and Christina Izzicupo finished in the top 10 in the 800-meter run. Gallagher crossed in 2:23.10 for sixth while Izzicupo's clip of 2”

Junior Annie Scully joined Barton in the 1,500-meter, grabbing fourth with a mark of 4:59.66. Juniors Kristen Martin and Jill Buck outlasted the 10K, posting third and sixth-place performances, respectively, with times of 37:08.66 and 40:50.14.

Along with Abdur-Rashed's third hurdles victory this outdoor season, junior Shaina Petit finished 12th in the 100-meter hurdles (17.54) while sophomore Christine Kennedy's time of 1:12.03 slotted her in sixth for the 400-meter hurdles.

In the 4 x 400-meter relay, freshmen Erin Wheeler and Laura Coyne along with Gordon and Mortimer, captured sixth with a combined time of 53.41.

Turning to the field, the Huskies put up two more second-place showings thanks to junior Heather Crocker's pitch of 37.82m (124'1) in the javelin and freshman Jillena Decarteret's spring of 3.65m (12') in the pole vault. Izzicupo also entered the javelin competition, finishing 11th for her heave of 31.91m (104'8).

In the high jump, sophomore Regan Cleminson and senior Andrea Goavtsos finished fifth and sixth with the clearance of 1.52m (4'11.75).

Junior Althea Charles chalked up a fourth and fifth-place performance, respectively, in the hammer throw and shot put event. Charles' inked fourth in the hammer throw with a toss of 42.58m (171'6) while her pitch of 11.28m (37'0.25) warranted fifth.

Freshman Julia Westover finished seventh and ninth, in that order, with marks of 46.16m (151'5) in the hammer throw and 10.61m (34'9.75) in the shot put.

Finishing off the field events, rookie hurler Rachel Taback secured sixth in the discus throw after clearing 35.84m (117'7). Westover picked up 15th after throwing 30.56m (100'3) in the same event.

Northeastern will continue its outdoor season by making its way to Raleigh, N.C. to compete in the Raleigh Relays starting on Saturday, March 27.