Results | Bonus Coverage (Flortrack.org)

The Northeastern women's track & field team finished the Raleigh Relays with four top 10 performances in one of the deepest fields the Huskies have faced this season.

Freshman Jillena DeCarteret finished as the Huskies highest-placing student-athlete with her sixth-place clearance of 3.50m (11'5.75) in the pole vault. DeCarteret outperformed 18 other competitors in the event.

Junior Althea Charles started off the Huskies' two-day extravaganza with a season-best, eighth-place heave of 13.29m (43'7.25) in the shot put. The third-year thrower outmuscled 39 shot putters in Friday's showcase.

Sophomore Saleena Abdur-Rashed continued her impressive hurdles campaign with a preliminary qualifying mark of 14.15 in the 100-meter hurdles event. Abdur-Rashed's time was second in her heat and 10th-best, overall. The Bronx, N.Y. native outkicked 72 other hurdlers in Friday's first round.

When it came to the finals, Abdur-Rashed placed 12th after clicking in 14.32.

Continuing with the short races, senior Consandria Walker, sophomore Sarah Trotman and junior Serena Allen posted marks of 12.32, 12.64 and 12.78, in that order, during the preliminary round of the 100-meter dash. Walker's time was 30th while Trotman and Allen's times were listed 51st and 60th, respectively.

First-year sprinter Nikki Cuhna turned out a time of 57.38 in the 400-meter for 16th place. Out of eight times a Husky has ran in a 400-meter race this season, Cuhna's stands as the best thus far.

In the 800-meter run, rookie Eryn Wheeler kicked out a 14th-place mark of 2:17.19.

Junior Courtney Mortimer paced the Huskies in the 1,500-meter challenge with a 17th-place jaunt of 4:48.24 while newcomer Laura Coyne finished in 4:53.09 for 29th. Sophomore Christi Gallagher registered a 52nd-place beat of 5:01.06. In another section of the 1,500-meter run, junior Seri Gordon took 23rd with a nice pace of 4:41.88.

In Northeastern's first steeplechase trial this season, junior Annie Scully weathered the elements with a ninth-place mark of 11:06.45.

Junior Jess Barton outkicked 14 others in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:45.45.

The Huskies relay teams enjoyed some speedy marks as the 4 x 100-meter relay squad combined for a 14th-place mark of 47.79.  In the 4 x 200-meter relay, NU moved up in the standings, finishing 12th with a time of 1:41.20.  In the 1,600-meter sprint medley, Northeastern topped a dozen teams with a 12th-place clip of 4:12.60.

In the field, Walker's combination of 11.83m (38'9.75) was good for 10th in the triple jump while freshmen Rachel Taback and Julia Westover recorded 30th- and 45th-place heaves of 36.71m (120'5) and 30.68m (100'8) in the discus throw, respectively.

Charles uncorked a 13th-place pitch of 49.87m (163'7) in the hammer throw while Westover followed closely behind in 21st after throwing for 46.72m (153'3). Taback notched 35th with her toss of 36.69m (120'4).

Junior Heather Crocker outhurled 31 others in the javelin throw after a heave of 38.73m (127'1). Crocker's mark yielded 11th place.

Northeastern returns to New England for competition at the Wildcat Invitational on Saturday, April 3 in Durham, N.H.