Results

The Northeastern men's track & field team weathered Saturday's cold and rainy elements to capture six victories on its home track at the Solomon Invitational at Solomon Track.

Sophomore Teddy Vrountas dispatched the 5,000-meter field of 12 other student-athletes with a victorious effort of 15:02.76. The next closest runner was almost 17 seconds behind Vrountas. Sophomore Daniel Grant's time of 15:59.96 was good enough for seventh in the same race.

Rookie Chris Conway took out a pair of Bridgewater St. hurdlers with a clip of 15.95 for the victory in the 110-meter hurdles while junior Brian Daly cleared 14'0 (4.26m) in the pole vault for victory.

Rookie Tejorn Davis picked up the Huskies' fourth win of the day with a vault of 6.50m (21'4) in the long jump while third-year jumper Brian Racca strung together a winning combo of 13.11m (43'0.25) in the triple jump.

Senior Eric Milne's heave of 51.78m (169'10) in the javelin throw stood as Saturday's best mark, topping the next closest thrower by over nine feet.

The Huskies 4 x 100-meter relay team also topped Bridgewater State's in a head-to-head battle with a winning mark of 43.73.

In the short distance events, freshman Anthony Gentles notched a fifth- and sixth-place finish in the 200- and 100-meter dash events, in that order, with clips of 23.16 and 11.79. Senior Konrad Stefanek crossed just behind Gentles in the 100-meter dash with an eighth-place effort of 11.80.

Senior Ryan Miling bolted to a time of 1:58.42, beating out 24 other sprinters in the 800-meter run while classmate Kyle Audet grabbed seventh (2:00.83). Freshman Luke Malley crossed the lone in 2:00.87 for ninth whereas veteran Bryan Brunelli was clocked in 2:01.30 for 11th.

Sophomore Sebastien Putzeys put up a fourth-place mark of 4:03.24 in the 1,500-meter run, closing out the Huskies' efforts on the track.

Switching back to the long jump, sophomore Valery Monplaisir finished just behind his teammate with a second-place spring of 6.02m (19'9). Senior Kevin Laguerre cleared 5.04m (16'6.5) in the same event for 10th. Adding to his long jump title, Davis claimed second in the triple jump behind Racca with a mark of 13.06m (42'10.25).

Eight Huskies involved themselves in the throwing portion on Saturday with sophomore Mark Mastone notching third in the shot put after a heave of 12.49m (40'11.75). Classmate Steve Caprio uncorked a throw of 12.36m (40'6.75) for fourth while second-year throw Mario Peritore cleared 8.79m (28'10.25) for sixth.

In the discus event, Caprio captured fifth (38.83m -127'5) and sophomore Andrew Mastone locked up sixth (32.20m – 105'8). Rookie Mark Rossoll elicited a toss of 31.43m (103'1) for eighth before Mark Mastone took down 10th (27.89m – 91'6). Peritore finished in 11th (25.61m – 84'0).

Junior Alex Iannetta logged a fourth-place pitch of 52.67m (172'10) in the hammer throw following Caprio's sixth-place lob of 41.75m (137'0). Sophomore Greg Andrus took third in the javelin throw (46.00m – 150'11) behind Milne's victory.

Northeastern will send junior jumper Andrew Staples to Philadelphia to compete in the world-renowned Penn Relays on Friday, Apr. 23 at 3:30p.m. Aside from Staples' trial, the Huskies will have the opportunity for one last tune-up meet before heading to Fairfax, Va. for the CAA Championship. NU will travel to Easton, Mass. to do battle in the the Skyhawk Invitational on the campus of Stonehill College on Friday starting at 4:00 p.m.