Day two results

Freshman Jillena Decarteret and sophomore Saleena Abdur-Rashed highlighted the Northeastern women's track & field performance on the second day of competition at the 2010 New England Outdoor Championship.

The Huskies are hosting the event on their home course of Solomon Track in Dedham, Mass. for the first time since 2004.

Overall team scoring has not been tallied yet and will be announced with the final results upon tomorrow's conclusion.

Northeastern's newest pole vaulter in Decarteret cleared 3.60m (11'9.75) to claim second place in her first New England Outdoor event. The winner of the pole vault was New Hampshire's Rita Ciambra (3.85m – 12'7.50).

Abdur-Rashed staked her claim as the top 100-meter hurdler heading into tomorrow's final after posting the best preliminary mark of the day, The Bronx, N.Y. native dusted the field with the top qualifying time of 14.22, marking her sixth ECAC-qualifying time of the year. Abdur-Rashed will vie for her first 100-meter hurdles title at the New England event at 1:40 p.m. tomorrow.

Sophomore Nikki Cuhna will join her hurdling partner in the 400-meter hurdles after belting out a seventh-place qualifying time of 1:03.74. The Tewksbury, Mass. native notched NU's best time in the 400-meter hurdles this season in Friday's prelim.

Junior Serena Allen and sophomore Sarah Trotman both ran in their respective qualifying events on Friday but failed to advance. Allen crossed the line in 13.01 for 19th place in the 100-meter dash while Trotman's time of 25.92 in the 200-meter dash slotted her in 13th, overall.

Closing out NU's field contingent for Friday was junior Jill Buck. Buck concluded the 5,000-meter challenge in 18:30.40, good for 19th place.

In the field, senior Celeste Holder placed 22nd in the long jump with a mark of 4.89m (16'0.5). Junior Althea Charles and freshman Julia Westover posted distances of 54.64m (179'3) and 48.08m (157'9), respectively, for sixth and 14th place in the hammer throw.

Junior Heather Crocker and sophomore Christina Izzicupo teamed up in the javelin throw as Crocker came away with a 10th-place toss of 36.05m (118'3). Izzicupo closed out Friday's trial with a 17th-place launch of 32.87m (107'10).

Joining Cunha and Abdur-Rashed in final events for tomorrow's final day at Solomon Track include:

• Senior Consandria Walker (triple jump)

• Junior Brittany Martin (high jump)

• Sophomore Ida Cance (high jump)

• Junior Seri Gordon (800-meter)

• Junior Annie Scully (Steeplechase)

• NU's 4 x 100-, 400- and 800-meter relay teams

Scully starts things off for the Huskies at 12:15 p.m. tomorrow in the final day of competition at Solomon Track.