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The Northeastern men's track & field start got off on the right foot on Saturday, Dec. 3 at the 3rd annual Jay Carisella Track & Field Invitational at the Reggie Lewis Track & Athletic Center. The Huskies capture a pair of victories, three runners-up performances and four third-place showings.

Sophomore Brian Doyle paced Northeastern's distance efforts by winning the 3,000-meter race with the Huskies' fifth-fastest time in school history. The East Greenwich, R.I. native won the event with a mark of 8:26.86. Newcomer Stephen Sollowin made his impressions felt by registered Northeastern's sixth-fastest time in school history in his first-ever track & field meet as a Husky. Sollowin was the runner-up in 8:29.33.

Senior Sebastian Putzeys and classmate James Pellerano blanketed the rest of the top two spots, turning in respective third and fourth-place finishes of 8:47.58 and 8:51.30.

Switching to the field, second-year thrower Max Milder emerged as the weight throw champion by three feet exactly. Milder won the event with a toss of 17.58m (57'8.25).

Senior Patrick Jablonski registered a second-place heave of 17.09m (56'1) in the shot put for second place while junior Kaylin Miranda was Northeastern's third runner-up in the long jump with a leap of 6.73m (22'1).

First-year harrier Zachary Fraeilli offered a glimpse into the future with a third-place performance of 2:33.34 in the 1,000-meter run while junior transfer Stefano Combi donned the red and black for the first time in the 55-meter hurdles for a third-place jaunt of 7.79.

Veteran Brian Daly captured third place in the pole vault with a spring of 4.25m (13'11.25). Sophomore Dylan Lucas cleared 4.10m (13'5.25) for fourth place.

Senior transfer Darius Velez motored through the 55-meter dash in fourth place in 6.59 before a fifth-place sprint of 22.95 in the 200-meter dash.

Sophomore Alex Shapiro crossed the 400-meter dash in fifth place in 50.89 while junior Anthony Gentles finished up the 800-meter run in eighth place (2:00.75).

Freshman Conor Lyons kept Northeastern's distance game in full operation with a fourth-place march of 4:17.89. Senior Nick Ryan closed out the mile in 4:21.52 in ninth place. Junior John Jantz was the 12th-place finisher in the 5,000-meter run after logging a time of 15:17.63.

Newcomer Jared Lane joined Combi in the 55-meter hurdles and posted a fifth-place finish of 7.94.

The Huskies 4 x 400-meter relay team of Shapiro, Mirando, Lane and Gentles joined forced for fourth place (3:25.81).

Switching back to the field, rookie Jason Matthews put together a fourth-place combination of 14.11m (46'3.5) in his first collegiate meet while junior Tejorn Davis was awarded eighth for his mark of 13.43m (44'0.75).

Senior Mark Mastone and second-year hurler Conor Ebbs joined Jablonski's runner-up performance with seventh and 10th-place pitches of 14.57m (47'9.75) and 13.44m (44'1.25), respectively.

Northeastern continues its indoor track & field campaign across the river at Harvard on Saturday, Dec. 10.