Results

DAY TWO
The Northeastern women's track & field team turned in its sixth-straight second-place finish at the 2011 New England Indoor Championship on Saturday at Boston University's Track & Tennis Center.

The Huskies stockpiled 58 points for the runner-up position while Connecticut's total of 186 points beat out the rest of the field. Northeastern bested 32 other squads in the two-day championship.

Senior Jess Barton collected the Huskies individual victory in the 3,000-meter challenge with the second-fastest run in Northeastern indoor school history of 9:44.00. The Newton, Mass. native shattered her previous indoor record of 10:15.75 (Dec. 5, 2009) and qualified for the ECAC Championship by 14 seconds of the standard.

Along with Barton's achievement, the veteran also became the first Husky in school history to be crowned the 3,000-meter New England Indoor Champion. Donna Petrsorich won the outdoor title in both 1987 (9:53.7) and 1988 (9:36.75).

Along with Barton's laurels, sophomore Katie Barrett finished sixth in the same race with a mark of 10:12.57 while rookie Danielle Klein placed 10th in 10:23.53.

In Friday's trials, Saleena Abdur-Rashed, Nikki Cuhna and Seri Gordon all passed into their respective final heats of the 60-meter hurdles, 400-meter dash and 1,000-meter run.

Abdur-Rashed matched a season-best with a time of 8.61 for third place while Cuhna eclipsted her season-best with an eighth-place march of 57.55. Gordon shaved five seconds off of her previous run at the Boston Indoor Games and registered a fourth-place mark of 2:52.48.

In the 4 x 800-meter relay, Laura Coyne, Courtney Mortimer, Rachel Moburg and Christiana Gallagher joined forced for a fourth-place beat of 9:15.18. In the 4 x 400-meter relay, Chelsea Hudson, Camille Henry, Cuhna and Gordon turned in a collective time of 3:55.78 for eighth place.

In the field, Charles logged a fourth-place throw of 13.08m (42'11) for fourth place in the shot put.

Next weekend, the ECAC qualifiers will get to display their talent at the same track in Boston, starting on Saturday, March 5.

DAY ONE
The Northeastern women's track & field team lurks in third place out of 24 teams after the first day of the 2011 New England Indoor Championship at Boston University's Track & Tennis Center.

Senior Althea Charles produced eight points with her second-place throw of 17.93m (58'10) in the 20-lb. weight throw while sophomore Julia Westover netted a career best with a throw of 17.15m (56'3.25) for fourth.

Second-year vaulter Jillena Decarteret picked up another second-place showing for the Huskies with a career-best 3.82m (12'6.25) clearance, topping 17 other competitors.

Veteran Seri Gordon and Laura Coyne topped the 1,000-meter list after registering respective times of 2:54.86 and 3:00.39 for fourth and sixth, respectively.

Junior Saleena Abdur-Rashed passed into Saturday's finals for the 60-meter hurdles showdown after a swift mark of 8.78. The Bronx, N.Y. native will partake in the 16-woman final race tomorrow. Abdur-Rashed posted the third-fastest qualifying mark of the event.

Sophomore Nikki Cuhna followed her teammates' footsteps in the 400-meter dash, marching into the final heat on Saturday with a 10th-place time of 57.79.

Freshman Chelsea Hudson slightly missed out on the 500-meter finals after a 12th-place run of 1:17.94 (top 10 runners pass into the finals). Christiana Gallagher claimed 19th with a time of 1:18.42.

In the distance portion, senior Kristen Martin captured 12th place with a time of 18:05.40 while Lindsay Kosinski finished 29th in the same event with a beat of 19:13.25.

Newcomer Olivia Stevens claimed ninth in her first New England Championship, clearing 5.28m (17'4) in the long jump for ninth place.