Battle of Beantown Results

The Northeastern women's track & field team finished in fourth place at the Battle of Beantown on Friday afternoon at Gordon Indoor Track in Cambridge after logging 95 total points.

Harvard, the host institution, ran away with the event after an aggregate of 191 points while Boston University claimed second with 116 points. Boston College posted a third-place finish of 104 points.

Sophomore pole vaulter Jillena Decarteret and veteran thrower Althea Charles earned victories in their respective events as Decarteret's winning vault was done so in record-breaking proportions. The East Templeton, Mass. native tied for the second-best vault in Northeastern indoor history with a winning spring of 3.80m (12'5.5). She matched the mark of Olivia Kalinowska set back on Feb. 24, 2006.

Charles picked up her fourth weight throw crown in as many entries, tying her third-best throw of the season at 16.92m (55'6.25).

Both winning marks were performed in ECAC-qualifying fashion.

Junior Saleena Abdur-Rashed, despite winning the preliminary race with a mark of 8.61 in the 60-meter hurdles, the Bronx, N.Y. native finished in second place with an ECAC-qualifying time of 8.66.

Staying on the track, junior Christiana Gallagher and Jess Barton notched third-place performances in the 500-meter dash and 3,000-meter run, respectively, with times of 1:19.32 and 10:06.35. The 4 x 400-yard relay squad consisting of junior Nikki Cuhna, rookies Chelsea Hudson and Camille Henry and senior Seri Gordon yielded another third-place performance for Northeastern after combining for a rate of 4:00.14.

Newcomer Georgia Pingue closed out the Huskies' top-three showings with an 11.28m (37'0.25) combination in the triple jump.

Freshman Ashlee Pitts was the fourth-place performer in the 60-meter dash, clearing 7.94, while Abdur-Rashed chalked up a fourth-place jaunt of 25.75 in the 200-meter dash. Junior Sarah Trotman and Pitts posted respective fifth and sixth-place finishes of 25.80 and 26.23.

In the high jump, third-year athletes Ida Cance and Regan Cleminson tied for fourth in the high jump, hurdling over 1.54m (5'00.5). Sophomore Julia Westover joined Charles' winning efforts in the weight throw by clearing 16.39m (53'9.25), marking her second-longest throw of the season.

Northeastern's next meet will take place on Comm. Ave. as Boston University hosts the Valentine Invitational on Friday, Feb. 11.