Results

The Northeastern women's track & field team wrapped up its final tune-up meet before championship season with a third-place finish at the Stonehill Invitational on Friday evening. The Huskies totaled 97 points while Rhode Island won the event with an aggregate of 212 points.

The Huskies captured four individual victories along with three second-place showings and a pair of third-place performances.

Sophomore Lauren Bennett came away with the triumph in the pole vault with a spring of 3.50m (11'5.75). Her mark not only qualified her for the New England Championship but also set a facility record for WB Mason Stadium in Easton, Mass.

Newcomer Olivia Stevens followed suit with a win in the long jump after clearing 5.35m (17'6.75) while sophomore Rachel Taback kept the success alive in the field with a title in the discus throw. Taback beat out her nearest competitor by over eight feet with a mark of 40.04m (131'4) in a field of 12 throwers.

Veteran javelin thrower Heather Crocker elicited Northeastern's fourth victory of the evening with a toss of 36.25m (118'11).

Rookie Georgia Pingue notched a second-place finish in the triple jump with a combination of 11.32m (37'1.75) while Stevens closed in on third place after a jump of 10.91m (35'9.5).

Sophomore Julia Westover upheld the Huskies' success in the field with a second-place toss of 50.70m (166'4) in the hammer throw while Northeastern's 4 x 100-meter relay squad crossed the line in 47.09 for the final second-place showing of the night.

Junior Sarah Trotman was the third-place finisher in the 200-meter dash after outrunning 17 others with a time of 25.44.

In the 1,500-meter run, senior Kristen Martin kicked out a time of 4:51.82 for eighth while first-year harrier Danielle Klein crossed in 4:57.60 for 15th. Junior Kathleen Keen and sophomore Lauren Ward wrapped up in 5:17.18 and 5:17.74 for 26th and 28th, respectively.

Freshman Chelsea Hudson closed out the 400-meter dash in fourth place with a time of 59.07 while rookie Camille Henry recorded an eighth-place beat of 1:02.17.

In the 100-meter dash, freshman Ashlee Pitts finished in fourth with a time of 12.65 while junior transfer Sepanta Padrah-Vajdy picked up eighth place with a clip of 12.81. Junior Kamilah Rowe and sophomore Kelly Madigan finished in 11th and 14th, in that order, with marks of 13.07 and 13.28.

The Huskies travel to Richmond, Va. to look for its second conference championship (2007) on Saturday, May 6. VCU will host the 2011 CAA Championship.