RESULTS

Day Two
The Huskies women's track & field squad wrapped up competition at the Duke Invitational on Saturday as senior captain Althea Charles won her third hammer throw event of the outdoor season in Durham, N.C.

The West Orange, N.J. native won the event with her second-best toss of the season by clearing 55.98m (183'8) to best the 26-woman field. Sophomore Julia Westover and Rachel Taback also entered the field, closing out in sixth and 14th, respectively, with marks of 49.05m (160'11) and 42.98m (141'0).

Junior captain Saleena Abdur-Rashed was the third place finish after motoring through the 100-meter hurdles race in 14.20. Her time stands as the second-best of the outdoor season.

Northeastern's 4 x 100-meter relay team posted a fourth-place finish of 47.60 after Sarah Trotman, Ashlee Pitts, Sepanta Padrah-Vajdy and Abdur-Rashed joined forces for the best 400-meter relay time of the year.

The 4 x 400-meter relay squad (Seri Gordon, Chelsea Hudson, Camille Henry and Abdur-Rashed) turned in a 13th-place time of 3:59.86 and beat out eight other teams.

Closing out the field results for the Huskies were Trotman and Gordon. Trotman's finish of 25.56 in the 200-meter dash was good for 13th place while Gordon's jaunt of 2:13.93 in the 800-meter run stood for 21st place. Gordon's time placed her in the top half as the veteran beat out 23 other sprinters.

The Huskies return to close out their home slate in hosting the Solomon Invitational on Saturday, April 16 in Dedham, Mass.

Day One
The women's track & field team wrapped up its first day of action at the Duke Invitational on Friday, turning in four top-three performances along with a three top-five finishes in school history.

Sophomore Katie Barrett marched in a time of 37:33.30 in the 10,000-meter run that now stands as the third-best 10K time in Northeastern history. The Norfolk, Mass. native beat out 16 others for a third-place mark.

Also in the 10,000-meter challenge, school record holder Kristen Martin finished right behind Barrett in fourth after clocking in at 37:52.78.

Veteran Althea Charles and Jillena Decarteret offered up the Huskies' two second-place performances in the shot put and pole vault, respectively.

Charles' toss of 14.27m (46'10) is now the fifth-best mark in school history, overtaking Michelle Millane's distance of 46'6.25 set back in 1987.

Decarteret posted her third-best vault of the season, clearing 3.85m (12'7.5) to warrant second-place laurels.

Senior Heather Crocker notched a third-place showing in the javelin throw, clearing 43.10m (141'5). Crocker reset her personal best on Friday in Durham, N.C., besting her previous distance of 40.69m (133'6) set back at the Seahawk Invite to open the outdoor season. Crocker's new personal best is the second-best throw behind Nancy Rowe's standard of 142'6 (April 21, 2007). Crocker replaced Rosemary Harris' second-best mark of 137'0 set on April 15, 1995.

Freshman Chelsea Hudson and sophomore Ida Cance finished 11th and 20th, respectively, in the 400-meter and 200-meter dashes. Hudson crossed in 1:04.23 and Cance punched in at 27.18.