Results

Sophomore sensations Eric Jenkins and Brian Doyle helped make history for Northeastern men's track & field by both toppling school records in the mile and 3,000-meter run, respectively, on Saturday night at the Boston University Valentine Invitational at the Track & Tennis Center.

Jenkins ran Northeastern's fastest indoor mile in school history, breaking the four-minute mile with a blistering speed of 3:59.18 to take fourth place, overall, in a field of 253 harriers. The Portsmouth, N.H. native was the second overall collegiate, finishing behind the winner, Boston University's Rich Peters (3:57.83).

Jenkins' pace of 3:59.18 bested Erik Nedeau's mark by half a second set back on Feb. 27, 1993 when he posted a time of 3:59.68. His run was the fastest clip in Huskies' history in almost 19 years.

“Breaking the four-minute barrier is a huge milestone for every elite miler and it's extremely impressive to do it as a sophomore”, NU distance coach Renny Waldron said.

Doyle followed in his teammates footsteps by setting the school record in the 3,000-meter challenge after submitting a time of 8:09.78 for fifth place overall. The Tiverton, R.I. native was the fourth-fastest collegiate distance runner as Dartmouth's John Bleday won the event in 8:03.78.

The second-year runner's time destroyed Northeastern's old standard set back on March 8, 1987 when Tim Gannon ran the school record in 8:14.01. Doyle's mark is Northeastern's fastest time for the indoor 3K in almost 25 years.

The Huskies had nine other competitors on Saturday at BU and a few more noteworthy marks occurred throughout the course of the day.

Sophomore Max Milder collected fourth place in a field of 38 in the weight throw with a pitch of 17.04m (55'11) while senior Brian Racca strung together a ninth-place combination of 13.77m (45'2.25) in the triple jump.

Continuing on in the field, junior Mark Mastone posted a sixth-place throw of 14.59m (47'10.5) in the shot put event. The Tewksbury, Mass. native finished ahead of 32 other hurlers on Saturday. Sophomore Conor Ebbs finished up in 18th with a toss of 13.45m (44'1.5).

Sophomore Jackson MacDonald finished in 12th place out of 38 leapers in the long jump after a distance of 6.66m (21'10.25) while junior Tejorn Davis finished 26th in the high jump with a mark of 1.84m (6'0.50).

Finishing off on the track, sophomore Alex Shapiro won his 400-meter dash heat in 48.87 and was awarded 18th overall in a field of 172. The Beacon, N.Y. native's time was NU's fastest in the 400-meter dash this season.

In the 500-meter dash, junior Anthony Gentles finished 21st out of 48 with a time of 1:06.70 after winning his section while newcomer Andrew Rice also emerged victoriously in his heat with a time of 1:07.50. Rice was 28th overall.

The Huskies will take next weekend off to prepare for the 2012 New England Indoor Championships at the same location on Feb. 24-25.