Results

Video Footage of Day 1 (YouTube.com)

DAY 2
The Northeastern men's track & field team finished in ninth place at the 2012 New England Indoor Championship on Saturday; fueled by sophomore Eric Jenkins' victory in the mile at Boston University's Track & Tennis Center.

The Huskies totaled 29 points as the University of Connecticut won its seventh-consecutive New England Indoor Championship with an aggregate of 118.5 points.

Jenkins continued to write his storybook career at Northeastern as the Portsmouth, N.H. native became the Huskies eighth New England Indoor mile champion in program history and the first since 1995. Jenkins just missed the sub four-minute mile by just a hair, winning the event with a time of 4:00.29. The second-year harrier's time was over two seconds fastest than the runner-up, BU's Matt Paulson (4:02.87). Jenkins' 10-point time was the second-fastest jaunt in Northeastern history at the New England Indoor Championship. Erik Nedeau owned the fastest clip set in 1993 (3:59.68), which was the school record until Jenkins broke the record two weeks ago with a time of 3:59.18.

Sophomor Kaylin Miranda posted eight points in the long jump with a runner-up finish of 7.21m (23'8). Miranda was beat out by a slim margin of 0.75 feet. Junior Tejorn Davis collected a point for Northeastern with an eighth-place vault of 6.76m (22'2.25) while sophomore Jackson MacDonald finished 12th with a mark of 6.59m (21'7.5).

In the shot put, veteran Patrick Jablonski garnered six points for the Huskies with a third-place throw of 17.06m (55'11.75) while junior Mark Mastone posted a 14th-place lob of 14.62m (47'11.75).

Rookie Jason Matthews finished ninth in the triple jump with a combination of 14.21m (46'7.5). Classmate Jasper McCoy was one spot behind in 10th with a mark of 13.90m (45'7.25) while Davis' combo of 13.71m (44'11.75) was good for 14th.

Freshman Jared Lane qualified for the 60-meter hurdles finals and finished just one spot out of points, capturing ninth place with a time of 8.46. Sophomore Alex Shapiro finished eight in the 400-meter dash, grabbing one point for NU with a time of 49.08.

The 4 x 800-meter relay team earned 11th place with a pace of 7:51.26.

In the distance game alongside Jenkins, sophomore Brian Doyle finished 27th in the mile while senior Sebastian Putzeys (8:44.16) and freshman Stephen Sollowin (8:50.80) finished 19th and 23rd, respectively, in the 3,000-meter run.

Closing out with the heptathlon, sophomore Dylan Lucas grabbed threw points with a total of 4,649 while freshman Stefano Combi finished in 10th with an aggregate of 4,194 points.

Northeastern continues championship season in two weeks when the Huskies return to the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center on Saturday, March 3.

DAY 1
The Northeastern men's track & field team sent two qualifiers to the finals on the first day of the 2012 New England Indoor Track & Field Championship at Boston University on Friday, Feb. 24.

Freshman Jared Lane won the third flight of the 60-meter hurdles preliminary vent with a time of 8.24. Lane will be one of nine hurdlers in Saturday's championship event.

Sophomore Alex Shapiro dominated the first flight of the 400-meter dash, winning his flight with a mark of 48.77. Shapiro will be one of 10 finalists in tomorrow's 400-meter dash championship.

Senior Darius Velez qualified for the 60-meter dash semifinal race with a time of 7.04, finishing 11th in a field of 30. Velez missed out by two spots for the championship sprint on Saturday.

Rookie Stefano Combi leads the field of 12 in the heptathlon event. Combi won the long jump (6.92m – 22'8.5) and shot put events (12.74m – 41'9.75) for a 64 point lead heading into Saturday. Combi totaled 2,871 points in his first day of action. Sophomore Dylan Lucas is in 12th after Friday's proceedings.

Second-year thrower Max Milder posted a 15th-place throw of 16.57m (54'4.5) in the weight throw.