Results at IC4A |
Results at Columbia
The Northeastern men's track & field team sent six Huskies to the 2012 IC4A Indoor Track & Field Championship this weekend at Boston University's Track & Tennis Center.
Cornell won the IC4A team title with 74 points, topping runner-up, Connecticut, by 15 points.
Senior thrower
Patrick Jablonski turned in Northeastern's highest showing, tossing for 11th place out of 40 shot putters with a mark of 16.41m (53'10.25). Sophomore
Max Milder compete in the 35.-lb weight throw, clearing 16.05m (52'8) for 27th place.
Sophomore
Alex Shapiro posted a 17th-place time of 48.93 in qualifying for the 400-meter dash while rookie
Jared Lane crossed the 60-meter hurdles event in 8.35 for 19th place in the preliminiaries.
First-year harrier
Stephen Sollowin ran the 3,000-meter in 8:27.43 for 21st place while classmate
Jason Matthews captured 13th place out of 32 triple jumpers. Matthews put together a combination of 14.43m (47'4.25)in his first IC4A event.
The Huskies do not have any NCAA qualifiers for next weekend's indoor championship in Nampa, Idaho and will this week off before the first outdoor event in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Northeastern takes on the Shamrock Invitational on March 16-17.
Jenkins at Columbia
Sophomore
Eric Jenkins broke the four-minute mile barrier once again in an effort to qualify for the 2012 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championship in Nampa, Idaho.
The Portsmouth, N.H. native took part in Columbia University's Last Chance Meet at the Armory in New York City on Saturday evening. Jenkins time of 3:59.71 was 53 hundredths slower than his school record of 3:59.18 set back on Feb. 11 at BU. Jenkins was the runner-up to Columbia's Kyle Mercer (3:59.44) and one of four collegiate to break the four-minute mile.
Jenkins' time of 3:59.18 ranks as the 25th-best time in the NCAA this season, but the top 16 get the automatic qualifier. He is just 42 hundredths of a second shy from the 16th-best time in the country.