Overall Results
BOSTON—In a dual scored meet against Dartmouth, Hartford, Sacred Heart, New Hampshire and UMass Lowell, the Northeastern women's track and field team walked away with first-place team finishes across the board at the 5th annual Jay Carisella Invitational on Saturday evening.
"This meet is a special meet for us as we celebrate the Carisella family and Jay's memory as a Husky," said head coach
Cathrine Erickson. I am pleased with how our athletes competed and honored our alumni and all those attached to our program."
The Huskies defeated each opponent by an average of 49.2 points, including a dominating 103-point victory spread over Hartford. The closest contest came against Dartmouth, but NU edged the Big Green, 71-63.
The Huskies dominated in the field once again as
Georgia Pingue led Northeastern with two individual titles in both the triple jump (5.46 meters) and long jump (11.82 meters).
Julia Westover led the shot put for the second meet in a row with a 15.83-meter throw.
Jessica Dunnigan and
Ashlee Pitts kicked off the meet with the 60-meter, earning sixth and seventh place respectively.
Camille Gooden led Northeastern in the 200-meter dash with a bronze finish (25.67). Betsey Garnick (6th; 26.09),
Nicole Genard (8th; 26.40),
Monet Brathwaite (10th; 26.54), Dunnigan (11th; 26.54), and Pitts (20th; 27.18) joined Gooden in the 200-meter sprint. Later, Gooden took the individual title in the 400-meter dash (57.69), while Brathwaite notched fourth (559.18).
Senior
Chelsea Hudson contributed points for NU after a second-place finish in the 500-meter dash, crossing at 1:17.47. A trio of Huskies in
Jocelyn Hubbard,
Eryn Wheeler, and
Rosalie Caracciolo, took home top-five finishes in the 800-meter run
Rookie
Jordan O'Dea set the pace for Northeastern in the 3,000-meter run after claiming third (10:04.79).
Danielle Klein was next to cross in the event with a mark of 10:28.16, good for fourth place. 2013 Colonial Athletic Association Cross Country Rookie of the Year
Lucy Young added to the success of the distance group, taking a second-place finish in the 5,000-meter run.
Genard claimed the fifth individual crown for the women's squad with a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles (8.76). The sophomore now owns the sixth and eighth best time on NU's all-time performance list in the event.
The Huskies will have a month break before they compete at the Beantown Challenge on Saturday, Jan. 18.
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