Day 1 Results
BOSTON—Jocelyn Hubbard set a new school record in the 800-meter run to pace the Northeastern women's track and field team on day one of the Valentine Invitational on Friday afternoon.
As a team, the women's squad posted 24 New England qualifying times, 13 ECAC qualifying marks, eight personal bests, and 10 Northeastern all-time performances.
Hubbard finished ninth in a field of 158 runners, crossing with a New England and ECAC qualifying mark at 2:08.61. The record was previously held by Joane Merlain who finished the event with a time of 2:09.85 at the 2000 ECAC Championship.
Victoria Alexander kicked off the meet after advancing in the 60-meter dash with a personal best time of 7.62 to rank 6th on the NU all-time performance list. Alexander later competed among 212 athletes in the 200-meter dash, crossing 17th at 25.01.
Camille Gooden competed alongside her teammate in the 200-meter dash with a New England and ECAC qualifying mark of 24.93 to claim a 14thplace finish. Gooden later snagged a top-15 finish with an ECAC qualifying performance in the 400-meter dash (56.28).
Chelsea Hudson led a pair of Huskies in the 500-meter dash with a 10th place finish (1:16.57), good for New England qualifiers.
Eryn Wheeler added her name to the NU record books after an ECAC qualifying 4:57.02 mile run placed her fourth on the Huskies all-time performance list.
Rookies
Lucy Young,
Jordan O'Dea and veteran
Danielle Klein marked new personal bests in the 3,000-meter run. Young, who was named the 2013 Colonial Athletic Association Women's Cross Country Rookie of the Year, finished at 9:48.87, while classmate O'Dea crossed with a mark of 9:52.81, both good for ECAC qualifiers. Klein finished with a New England qualifying time of 10:16.75.
Nicole Genard led Northeastern in the 60-meter hurdles finals, finishing 5th at 8.79, trailed closely behind by
Betsy Garnick in fifth (9.10).
The Northeastern 4x400 relay team, highlighted by Gooden, Hudson, Wheeler, and anchor Hubbard, finished sixth out of 56 relay squads, with an ECAC qualifying time of 3:51.10.
Jacilyn Briggs led NU in the pole vault with an ECAC performance to tie a personal best (3.65-meters).
Five Huskies competed in the long jump, featuring a second-place finish from Genard (5.70-meters).
Georgia Pingue and Garnick claimed 13th and 14th, respectively. Pingue later snagged ninth with a 11.58-meter show in the triple jump.
Julia Westover rounded out the field events for Northeastern with a 16.92-meter and second-place finish in the weight throw.
The Valentine Invitational will continue with the men's events on Saturday, February 8, 2014.
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