BOSTON—In a split-squad weekend, the Northeastern track and field team recorded nine top-10 finishes, 20 New England Championship qualifying times and four ECAC/IC4A qualifying marks between the Raleigh Relays and the University of North Florida Spring Break Invitational.
In a field of 174 runners,
Camille Gooden led a trio of Huskies in the 400-meter dash with a 49th-place finish at 57.61.
Chelsea Hudson and
Monet Brathwaite also competed in the event, recording season highs at 58.92 and 59.50, respectively.
Rookie
Jordan O'Dea stamped her name in the Northeastern record books after setting a new program record in the 10,000-meter run with an ECAC qualifying mark of 36:27.32. O'Dea's run broke the previous program-best time of 36:35.57, set by Kristen Martin in 2009.
In the field,
Jacilyn Briggs snagged seventh in the pole vault after clearing a height of 3.65 meters.
Georgia Pingue claimed 19th in the long jump at 5.37 meters before notching a 13th-place finish in the triple jump invitational division (11.90).
Olivia Stevens took 17th in the triple jump college division with a mark of 11.21 meters.
Donovan Henry ran alongside teammates
Joshua Norris and
Anthony Pavlich in the men's 400-meter dash. Henry logged a personal-best time of 49.03 for a 34th-place finish. Norris crossed 54th at 49.66, while Pavlich tallied a PB mark at 50.09, good for 64th. Pavlich later took 37th in the 400-meter hurdles, crossing at 55.58.
In the 800-meter run,
Paul Duffey finished 10th (1:52.18) and was among the top-two freshman in the event, while
Zachary Fraielli logged a PB mark of 9:33.81 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase.
In the field,
Adam Thomas cleared a height of 4.60 meters, good for a third-place finish in the pole vault.
Kaylin Miranda finished second in the long jump invitational with a personal-best and IC4A qualifying distance of 7.42 meters, while
Jackson MacDonald closed out the meet after finishing 10th in the long jump at 6.68 meters.
Four Huskies attended the University of North Florida Spring Break Invitational, the site of the first round of the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Julia Westover and
Max Milder each claimed a sixth-place finish in the hammer throw. Westover recorded a 49.61 meter heave in the women's division, while Milder notched a 56.10-meter toss to qualify for the IC4A Championships.
In the shot put,
Kevin Rosenberg took home the bronze with a throw of 15.68 meters.
Nicole Genard fell just shy of her personal best with a 41.90 meter toss in the javelin, good for a second-place victory and a ticket to the ECAC Championships.
The Huskies face a nonstop schedule in the 2014 outdoor season, and will have just one week of rest before jumping back into action at the University of New Hampshire and Stanford and the Stanford Invitational, beginning on Friday, April 4.
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