Overall Results: Men | Women
BOSTON—The Northeastern track teams logged four personal bests as the men's and women's squad closed out their Indoor season at the IC4A/ECAC Championships on Sunday afternoon.
With 17 points, the men snagged a 16th-place team finish. Cornell took the team title with 76 points, while Connecticut claimed second with 54 points. In the women's field, NU finished 41st with 2.33 points. UConn collected 75 points for gold, while Cornell scored second with 64 points.
Paul Duffey earned five points for Northeastern after recording a personal best in the 800-meter run preliminary round before besting his time once again in the finals. Duffey claimed fourth in the finals with a mark of 1:51.50.
Max Milder took eighth in the weight throw with a season-best toss of 18.54 meters, adding one point for the Huskies.
Kyle Darrow and
Jackson MacDonald contributed nine points for the squad with a third and sixth-place finish in the long jump, respectively. Darrow cleared 7.15 meters, while MacDonald matched a career-best at 7.05 meters.
The 4x400-meter relay team, including
Donovan Henry,
Joshua Norris,
David Johnson, and
Anthony Pavlich, took seventh overall after finishing eighth in the preliminary round to qualify for the finals.
Reigning CAA Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year
Wesley Gallagher claimed 14th in a field of a 52 runners in the 3000 meter race with a PB mark of 8:10.28.
Despite not advancing in the preliminary round of the 200-meter dash,
Donovan Henry clocked in at 21.91 (18th) for a new career best.
For the women,
Camille Gooden completed the 400-meter dash, crossing at 55.79, just shy of qualifying for the final round.
Kate Johnstone completed the 1,000-meter run just short of the finals and claimed 10th place at 2:53.70.
Jacilyn Briggs earned points for the women with an 8th place finish in the pole vault (3.65 meters), while
Julia Westover collected two points with a 17.25 meter toss in the weight throw.
The Huskies will have three weeks off before kicking off the 2014 Outdoor season on March 28 at the Raleigh Relays.
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