Overall Results

HARRISONBURG, Va. – Behind three medals from Nicole Genard, the Northeastern women's track and field team closed out the 2014 Colonial Athletic Association Track and Field Championships with a second-place team finish, its highest team rank since 2007, on Saturday afternoon in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
 
The Huskies finished with 138 points, and 20 points shy of Delaware who claimed the team crown. William & Mary also tallied 138 points, while UNC-Wilmington and host James Madison logged 127 and 199 points, respectively.
 
Despite battling a leg injury, Genard successfully defended her title in the heptathlon, compiling 4,862 points in the two-day competition. She also placed second in the javelin with a throw of 41.69 meters and third in the long jump (5.83 meters). Genard earned the leagues' Most Outstanding Field Performer honor for her excellence throughout the meet.
 
Sophomore Camille Gooden ran away with the gold medal in the 400-meter dash with an ECAC qualifying and season-best mark of 55.39 after claiming first in the preliminary round. Gooden also competed in the 200-meter dash, taking second at 24.48.
 
Rookies Lucy Smith and Jordan O'Dea made some noise in the 5000-meter run as Young took fourth (17:01.71), while O'Dea snagged a personal-best mark for sixth (17:06.83). The duo later dominated the 3,000-meter steeplechase, taking first and second. Young set a new school record, finishing in 10:31.11, a record she previously set at the Yale invitational.
 
The NU women took a home a pair of titles in the field events. Jacilyn Briggs logged her first CAA individual title in the pole vault after clearing a height of 3.70 meters., while senior Julia Westover led the hammer throw with a season best 51.84-meter toss.

Through the weekend, the women's squad tallied 19 personal-best marks, 29 New England qualifying times, 13 ECAC tickets, and registered seven new records on  Northeastern's all-time performance list.

Northeastern continues post-season competition at the New England Championships, beginning on Thursday, May 8 and look to improve off a third-place team from last year's Championship.


 
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