Men's Schedule • Women's Schedule

BOSTON – The Northeastern track and field program returns to action following a month off at the Harvard Multis and the Beantown Challenge on Friday, Jan. 16 and Saturday, Jan. 17 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
 
Northeastern finished second and third at last year's event. The men will send 40 competitors, while the women will send 26 to represent the program. The event kicks off at 11 a.m. with the women's 60-meter hurdles. 

Several familiar foes are competing against the Huskies in Army, Cornell, UMass Amherst, Brown, and Harvard. The top-nine finishers will advance to the finals in the field events, while the top-eight finishers will advance in the 60-meter hurdles and dash. 
 
Last time out
The Northeastern Huskies continued their early season success at the sixth annual Jay Carisella Invitational by taking home first overall in both the men's and women's meets on Saturday, Dec. 13.

The men's team had nine athletes finish in the top four of their respective events, highlighted by Paul Duffey taking first place in the 800-meter run, Kyle Darrow earning a first-place finish in the long jump, and a team of David McDonald, Connor Quinn, Jay Navin and Ben Trapani taking home first place in the 4x800 meter relay.
 
On the women's side, 13 competitors claimed first-place finishes in different events. Camille Gooden was the top finisher in the 400-meter run, while Corinne Myers earned the top-spot in the 500-meter run.
 
Later in the afternoon, Jordan O'Dea took home first place in the 5000-meter run and fellow Husky Nicole Genard claimed the top spot in the long jump.
 
The men finished first out of eight competing teams with a score of 154, while the women claimed the top spot out of seven teams after scoring 153.5.
 
The road ahead
The Huskies return to action next Friday, Jan. 23 for the Joe Donahue Games, hosted by Northeastern at the Reggie Lewis Center. It's the first of four meets in four weeks for Cathrine Erickson's program. After the Joe Donahue Games, the team heads to Boston University for the John Thomas Terrier Invitational on Friday, Jan. 30 and Saturday, Jan. 31.   

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