Men's Results |
Women's Results
BOSTON – Sophomore
Paige Suse and senior
Kyle Darrow tied the Northeastern school records in the high jump and long jump respectively this afternoon at BU's Season Opener. Both athletes also claimed first place in their events.
"We had a terrific day across the board with school records, we saw marks that moved freshman into the top ten on the all time list and a number of personal bests. This is exactly what we needed to start the year off with and I am extremely excited for the upcoming year" said head coach
Cathrine Erickson.
Beginning the indoor season with a bang, the men's team posted five first place finishes, 14 top three finishes, 42 top 10 finishes, 24 New England qualifiers, 12 IC4A qualifiers, six career bests and four all-time performance list marks. The women notched two first place finishes, six top three finishes, 25 top 10 finishes, 15 New England qualifiers, five ECAC qualifiers, nine career bests and nine all-time performance list marks.
Early in the meet, freshman
Austin Lin took first place in his collegiate debut in the 500 meter dash clocking 1:05.19. Fellow rookie
Lucas Holt crossed just after Lin at 1:05.60 claiming second overall. The Northeastern men dominated the 800 meter race, taking spots one through five led by sophomore
Collin Rowe who crossed the line at 1:53.80. The rest of the pack of Huskies finished within five seconds of Rowe and included Connor Quinn,
Cameron Kunde,
James Garbier and Michael Delfay. Senior
Paul Duffey continued his success from the cross country season, taking first in the mile with a time of 4:04.53, just two seconds shy of his career best. The Huskies were a force in the shot put ring, claiming five of the top ten places. Junior
Eric Mellusi finished at the top of the pack and recorded a career best throw of 16.49 meters. Classmate
Ryan Kim took the second spot with a throw of 16.24 meters.
On the women's side,
Katie Hanlon clocked a 1:15.17 500 meter run, good for first place overall and sixth on Northeastern's all-time performance list. Adding to Suse's top spot in the high jump, sophomore
Danae Bucci and freshman
Sarah Kowpack finished fifth and tenth with jumps of 1.65 meters and 1.60 meters respectively. Northeastern shined in the throws, placing nine different athletes in the top ten of the shot put and weight throw. Freshman Leeyan Redwood earned second overall in the shot put with a 14.00 meter throw, which puts her in eighth on Northeastern's all-time list after her first collegiate competition. The rookies continued to make waves through the weight throw, as
Erica Belvit and
Monae Cooper placed third and fourth overall with throws of 16.63 meters and 16.44 meters which rank eighth and ninth all-time.
The Road Ahead
The Huskies will look to continue their success at the Jay Carisella Invite on Dec. 10 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury, Mass.
* ranks on the Northeastern all-time performance list
