Results |
Women's recap (Friday)BOSTON – Following the women's performances on Friday, Feb. 12, the Northeastern men's track and field program closed out the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational on Saturday, Feb. 13, at the BU Track and Tennis Center.
With 17 new indoor personal bests recorded, the men racked in three top-three performances, 15 top-20 finishes, 18 top-30 spots and 30 top-50s.
Combined with the women's performances on Friday, The Huskies wrapped up the Valentine Invitational with 28 new personal bests, six top-five finishes, 14 top-10s and 29 top-20 spots.
Highlights•
Kyle Darrow earned the top performance of the day with second place in the long jump with 7.55m.
• Ryan Kim threw 16.16m in the shot put, slating him in third place.
• Jordan Samuels earned top-10 performances with third place in the triple jump (14.54m) and eighth place in the 60m hurdles (8.14).
• Dan Romano tabbed a top-15 finish in the 5000m with a new personal best of 14:42.99.
• Kwame Fordwor was the top performer for NU in the 60m dash with 7.04 on the clock (16th place).
• Justin Marcantonio earned a new personal best with his 1:06.21 finish in the 500m dash, good for 18th place.
• Dan Paiva also registered a new personal best on the track. He placed 32nd in the 1000m with 2:30.80.
• The lone Husky in the mile,
Mike Duggan notched a new personal best of 4:26.52.
Additional finishes| Event | Student-athlete(s) | Place/Mark/Notes |
| Shot put | Robert Alder | Seventh place (15.05m), new personal best |
| Weight throw | Giovanni Gray | 16th place (15.20m) |
| High jump | Chris Manning | Tied 14th place (1.85m) |
| 800m run | Collin Rowe
Connor Donovan
Gunnar Nolan | 59th place (1:54.89)
89th place (1:56.27), new personal best
198th place (2:02.19), new personal best |
| 60m dash | Shawn Bleichert | 22nd place (7.08), new personal best |
| 60m hurdle | Matthew Ferri | 54th place (9.00), new personal best |
| 200m dash | Kwame Fordwor
Matthew Richards | 34th place (22.06)
139th place (23.26), new personal best |
| 400m dash | Donovan Henry
James Ferrera
Nate McLachlan
Kevin Boudreau
Matthew Ferri | 30th place (48.80)
72nd place (50.09), new personal best
125th place (51.25), new personal best
140th place (51.58), new personal best
142nd place (51.62), new personal best |
| 1000m | James Garbier | 39th place (2:31.72), new personal best |
| 3000m | Christian Stafford | 54th place (8:29.13) |
| 5000m | Daniel Condon
Michael Potter | 43rd place (15:08.86), new personal best
78th place (15:38.68), new personal best |
Championship timeNortheastern heads to Harvard's Gordon Indoor Track for the U.S. Track and Field New England Championships on Sunday, Feb. 21.
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