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Day one recapBOSTON – For the third season in a row, the Northeastern women's track and field program won the NEICAAA New England Indoor Championship on Saturday, hosted at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center. The men's team finished in second place with 101 points.
The women won with 157 points, while Rhode Island finished in second (82.75) and Massachusetts in third (17.15). The men were just 26 points shy of defeating this year's champions Rhode Island (126). New Hampshire came in third with 47 points.
Over the two-day stretch, the Huskies tabbed four gold, which includes the women's overall title, 14 silver, including the men's overall finish, and eight bronze performances between both programs.
"Our women were very deep and we saw some folks really step up and do things that they hadn't before," said director
Cathrine Erickson. "We are seeing some people really make their mark in the program. Our men know that the New England Championships is one of our gold standards and we missed the mark this weekend. We know that this group will show more strength as we head into the outdoor championships," she added.
Following
Kelsey Sullivan's record-breaking day on Friday (Pentathlon – 3,691 points),
Nick Fofana finished the heptathlon with 4,906 points, good for third place on the day. The sophomore won the shot put with a new New England record of 13.73m, and placed second in the 60mH with 8.44.
Jordan O'Dea and
Brooke Wojeski had one-two punches in the 5000m with 17:03.24 and 17:24.90, respectively, while
Amy Piccolo earned silver in the 800m run (2:11.46).
Zoe Taitel and
Ryan Kim both won silver in the shot put with 16.82m and 13.70m, respectively.
Rose Castle tabbed a top-15 finish in the triple jump with 11.16m. For the men,
Jordan Samuels earned a top-10 mark of 14.26m (eighth place).
Samuels went on to finish third in the 60mH with 8.13 on the clock, while rookie
Shawn Bleichert came in fourth with 8.16.
Betsy Garnick and
Nicole Genard won silver and bronze, respectively, with 8.62.
In the 60m dash,
Kyle Darrow took home silver with 6.86, while
Jessica Scott finished in fourth with 7.78.
Camille Gooden and
Kwame Fordwor both took home silver in the 200m dash with 24.88 and 21.54, respectively. Gooden later earned bronze in the 400m dash with 54.49.
Paul Duffey earned silver with 1:04.70 in the 500m dash and
Katie Hanlon earned third with 1:14.18.
Dan Paiva,
Chris Jewett,
Paul Duffey and
Collin Rowe landed second place in the distance medley relay with 9:53.90.
Up next:The Huskies will prep for the IC4A/ECAC Championships on Friday-Sunday, March 4-6, at BU's Track and Tennis Center.
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