ELON, N.C. – Northeastern men's and women's track and field landed on the podium 11 times on day one of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Outdoor track & Field Championships, hosted at Elon University's Jerry And Jeanne Robertson Track And Field Complex.
The Huskies sit in second place on the men's and women's side, both trailing William & Mary. The men have 58 points through their first seven events, while the women have locked in 44.50 points through their first six events.
On the Podium
| Medal |
Men |
Women |
| Gold |
1 |
1 |
| Silver |
2 |
1 |
| Bronze |
4 |
2 |
Individual events
Junior
Kyle Darrow defended his long jump title, landing 7.44m in the sand pit, while sophomore
Jordan Samuels collected bronze with 6.96m. In the women's section, senior
Nicole Genard finished in second place with 5.78m and
Jessica Scott in third with a new personal record of 5.71m.
After leading the CAA in the javelin this spring, Genard clinched her first championship in the event with a mark of 44.56m. Fellow grad
Christopher Reider capped off his collegiate career in the event with bronze (60.96m) for the second season in a row and third time at NU.
Sophomores
Ryan Kim,
Connor Fugere and
Eric Mellusi had strong performances in the throws events, each recording new personal bests.
Kim and Fugere collected their first CAA silver medals in the discus (46.89m) and hammer throw (55.54m), respectively. Mellusi earned his first pair of bronze medals in the hammer (49.69m) and discus (46.29m).
Alexandra Rose garnered bronze in the hammer, her first CAA medal, with 49.63m. In her debut CAA title meet, rookie
Lauren Swanson earned fourth place in the hammer with 48.86m, the highest finish of any first-years in the event.
Decathlon
In the first five events of the decathlon,
Nick Fofana won the 100m (11.30), shot put (13.72m, new personal best), high jump (1.84m) and tied for first in the long jump with William & Mary's Alex Hedick (6.62m).
Matthew Ferri (10.97m, new personal best) and
Matthew Richards (10.84m, new personal best) rounded out the Husky sweep in the shot put with second and third, respectively.
Ferri also finished second in the high jump (1.75m) and third in the 400m (52.67), while Richards earned second in the 400m (52.48) and third in the long jump (6.51m) and 100m (11.54).
Heptathlon
Kelsey Sullivan leads NU in the heptathlon with second place finishes in the 100m hurdles (14.84) and high jump (1.63m). The sophomore also earned fourth in the 200m (27.51) and sixth in the shot put (9.64m).
On to the finals
Rounding out day one, 23 Huskies advanced to the finals tomorrow after qualifying in their respective trials:
1500m
Brooke Wojeski (4:39.60)
Isabel Lund (4:43.95)
100mH
Nicole Genard (14.31)
Betsy Garnick (14.46)
400m
Donovan Henry (49.20)
Paul Duffey (49.30)
David Johnston (49.72)
Chris Jewett (49.89)
James Ferrera (51.26)
Camille Gooden (55.79)
Patrice Williams (54.91)
100m
Jessica Scott (12.08)
800m
Jay Navin (1:53.75)
Connor Donovan (1:54.97)
Marc Rienas (1:54.41)
Collin Rowe (1:55.07)
Corinne Myers (2:15.61)
Amy Piccolo (2:14.29)
400mH
Audrey Weyand (1:02.85)
200m
Kyle Darrow (21.74)
Kwame Fordwor (21.88)
Donovan Henry (21.93)
Jared Lane (21.96)
Collins Ebozue (22.34)
Chris Jewett (22.40)
Camille Gooden (24.62)
Tomorrow
The decathlon and heptathlon pick back up at 9:30 a.m. and 10 a.m., respectively. Field event action continues at 10 a.m. with the shot put, discus, triple jump and high jump. Individual titles will be awarded in those events. The track finals begin at 1 p.m. with the 4x100m relays and end with the 4x400m relays at roughly 4:30 p.m. Following the completion of all events, an awards presentation will be held to honor both 2016 team champions. A full schedule can be found
here.
