Results
 
BOSTON – On day one of the New England Championships, the Northeastern University track and field teams earned 30 top 10 finishes and advanced 11 athletes to the finals that will be held at the Reggie Lewis Center on Saturday. Additionally, three athletes will complete the men's heptathlon.
 
Day One Highlights
 
Men's Heptathlon
In the 60 meter dash, Matt Richards and Nick Fofana finished one after the other with times of 7.31 and 7.33 respectively. Matthew Ferri also finished in the top ten with a time of 7.63. Richards and Fofana also finished in the top three of the long jump, Fofana grabbing second with a 6.59m jump and Richards tabbing third with a 6.44m mark. Ferri notched his second top ten finish of the day with a 5.76m performance. Fofana continued his dominance in the shot put, taking first place by almost two meters with a throw of 13.36m. Conn. College's Austin DiMartino threw 11.53m for second in the event. The trio of Fofana, Ferri and Richards again took three of the top ten spots for Northeastern in the high jump. Fofana notched first with a jump of 1.96m.
 
Women's Pentathlon
Betsy Garnick finished first in the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.79. Garnick was the only competitor in the field to post a sub-nine second performance. In the high jump, Julia Marshall ended up in a three-way tie for first place along with Assumption's Abigail Jones and Holy Cross' Lauren Rasmus. The three women all cleared 1.58m for the top spots. Garnick also placed second in the shot put with a throw of 11.30m. Garnick continued to excel as the day went on, taking another first place finish in the long jump with a mark of 5.46m. In the final event, the 800 meter run, Garnick placed seveth with a time of 2:32.52. After the fifth event, Betsy Garnick emerged as the pentathlon champion with a score of 3463, earning 10 points for Northeastern.
 
Women's Performances
In one of the few races to complete final heats today, Kerri Ruffo placed third overall with a time of 17:41.77, good for six points towards the team's total. Patrice Williams earned a spot in the 400 meter finals tomorrow, placing third in prelims with a run of 55.75. The top seed from UMass Boston clocked 55.18. In the women's 500m dash, Katie Hanlon earned the top seed for finals with a time of 1:15.12 and will be joined in the race by teammate Audrey Weyand who clocked 1:17.30 for the No. 7 seed tomorrow. Amy Piccolo from the mid-distance crew raced to a 2:16.32 finish in the 800 meters, claiming the No. 6 seed for the finals. Senior Sarah Adler finished 5^th in the 1000 meter prelims with a finals qualifying time of 3:00.58. Patrice Williams notched her second finals qualifier in the 200m dash, clocking 25.10, good for second overall. Amanda Hickey, Katie Hanlon, Edlyn Gulama and Jordan O'Dea made up the distance medley relay that clocked 12:13.80 which ranked sixth and earned three points for the Huskies. Freshmen duo Erica Belvit and Monae Cooper highlighted the weight throw earning fourth and fifth with marks of 16.97m and 16.38m.
 
Men's Performances
Chris Manning kicked off the field events with a third place high jump finish clearing 2.04m. Rookie Travis Kartz continued his success in the pole vault notching a height of 4.80m, which ranked second in the meet and earned eight points for the Huskies. The Huskies tallied another top finish when Eric Mellusi achieved an 18.86m mark in the weight throw. School record holder Kyle Darrow also took a first place finish in the long jump with a 7.46m performance. In the 5000m final, Dan Romano scored five points for the Huskies with a 14:52.78 finish, good for fourth overall. Northeastern went on to qualify two athletes for finals in the 500 meter run. Lucas Holt and Austin Lin ran times of 1:05.42 and 1:05.91 which ranked third and fifth overall. Paul Duffey was the 10^th Northeastern athlete to qualify for finals earning the top seed in the 800 meter with a time of 1:51.84. Duffey will be joined in the finals by Connor Donovan who ran 1:53.71 in the preliminary round. The Huskies secured back-to-back wins when Marc Rienas qualified for the finals as the top finisher in the men's 1000m running 2:26.55. Jay Navin and Collin Rowe also qualified in the 1000m as the seventh and eighth seed. In the sprints, Kyle Darrow and Chris Jewett ran 22.07 and 22.12 to qualify for the finals on Saturday. Darrow tied for the top seed while Jewett ranks No. 2. In the final race of the night, a new distance medley crew made up of Cameron Kunde, Austin Lin, Connor Quinn and Pat Cunningham placed third with a time of 9:57.45. The top finisher, American International, clocked 9:55.32.
 
Next Up
The New England Championships will continue on Saturday, Feb. 25 beginning at 12 p.m. with the un-seeded mile at the Reggie Lewis Center.