WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – After day one of the New England Championships, the Northeastern women's track and field team leads the competition with 26.5 points while the men rank third with 21 points in a field of 19 teams each.
 
Heading into day two, the women have a slight lead on second place MIT with 21 points and third place New Hampshire with 20 points. The men's team trails Rhode Island and Dartmouth by 28 and 25 points respectively however big performances from the sprinters and the 2017 CAA Championship Most Outstanding Track Performer, David Adams, could serve as a springboard for the Huskies to take the lead.
 
In the women's competition, Paige Suse and Danae Bucci carried the team through day one, earning first and third place in the high jump, collecting 15.5 points for Northeastern. Bucci's 1.65m jump marked a season high for the sophomore while Suse leaped just five inches under her career best. Erica Belvit and Kerri Ruffo also contributed in their respective events, Belvit claiming third in the hammer throw and Ruffo taking fourth in the 5000m. Belvit notched a career high for the second straight meet and Ruffo ran her fastest time of the season that was just three seconds shy of her personal best.
 
On the track, the women will compete in five event finals tomorrow. Speedster Patrice Williams will represent the Red and Black in both the 200m and 400m dashes. Williams earned the No. 5 seed in the 200m and ranks second in the 400m. Sprinting duo Sydney Fisher and Jessica Scott will race in the 100m finals and Audrey Weyand will compete in the 400m hurdles.
 
One week after claiming CAA gold at his first championship meet, rookie Travis Kartz finished third in New England, collecting six points for the Huskies. Northeastern tallied the bulk of its points in the 10000m, where Dan Romano, Patrick Cunningham and Tucker McNinch took top ten spots and raced season bests in the event, giving NU a 12 point boost.
 
Tomorrow, David Adams will look to earn important points for the Huskies in both the 110m and 400m hurdles. Adams earned CAA silver and gold in the events and enters the finals as the five seed in the 110m race and the top overall seed in the 400m hurdles with a time .04 seconds faster than his championship race last weekend. Freshman Lucas Holt will join Adams in the 400m hurdles, claiming the eighth spot with a 53.59 finish in prelims. Two other freshmen, Austin Lin and Naukym Morton, advanced to the 400m dash and 100m dash finals, seeded sixth and fourth. Reigning CAA gold and silver medalists, Kwame Fordwor and Collins Ebozue will tag team the 200m dash, vying for a repeat of last weekend's performances.
 
The New England Championships will resume tomorrow, Saturday, beginning with the heptathlon and decathlon at 10 a.m. and remaining field and track events at 12 p.m.
 
 
Northeastern Day One Results
M Pole Vault
3^rd Travis Kartz 4.81m (15' 9.25") | 6 pts.
 
M Hammer
6^th Connor Fugere 54.60m (179' 2") | 3 pts.
17^th Giovanni Gray 50.07m (164' 3")
21^st Eric Mellusi 49.19m (161' 5")
 
M Long Jump
Anthony Roderick (foul)
 
W High Jump
1^st Paige Suse 1.70m (5' 7") | 10 pts.
T-3^rd Danae Bucci 1.65m (5' 5") | 5.5 pts.
9^th Sarah Kowpack 1.60m (5' 3")
 
W Hammer
3^rd Erica Belvit 55.68m (182' 8") | 6 pts.
12^th Lauren Swanson 49.90m (163' 8")
20^th Monae Cooper 46.89m (153' 10")
 
W Pole Vault
Eliana Sirkin (NH)
 
W Long Jump
19^th Janaia Skibitcky 5.05m (16' 7")
24^th Jessica Scott 4.35m (14' 3.25")
 
M 110m Hurdles
5^th David Adams 14.52*
11^th Shawn Bleichert 14.82
 
M 400m Dash
6^th Austin Lin 48.47*
12^th Chris Jewett 49.11
 
W 400m Dash
2^nd Patrice Williams 53.71*
12^th Katie Hanlon 57.19
 
M 100m Dash
4^th Naukym Morton 10.80*
11^th Collins Ebozue 10.90
 
W 100m Dash
4^th Sydney Fisher 12.19*
5^th Jessica Scott 12.06*
 
M 400m Hurdles
1^st David Adams 52.51*
8^th Lucas Holt 53.59*
23^rd Daniel Bassous 56.54
 
W 400m Hurdles
5^th Audrey Weyand 1:02.12*
27^th Olivia Robbins 1:07.30
 
M 200m
2^nd Kwame Fordwor 21.59*
8^th Collins Ebozue 21.87*
11^th Chris Jewett 21.92
 
W 200m
5^th Patrice Williams 24.62*
10^th Jessica Scott 25.17
12^th Sydney Fisher 25.31
 
W 5000m
4^th Kerri Ruffo 17:12.73 | 5 pts.
25^th Louiza Wise 18:35.78
 
M 10000m
2^nd Dan Romano 31:01.96 | 8pts.
6^th Patrick Cunningham 31:27.11 | 3 pts.
8^th Tucker McNinch 32:04.89 | 1 pt.
9^th Craig Hammond 32:19.64
11^th Dan Condon 32:20.72
 
W 10000m
Elizabeth Harrington (DNF)
 
Decathlon (through event 5)
3^rd Nick Fofana 3388
7^th Leo Moronta 3204
8^th Matthew Richards 2969
10^th Mark Puglia 2935
11^th Matthew Ferri 2892
 
 
*advanced to finals