Track & Field Teams Open Season on Saturday
December 6, 2014 | Men's Track & Field
The Boston University men's and women's track & field teams began the 2014 indoor season by hosting the BU Season Opener on Saturday at the Track and Tennis Center.
The event did not use a total team points system among the participating schools to determine an overall winner but several Terriers shined in their individual events.
On the men's side, sophomore Cameron Williams finished first in the 200m dash with a blazing time of 21.20, setting a new indoor school record, while freshman Cameron Nurse, making his collegiate debut, finished an impressive fourth in the event with a time of 21.99.
Senior Ethan Knight won the shot put competition with a throw of 16.29 meters while junior Reuben Horace, the defending Patriot League Champion, took second place with a throw of 19.00 meters in the weight throw. In the pole vault competition, senior Nikolaos Farmakidis had the highest vault of the day, winning the event with a 4.80 meter effort.
In the Terriers' final event of the day, the men finished second to Northeastern in the 4x400 relay, coming up short in a very close race by just . 77 seconds.
For the women's team, junior Christy Wood took home first place in the 300m dash for the Terriers. Wood finished with a time of 38.69, .5 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor in the field of 17.
Senior Gemma Acheampong, coming off a breakout junior season, added to her resume by finishing first in the 60m dash with a time of 7.49 seconds and setting a new indoor school record in the process. Sophomore Toria Levy took home third in the 60m hurdles with a time of 19.02.
The men's and women's track teams will be off until January 22 when the Terriers host the Four-Way Meet at the BU Track and Tennis Center.
While there was no overall team scoring for the meet, four division 1 schools participating (BU, BC, NU and Dartmouth) agreed to score head-to-head duel results. (Below)
For full individual results of the BU Season Opener click HERE
Women's Scores:
BU 46 Dartmouth 60
BU 83 BC 86
BU 53 NU 62
BC 86 BU 83
BC 78 Dartmouth 65
BC 81 NU 70
NU 70 BC 81
NU 62 BU 53
NU 63 Dartmouth 66
Men's Scores:
BU 76 BC 45
BU 57 Dartmouth 57
BU 47 NU 93
BC 45 BU 76
BC 36 Dartmouth 83
BC 38 NU 101
NU 93 BU 47
NU 101 BC 38
NU 83 Dartmouth 52
