BOSTON, Mass. – In the first meet of the 2009-10 indoor
track and field season, Northeastern University's Jay Carisella
Track & Field Invitational, Brandeis junior Paul
Norton (Amherst, Mass./Amherst Regional) qualified for his
fourth career NCAA championship.
Norton finished sixth in the 5,000-meter run with a time of
14:36.45. An All-American for the first time when he finished
seventh at the NCAA Division III cross country championships this
fall, Norton was the second Division III finisher in the 5,000
behind a runner from Tufts. He met the provisional qualifying mark
by seven seconds.
On the women's side, the Judges had three top-five finishes.
Junior Lucia Capano (Manchester, N.H./Manchester
Central) led the way, placing second in the triple jump behind a
competitor from Division II American International with a distance
of 35 feet, 11 ½ inches (10.96 meters), just two inches
behind the winning distance. Capano also placed eighth in the long
jump with a leap of 16 feet, 3 ¾ inches (4.97 meters). Also
earning top finishes for the Judges were a pair of seniors.
Julia Alpaio (Cranston, R.I./Cranston East) placed
third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.75, while classmate
Suzanne Bernier (Hanson, Mass./Whitman-Hanson)
took fifth in the high jump with a height of 5 feet, 1 ¾
inches (1.57 meters).