THE BASICS:
 
- Location: George Sherman Family Sports Complex (Storrs, Conn.)
 
- The Lead: On Saturday, the No. 7 MIT women's track and field team posted three top-20 national marks and finished 15th overall with a total of 12 points at the UConn Northeast Challenge in Storrs, Conn.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- In the 4x400 relay, the team of junior Madeline Hon (Manhasset, N.Y.), first-year Shreya Kalyan (Troy, Mich.), sophomore Marina Miller (Bel Air, Md.) and junior Julia Howarth (Barrington, R.I.) finished sixth overall and are now ranked second nationally with a season-best time of 3:49.17. In addition, Howarth is No. 17 in the country in the 800 meters as she finished ninth in that event in an outdoor PR time of 2:14.65.
 
- Sophomore Alexis Boykin (Clayton, Ohio) was seventh in the discus with a throw of 148 feet, one inch. She is now joined in the top 20 in the country by sophomore Emily Ball (Des Moines, Iowa), who posted a personal-best of 138 feet, seven inches and is No. 20 nationally.
 
- Ball placed 10th in the javelin with a PR of 117 feet, 10 inches, while Boykin finished seventh in the shot put at 44 feet, 10.25 inches and 14th in the hammer throw with a distance of 162 feet.
 
- First-year Hailey Surace (Snohomish, Wash.) placed fourth in the pole vault as she cleared a height of 11 feet, 8.5 inches. In the triple jump, senior Laena Tieng (Kent, Wash.) posted a season-best jump of 37 feet, 3.75 inches.
 
- Below are the current top-20 rankings for the Engineers, from meets up to this point in the season as listed at www.tfrrs.org.
 
400 Meters
17. Marina Miller - 57.45
 
800 Meters
17. Julia Howarth - 2:14.65
 
1,500 Meters
12. Gillian Roeder - 4:36.01
 
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
10. Einat Gavish - 10:52.39
 
4x400 Relay
2. Madeline Hon, Shreya Kalyan, Marina Miller, Julia Howarth - 3:49.17
 
Shot Put
3. Alexis Boykin - 47' 11.75"
 
Discus
2. Alexis Boykin - 160'
20. Emily Ball - 138' 7"
 
Hammer Throw
18. Alexis Boykin - 165' 11"
 
Javelin
19. Elaine Wang - 129' 11"
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Friday-Saturday, April 21-22 as the Engineers host the Sean Collier Invitational Distance Night on Friday and the Sean Collier Invitational on Saturday.
 
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