THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Sherie and Don (1961) Morrison Track (Cambridge, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: Led by a championship-record throw in the hammer on Saturday by sophomore Alexis Boykin (Clayton, Ohio), the No. 10 ranked MIT women's track and field team built a 39-point lead after day one of the 2023 NEWMAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
 
DAY ONE TEAM STANDINGS
1. MIT - 82
2. Coast Guard - 43
3. Springfield - 31
4. WPI - 12
5. Smith - 10
6. Babson - 8
7t. Wheaton - 4
7t. Wellesley - 4
9. Mount Holyoke - 1
 
HOW IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY:
 
- In the hammer, Boykin posted a throw of 177 feet, 11 inches to break the previous mark by a three-inch margin. Sophomore Emily Ball (Des Moines, Iowa) was second in 164 feet, two inches, followed by junior Erika Leasher Midland, Mich.) in sixth at 129 feet, two inches.
 
- Ball won the javelin by nearly five feet with a winning throw of 130 feet, nine inches. Finishing as the runner-up was first-year Elaine Wang (West Des Moines, Iowa) with a throw of 125 feet, 11 inches.
 
- In the 10,000 meters, the Engineers swept the top three and earned 24 points as senior Anna Chau (Salem, Ore.) won the event at 38:24.38. Senior Anna Haddad (Tacoma, Wash.) crossed in second at 28:25.39, followed by first-year Katherine Sanderson (West Hartford, Conn.) in third at 28:25.59.
 
- First-year Hailey Surace (Snohomish, Wash.) finished third in the pole vault with a clearance of 11 feet, 1.75 inches. She was joined by first-year Katelyn Howard (Lake Oswego, Ore.) in the scoring as Howard cleared 10 feet, two inches to place seventh.
 
- In the long jump, junior Emma Martin (North Andover, Mass.) finished third with a jump of 17 feet, 10.75 inches. Senior Laena Tieng (Kent, Wash.) placed fourth as she posted a leap of 17 feet, 4.25 inches.
 
- In the 100-meter prelims on Saturday, first-year Shreya Kalyan (Troy, Mich.) qualified for the final as she was fifth at 12.58 seconds.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Sunday, April 30th as the Engineers will host the second and final day of the NEWMAC Championship. Events get underway at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday morning.
 
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