THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Sherie and Don (1961) Morrison Track (Cambridge, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: On Sunday afternoon, the No. 10 ranked MIT women's track and field team captured the program's 14th all-time NEWMAC title with a 105.5-point victory over runner-up Coast Guard at the 2023 NEWMAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
 
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1. MIT - 243.5
2. Coast Guard - 138
3. WPI - 135
4. Springfield - 102
5. Babson - 55
6. Wellesley - 47
7. Wheaton - 39
8. Smith - 23.5
9. Mount Holyoke - 18
 
HOW IT HAPPENED ON SUNDAY:
 
- Sophomore Alexis Boykin (Clayton, Ohio) won the hammer throw and is ranked No. 10 nationally with a toss of 177 feet, 11 inches. The throw was 12 feet past her previous career-best. Boykin also won the shot put in a time of 45 feet, 5.25 inches as sophomore Emily Ball (Des Moines, Iowa) finished fourth at 37 feet, 10.5 inches. The two reversed roles in the discus where Ball was first in 135 feet, five inches and Boykin followed in second at 134 feet, six inches.
 
- In the 400 meters, sophomore Marina Miller (Bel Air, Md.) led an MIT sweep of the top four positions as she ran a time of 56.99 seconds. Junior Madeline Hon (Manhasset, N.Y.) finished second at 58.32 seconds, along with third place by junior Julia Howarth (Barrington, R.I.) and sophomore Olivia Dias (East Taunton, Mass.) in fourth in 59.25 seconds.
 
- The day on the track started with the 3,000-meter steeplechase as senior Einat Gavish (Newton, Mass.) took that race in a time of 11:02.79. In the 400-meter hurdles, junior Paige Cooksey (Ormond Beach, Fla.) won with a time of 1:04.23, while the MIT 4x100 meter relay team finished in second place in a time of 48.60 seconds.
 
- In the triple jump, senior Laena Tieng (Kent, Wash.) won with a jump of 37 feet, 9.25 inches, with first-year Nony Otu Ugwu (Katy, Texas) placing second at 37 feet, six inches.
 
- MIT had three scorers in the 800 meters with sophomore Christina Crow (Mercer Island, Wash.) leading the way in third at 2:17.87. First-year Erin Hovendon (Hendersonville, N.C.) followed in seventh at 2:20.27, along with junior Meagan Rowlett (Dana Point, Calif.) in eighth at 2:21.29. In the 1,500, junior Gillian Roeder (Delmar, N.Y.) was the top MIT finisher in second as she crossed in 4:39.62. Crow also scored in that event, placing sixth in 4:44.06.
 
- Senior Kirsi Rajagopal (Harrison, N.Y.) finished second in the 5,000 in 17:30.05, with Roeder also scoring in seventh place in a time of 18:18.76. First-year Shreya Kalyan (Troy, Mich.) finished fourth in both the 100 and 200-meter finals, running times of 12.43 seconds and 25.61 seconds, respectively.
 
- 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
19. Marina Miller - 56.99
 
800 Meters
18. Julia Howarth - 2:13.26
 
5,000 Meters
19. Kirsi Rajagopal - 17:01.14
 
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
14. Einat Gavish - 10:52.39
 
4x400 Relay
5. Madeline Hon, Shreya Kalyan, Marina Miller, Julia Howarth - 3:49.17
 
Shot Put
4. Alexis Boykin - 47' 11.75"
 
Discus
2. Alexis Boykin - 160'
 
Hammer Throw
10. Alexis Boykin - 177' 11"
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on May 5-6 as the Engineers travel to Springfield College for the New England Division III Outdoor Championship.
 
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