THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Neuhoff-Lumley Track (Amherst, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: Led by a school record in the discus by sophomore Alexis Boykin (Clayton, Ohio) and three top-10 national marks for the Engineers, the No. 7 ranked MIT women's track and field team competed at the Amherst Spring Fling on Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Boykin swept the shot put, discus and hammer throw on Saturday, including a school record by six feet, 11 inches in the discus. She won the discus by over 45 feet, while taking first in the put by almost eight feet with a throw of 45 feet, 0.5 inches. Her mark in the discus is currently ranked second in the country.
 
- In the hammer throw, Boykin posted a mark of 165 feet, 11 inches and is No. 16 in the nation in that event. Sophomore Emily Ball (Des Moines, Iowa) was second in the hammer with her toss of 147 feet, 11 inches.
 
- First-year Elaine Wang (West Des Moines, Iowa) won the javelin with a throw of 127 feet, 11 inches, with Ball right behind her in third at 119 feet, 10 inches. In the triple jump, first-year Nony Otu Ugwu (Katy, Texas) was second at 36 feet, 6.25 inches, while senior Laena Tieng (Kent, Wash.) finished fourth at 36 feet, 2.25 inches. Tieng was also fourth in the long jump as she posted a leap of 16 feet, 10.75 inches.
 
- First-year Katie Kempff (St. Charles, Ill.) won the high jump with a leap of five feet, 2.25 inches. Junior Tolu Akinbo (Naperville, Ill.) was fourth at five feet, 0.25 inches. First-year Hailey Surace (Snohomish, Wash.) placed second in the pole vault as she cleared 11 feet, 3.75 inches.
 
- On the track, sophomore Marina Miller (Bel Air, Md.) ran a PR of 57.45 as she won the 400 meters and is ranked eighth nationally. Senior Einat Gavish (Newton, Mass.) finished second in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 10:52.39 and is ninth in the country.
 
- First-year Shreya Kalyan (Troy, Mich.) ran a PR of 25.86 seconds to finish second in the 200, while crossing in third in the 100 meters at 12.44 seconds.
 
- In the 1,500, both first-year Lexi Fernandez (Stevenson Ranch, Calif.) and senior Kirsi Rajagopal (Harrison, N.Y.) ran personal-bests as they finished second and fifth, respectively. Fernandez finished in 4:40.38 and she was followed by Rajagopal at 4:42.94.
 
- Junior Gillian Roeder (Delmar, N.Y.) finished second in the 800 with a time of 2:16.22, along with sophomore Christina Crow (Mercer Island, Wash.) in fifth with a PR of 2:18.83.
 
- 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
8. Marina Miller - 57.45
 
1,500 Meters
10. Gillian Roeder - 4:36.01
 
10,000 Meters
20. Katherine Sanderson - 37:13.31
 
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
9. Einat Gavish - 10:52.39
 
4x100 Relay
15. Madeline Hon, Emma Martin, Marina Miller, Shreya Kalyan - 48.31
 
4x400 Relay
3. Madeline Hon, Shreya Kalyan, Marina Miller, Julia Howarth - 3:52.55
 
Shot Put
1. Alexis Boykin - 47' 11.75"
 
Discus
2. Alexis Boykin - 160'
 
Hammer Throw
16. Alexis Boykin - 165' 11"
 
Javelin
19. Elaine Wang - 129' 11"
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Saturday, April 15th as the Engineers travel to both the UConn Northeast Challenge and the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton University.
 
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