THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Northeastern University Track (Dedham, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: Over the weekend, the No. 6 ranked MIT women's track and field team finished seventh at the NEICAAA New England Championship, held at the Northeastern University Track in Dedham. The Engineers were seventh out of 43 teams from all three NCAA divisions with a total of 40 points.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY:
 
- On day one, the No. 6 ranked Engineers sat in fifth with 19 points as MIT first-year Katherine Sanderson (West Hartford, Conn.) led the way with a victory in the 10,000 meters. Her winning time of 36:25.86 is a personal-best by 48 seconds and sits just outside of the top 25 in the country. Senior Anna Haddad (Tacoma, Wash.) placed fourth in 37:11.49, while senior Anna Chau (Salem, Ore.) finished in seventh at 38:17.32.
 
- First-year Hailey Surace (Snohomish, Wash.) scored two points in the pole vault on Friday, posting an outdoor season-best clearance of 11 feet, 9.75 inches.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY:
 
- Junior Gillian Roeder (Delmar, N.Y.) finished second and moved up to eighth nationally as she ran a personal-best time of 4:28.79 in the 1,500 meters. In the 800 meters, junior Julia Howarth (Barrington, R.I.) placed second and jumped up to No. 11 in the country with a season-best time of 2:11.45.
 
- In the discus, sophomore Emily Ball (Des Moines, Iowa) easily broke her personal-best as she is No. 10 nationally with a throw of 149 feet that was good for sixth place overall.
 
- In the 3,000-meter steeplechase, senior Einat Gavish (Newton, Mass.) finished in fourth place as she ran a time of 11:09.85.
 
- 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
16. Marina Miller - 56.32
 
800 Meters
11. Julia Howarth - 2:11.45
 
1,500 Meters
8. Gillian Roeder - 4:28.79
 
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
10. Einat Gavish - 10:43.89
 
4x400 Relay
7. Madeline Hon, Shreya Kalyan, Marina Miller, Julia Howarth - 3:49.17
 
Shot Put
6. Alexis Boykin - 47' 11.75"
 
Discus
2. Alexis Boykin - 160'
10. Emily Ball - 149'
 
Hammer Throw
2. Alexis Boykin - 193' 9"
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on May 18th as the Engineers host the MIT Final Qualifier at the Sherie and Don (1961) Morrison Track. That meet is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m.
 
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