THE BASICS:
 
- Meet: NEWMAC Championship
 
- Location: Springfield, Mass. (Blake Track)
 
- The Lead: The MIT women's track and field team won its third straight and the program's 15th all-time NEWMAC title with a 128.5-point victory over runner-up WPI at the 2024 NEWMAC Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
 
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS: 

1. MIT - 260
2. WPI - 131.5
3. Coast Guard - 113
4. Wheaton (Mass.) - 94
5. Springfield - 61.5
6. Babson - 49
7. Wellesley - 44
8. Mount Holyoke - 33
9. Smith College - 27
10. Salve Regina - 4

 
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS – TOP TWO FINISHERS EARN ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS:
 
- Junior Marina Miller (Bel Air, Md.) accounted for 20 points on her own by taking the 200m title with the fourth-fastest time in the country this season with a time of 24.48. She was edged out for the 100m dash crown, finishing second with a time of 12.27. Miller also was on the second place-finishing 4x100 meter relay team.
 
- MIT dominated the 400m run, sweeping the top three spots, led by senior Paige Cooksey (Ormond Beach, Fla.) blistering her way to the sixth fastest time in the country this year with a 55.93. Senior Julia Howarth (Barrington, R.I.) was second with the 15th fastest time in the nation (56.46) as senior Madeline Hon (Manhasset, N.Y.) rounded out the podium in third place with a time of 58.70.
 
- MIT's 4x400 meter relay team won by 10 seconds with Howarth, Cooksey, Hon and sophomore Krystal Montgomery (San Jose, Calif.) finishing with a time of 3:51.54.
 
- The Engineers scored 19 points in the high jump with senior Tolu Akinbo (Naperville, Ill.), sophomore Katie Kempff (St. Charles. Ill.), and junior Amalia Christina Toutziaridi (Athens, Greece) placing second (1.62m / 5' 3.75"), third (1.57m / 5' 1.75"), and fourth (1.52m / 4' 11.74").
 
- Juniors Alexis Boykin (Clayton, Ohio) and Emily Ball (Des Moines, Iowa) placed first and second in the shot put with throws of 14.99m (49' 2.25") and 12.73m (41' 9.25"). Ball won the discus with a throw of 44.95m (147' 5"), while first-year Macy Brennan (Westlake, Ohio) was the runner-up with a toss of 39.53 (129' 8").
 
- Sophomore Nony Otu Ugwu (Katy, Texas) won the triple jump with the 13th farthest mark in the country this season at 12.05m (39' 6.50").
 
- The Engineers scored 17 points in the 1500m run led by podium finishes for sophomore Lexi Fernandez (Stevenson Ranch, Calif.) and junior Christina Crow (Mercer Island, Wash.). Fernandez was the runner-up with a personal-best 4:30.58 for the ninth fastest time in NCAA Division III this season. Crow was third with a time 4:38.72, while first-year Megan Diulus (Akron, Ohio) placed sixth in a time of 4:44.74
 
- Montgomery, sophomore Erin Hovendon (Laurel Park, Mass.), and senior Meagan Rowlett (Dana Point, Calif.) finished third, fourth and fifth respectively to garner 15 points in the 800m run. Montgomery crossed the line in 2:17.44, while Hovendon was 2:17.98 and Rowlett was 2:18.21.
 
- The 4x100 meter relay team of Hon, senior Emma Martin (North Andover, Mass.), Marina Miller, and first-year JoJo Miller (Marietta, Ga.) placed second with a season-best 48.78.
 
- First-year Heather Jensen (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) placed third in the 3000m steeplechase in a personal-best time of 11:14.21.

- 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.
 
200 Meters
6. Marina Miller – 24.48 (NEWMAC Championship)
 
400 Meters
9. Paige Cooksey – 55.93 (NEWMAC Championship)
17. Julia Howarth – 56.46 (NEWMAC Championship)
18. Marina Miller – 56.47 (Sean Collier Invitational)
 
800 Meters
2. Julia Howarth – 2:08.08 (Friar Invitational)
 
1500 Meters
9. Lexi Fernandez – 4:30.58 (NEWMAC Championship)
 
10,000 Meters
8. Katherine Sanderson – 35.08.35 (Sean Collier Invitational)
 
400 Hurdles
8. Paige Cooksey – 1:02.62 (UConn Northeast Challenge)
 
4x400 Relay
2. Marina Miller, Paige Cooksey, Olivia Dias, Julia Howarth – 3:46.69 (Raleigh Relays)
13. Julia Howarth, Madeline Hon, Krystal Montgomery, Paige Cooksey – 3:51.54 (NEWMAC Championship)
 
Pole Vault
4. Katelyn Howard – 3.90m / 12' 9.5" (Sean Collier Invitational)
8. Hailey Surace – 3.85m / 12' 7.5" (Sean Collier Invitational)
 
Triple Jump
14. Nony Otu Ugwu – 12.05m / 39' 6.5" (NEWMAC Championship)
 
Shot Put
1. Alexis Boykin – 15.15m / 49' 8.5" (UConn Northeast Challenge)
 
Discus
4. Alexis Boykin – 48.90m / 160' 5" (Amherst Spring Fling)
8. Emily Ball – 46.08m / 151' 2" (UConn Northeast Challenge)
 
Hammer
2. Alexis Boykin – 59.63m / 195' 8" (Sean Collier Invitational)
 
Javelin
14. Emily Ball – 40.95m / 134' 4" (NEWMAC Championship)
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT will compete at the New England Division III Championship on May 3-4 at Mount Holyoke College.
 
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