THE BASICS:
 
- Meet: New England Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship
 
- Location: South Hadley, Mass. (Turf and Track Complex)
 
- The Lead: The MIT women's track and field team won the program's third consecutive and 11^th overall New England Division III Championship on Saturday. The Engineers amassed 141.5 points, a total 87.5 more than runner up Middlebury College.
 
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
 
- Junior Alexis Boykin (Clayton, Ohio) repeated as the champion in the hammer throw, shot put, and discus. She won the hammer throw with a distance of 57.08m (187' 3"), the shot put with a mark of 15.06m (49' 5"), and the discus with a PR of 50.53 (165' 9").
 
- Sophomore Nony Otu Ugwu (Katy, Texas) captured the triple jump crown as her last attempt reached 11.80m (38' 8.75").
 
- Junior Marina Miller (Bel Air, Md.) won the 400m with a time of 55.81 while junior Olivia Dias (East Taunton, Mass.) was eighth in 58.57.
 
- Senior Paige Cooksey (Ormond Beach, Fla.) set a PR of 1:01.66 in her 400m hurdles victory.
 
- The 4x400 relay, comprised of senior Madeline Hon (Manhasset, N.Y.), Cooksey, sophomore Krystal Montgomery (San Jose, Calif.), and Dias finished first in 3:50.99.
 
- Junior Emily Ball (Des Moines, Iowa) was the runner up in the hammer throw with a PR of 50.56m (165' 10") and the discus (47.20m / 154' 10") while also placing fifth in shot put (12.58m / 41' 3.25"). Also competing in discus, first-year Macy Brennan (Westlake, Ohio) ranked seventh with a mark of 39.04m (128' 1").
 
- Sophomores Katelyn Howard (Lake Oswego, Ore.) and Hailey Surace (Snohomish, Wash.) finished second and third in the pole vault. Howard cleared 3.88m (12' 8.75") on her last attempt while Surace reached a height of 3.78m (12' 4.75").
 
- The Engineers claimed second, sixth, and eighth place in the 800m. Senior Julia Howarth (Barrington, R.I.) led the way with a time of 2:09.66 while Montgomery and sophomore Erin Hovendon (Laurel Park, Mass.) both logged PRs of 2:14.13 and 2:16.45, respectively.
 
- First-year Olivia Girand (New York, N.Y.) was the runner-up in the 3,000m steeplechase as her time of 10:52.55 resulted in a PR.
 
- In the high jump, senior Tolu Akinbo (Naperville, Ill.) finished fourth as she set a PR of 1.67m (5' 5.75") on her final attempt. Meanwhile, first-year Amalia Christina Toutziaridi (Athens, Greece) tied for eighth place with a height of 1.57m (5' 1.75").
 
- The 4x400 relay, comprised of senior Meagan Rowlett (Dana Point, Calif.), junior Olivia Stoner (Haddonfield, N.J.), first-year Jessica Meza (Columbus, Ind.), and Hovendon placed fourth with a time of 9:29.90.
 
- In the javelin, sophomore Elaine Wang (West Des Moines, Iowa) ranked fifth with a distance of 37.86m (124' 2").
 
- 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
12. Marina Miller – 24.48 (NEWMAC Championship)
 
400 Meters
13. Marina Miller – 55.81 (New England Division III Championship)
15. Paige Cooksey – 55.93 (NEWMAC Championship)
 
800 Meters
3. Julia Howarth – 2:08.08 (Friar Invitational)
 
1500 Meters
13. Lexi Fernandez – 4:30.58 (NEWMAC Championship)
 
10,000 Meters
8. Katherine Sanderson – 35.08.35 (Sean Collier Invitational)
 
400 Hurdles
4. Paige Cooksey – 1:01.66 (New England Division III Championship)
 
3,000m Steeplechase
20. Olivia Girand – 10:52.55 (New England Division III Championship)
 
4x400 Relay
2. Marina Miller, Paige Cooksey, Olivia Dias, Julia Howarth – 3:46.69 (Raleigh Relays)
12. Madeline Hon, Paige Cooksey, Krystal Montgomery, Olivia Dias – 3:50.99 (New England Division III Championship)
16. Julia Howarth, Madeline Hon, Krystal Montgomery, Paige Cooksey – 3:51.54 (NEWMAC Championship)
 
High Jump
20. Tolu Akinbo – 1.67m / 5' 5.75" (New England Division III Championship)
 
Pole Vault
4. Katelyn Howard – 3.90m / 12' 9.5" (Sean Collier Invitational)
9. 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
2. Alexis Boykin – 15.15m / 49' 8.5" (UConn Northeast Challenge)
 
Discus
2. Alexis Boykin – 50.53m / 165' 9" (New England Division III Championship)
5. Emily Ball – 47.20m / 154' 10" (New England Division III Championship)
 
Hammer
2. Alexis Boykin – 59.63m / 195' 8" (Sean Collier Invitational)
 
Javelin
17. Emily Ball – 40.95m / 134' 4" (NEWMAC Championship)
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Friday, May 10 for the two-day Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza at Williams College.
 
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