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Women's Track and Field

MIT Crowned 2023 NEWMAC Women's Track and Field Champions

This release is courtesy of MIT Athletic Communications

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (April 30) -- 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.
 
Below are the final team standings, as well as event-by-event results. The top two finishers in each event earn NEWMAC All-Conference honors.
 
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
 
Heptathlon
  • First Team: Lauren Zatulove (Babson)
  • Second Team: Lydia Beers (WPI) 
High Jump
  • First Team: Allie Wildsmith (Coast Guard)
  • Second Team: Tolu Akinbo (MIT) 
Discus
  • First Team: Emily Ball (MIT)
  • Second Team: Alexis Boykin (MIT) 
Shot Put
  • First Team: Alexis Boykin (MIT)
  • Second Team: Sophie Warren (Springfield) 
Triple Jump
  • First Team: Laena Tieng (MIT)
  • Second Team: Nony Otu Ugwu (MIT)
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
  • First Team: Einat Gavish (MIT)
  • Second Team: Ellie Murphy-Weise (Wellesley)
4x100 Relay
  • First Team: Wheaton
  • Second Team: MIT
1,500 Meters
  • First Team: Grace Hadley (WPI)
  • Second Team: Gillian Roeder (MIT)
100-Meter Hurdles
  • First Team: Michelle Kwafo (Coast Guard)
  • Second Team: Amanda Castaldi (Wheaton)
400 Meters
  • First Team: Marina Miller (MIT)
  • Second Team: Maddy Hon (MIT)
100 Meters
  • First Team: Michelle Kwafo (Coast Guard) - Ties Championship Record
  • Second Team: Gwendolyn Andersen (Springfield) 
800 Meters
  • First Team: Sydney Packard (WPI)
  • Second Team: Amelia Kokernak (WPI)
400-Meter Hurdles
  • First Team: Paige Cooksey (MIT)
  • Second Team: Angela Hagstrom (Babson)
200 Meters
  • First Team: Michelle Kwafo (Coast Guard)
  • Second Team: Schyler Wyse (Wheaton)
5,000 Meters
  • First Team: Grace Hadley (WPI) - Championship Record
  • Second Team: Kirsi Rajagopal (MIT) 
4x400 Relay
  • First Team: WPI
  • Second Team: Babson