Springfield, Mass. – On Saturday afternoon, the No. 2 ranked MIT women’s track and field team captured the program’s 15th all-time New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Championship Title.
In total, six meet records were broken. Grace Hadley of WPI broke the NEWMAC Championship records in the 1500-meter run, the 5,000-meter run, and the 800-meter run. The other records broken included the 200-meter dash (Marina Miller, MIT), the triple jump (Nony Out Ugwu, MIT), and the shot put (Alexis Boykin, MIT).
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.
Team Standings
1. MIT – 260 points
2. WPI – 131.5
3. Coast Guard – 113
4. Wheaton – 94
5. Springfield – 61.5
6. Babson – 49
7. Wellesley – 44
8. Mount Holyoke – 33
9. Smith – 27
10 Salve Regina – 4
3,000 Meter Steeplechase
- Ella Whinney, Wellesley – 10:49.07
- Simone Beauchamp, Wellesley – 11:08.50
4x100 Meter Relay
- Wheaton, (Vargas, Wyse, Wickenheisser, Zielinski) – 48.19
- MIT, (Hon, Martin, Miller, Miller) – 48.78
1,500 Meter Run
- Grace Hadley, WPI – 4:25.97 (NEWMAC meet record; previously set by Sydney Packard, WPI in 2018)
- Lexi Fernandez, MIT – 4:30.97 – Also under NEWMAC Meet Record Time
100 Meter Hurdles
- Amanda Castaldi, Wheaton – 15.03
- Katherine DeFosse, Springfield – 15.33
400 Meter Dash
- Paige Cooksey, MIT – 55.93
- Julia Howarth, MIT – 56.46
100 Meter Dash
- Michaina Loriston, Wheaton – 12.23
- Marina Miller, MIT – 12.27
800 Meter Run
- Grace Hadley, WPI – 2:09.65 (NEWMAC meet record; previously set by Sydney Packard, WPI in 2022)
- Sophia White, Coast Guard – 2:16.16
400 Meter Hurdles
- Colleen Corman, Babson – 1:07.65
- Kristen DiBella, Wheaton – 1:08.60
200 Meter Dash
- Marina Miller, MIT – 24.48 (NEWMAC meet record; previously set by Emily Gustavson, Wheaton in 2017)
- Schyler Wise, Wheaton – 25.23
5,000 Meter Run
- Grace Hadley, WPI – 16:52.57 (NEWMAC meet record; previously set by Hadley in 2023)
- Claire Semerod, Coast Guard – 17:38.61
4x400 Meter Relay
- MIT (Howarth, Hon, Montgomery, Cooksey) – 3:51.54
- Coast Guard (Besant, Flynn, White, Topp) – 4:01.02
Discus Throw
- Emily Ball – MIT – 44.95m (147 feet, 5 inches)
- Macy Brennan – MIT – 39.53m (129 feet, 8 inches)
Triple Jump
- Nony Out Ugwu, MIT – 12.05m (39 feet, 6.5 inches – NEWMAC meet record; previously set by Mickey Jusme, Wheaton in 2009)
- Trista Sicard, Babson – 11.17m (36 feet, 7.75 inches)
High Jump
- Allie Wildsmith, Coast Guard – 1.71m (5 feet, 7.25 inches)
- Tolu Akinbo, MIT – 1.62m (5 feet, 3.75 inches)
Shot Put
- Alexis Boykin, MIT – 14.99m (49 feet, 2.25 inches – NEWMAC meet record; previously set by Skylar Barthelmes, WPI in 2022)
- Emily Ball, MIT – 12.73m (41 feet, 9.25 inches)
Heptathlon
- Lauren Coutu, WPI – 3360 points
- Tara Jessen, Coast Guard – 3236 points
About the NEWMAC
The NEWMAC is an association of 12 selective academic institutions: Babson College, Clark University, U.S Coast Guard Academy, Emerson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mount Holyoke College, Salve Regina University, Smith College, Springfield College, Wellesley College, Wheaton College, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute, that are committed to providing high quality competitive athletic opportunities for student-athletes within an educational and respectful environment that embodies the NCAA Division III Philosophy. The conference also partners with four Associate Members: Norwich University (football), Simmons College (rowing), SUNY Maritime College (football), and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (football), while sponsoring 20 sports.