THE BASICS:
 
- Meet: Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza
 
- Location: Williamstown, Mass. (Lee Track)
 
- The Lead: The MIT women's track and field team produced two event victories and a pair of nationally-ranked performances at the two-day Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza held at Williams College this weekend.
 
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
 
- The 4x400 relay, comprised of junior Marina Miller (Bel Air, Md.), senior Julia Howarth (Barrington, R.I.), junior Olivia Dias (East Taunton, Mass.), and senior Paige Cooksey (Ormond Beach, Calif.), captured first place with a time of 3:41.26.
 
- Howarth won the 800m in 2:11. 91 while sophomore Erin Hovendon (Laurel Park, Mass.) was third in 2:16.48.
 
- First-year Olivia Girand (New York, N.Y.) was the runner up in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 10:53.76.
 
- In the triple jump, sophomore Nony Otu Ugwu's (Katy, Texas) last attempt reached 11.73m (38' 6"), resulting in second place.
 
- Cooksey finished second the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:00.22.
 
- Miller placed second in the 200m as she crossed the finish line in 24.28.
 
- In the 5,000m, sophomore Katherine Sanderson (West Hartford, Conn.) was third (16:51.38), followed by sophomore Rujuta Sane (Chandler, Ariz.) in fifth place (16:54.78), and first-year Heather Jensen (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) in eighth place (17:22.55).
 
- First-year Amalia Christina Toutziaridi (Athens, Greece) placed third in the high jump as she cleared 1.60m (5' 3"). Sophomore Katie Kempff (St. Charles, Ill.) and senior Tolu Akinbo (Naperville, Ill.) both reached 1.55m (5' 1"), but finished sixth and eighth, respectively.
 
- Dias captured third place in the 400m with a time of 57.74.
 
- Junior Emily Ball (Des Moines, Iowa) was third in the hammer throw (48.51m / 159' 2") and discus (44.56m / 146' 2") and fourth in the shot put (12.75m / 41' 10").
 
- 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 (Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza)
 
400 Meters
14. Marina Miller – 55.81 (New England Division III Championship)
19. Paige Cooksey – 55.93 (NEWMAC Championship)
 
800 Meters
3. Julia Howarth – 2:08.08 (Friar Invitational)
 
10,000 Meters
8. Katherine Sanderson – 35.08.35 (Sean Collier Invitational)
 
400 Hurdles
4. Paige Cooksey – 1:00.22 (Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza)
 
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 will host the MIT Final Qualifier on Thursday, May 16 at 4:00 p.m.
 
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