Photo courtesy of Mount Holyoke Athletics
Mount Holyoke College tied with Smith College for second place at their final meet of the season with Smith and Wellesley College, held on April 19.
By Bei Jia Viggiano ’28
Sports Editor
Mount Holyoke track and field is preparing to round out its season.
Their final meet was with Smith College and Wellesley College on April 19 at Wellesley in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Wellesley won with 80 points, while Mount Holyoke tied with Smith for second place with 58 points.
Mount Holyoke placed first in the 4x100 relay squad as Ioanna Tsoni ’27, Dalia Luckhardt ’27, Aria Mallare ’25 and Elle Rimando ’26 prevailed with 49.22 seconds.
Sachi Robinson ’28 won first place in the 400 hurdles race with a time of 1:08.18, earning her a number four spot on Mount Holyoke’s all-time fastest hurdlers list.
Tsoni made team history at the tri-meet by breaking three records, all within 75 minutes. Tsoni completed the 100 hurdles in 15.43 seconds, just 0.03 seconds less than her team record last year; secured a mark of 11.57 meters, besting her previous record in the triple jump by 0.29 meters; and set a new team record of 5.72 meters in the long jump, surpassing her previous best by 31 centimeters.
On April 25-26, the Lyons hosted the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference Championships at home.
The team will travel to New London, Connecticut, to compete at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships hosted by the Coast Guard Academy on May 2-3. The following weekend, the Lyons will compete at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to participate in the New England Intercollegiate Amateur Athletic Association Outdoor Championships. The team will return to Amherst on May 15 for a final chance at qualifying for the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III Outdoor Championships, which will be held on May 22-24 in Geneva, Ohio.
Sofia Ramon ’27 contributed fact-checking.