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The Engineers event depth was instrumental in Saturday's victory. MIT took second through seventh in the 800, the top three spots in the pole vault and four of the top six positions in the shot put and long jump.
 
The Engineers event depth was instrumental in Saturday's victory. MIT took second through seventh in the 800, the top three spots in the pole vault and four of the top six positions in the shot put and long jump.
  
 
Women's Track Captures Cup

Depth In Multiple Events Key To MIT Victory

April 10, 2006

Results

WORCESTER, Mass. - The women's track team traveled to WPI on Saturday to compete in the annual tri-meet Engineer's Cup. MIT overcame the poor spring conditions and won the competition with a total score of 155, while Rensselaer Polytechnic (143) and host WPI (65) followed behind.

MIT athletes put on quite a show that featured several individual event winners. Senior Betsy Eames led the way with a personal best time of 19:11.82 in the 5000, a significant improvement over her previous top mark. In the 1500, junior Hana Adaniya finished in 5:03.70 for the victory. Sophomore Leanna Veldhuis was the winner of the 400 meter hurdles (1:09.39), and Alisha Schor was the victor in the 3000 meter steeplechase (11:56.47).

In the pole vault, the Engineers nabbed the top three spots, including Emily Hwang's first place mark (9-09.00). Other event winners were junior Chi-Fong Wang in the javelin (106-10) and sophomore Karen Davie in the triple jump (32-06.25).

The Engineers next compete in Lewiston, Maine on Saturday, April 15 against four Maine colleges. The quad meet will begin at 12:00 p.m.