Rimando places fourth in long jump on Day 1 of NEWMACs; Tsoni breaks team record in 100 hurdles

Elle Rimando sprints down the long jump runway on the first day of the NEWMAC Championships at Springfield College on April 26, 2024. Rimando placed fourth in the event. (Max Berkowitz/Courtesy Springfield College)

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Sophomore Elle Rimando placed fourth in the long jump, and first-year Ioanna Tsoni qualified for the 100 hurdles finals in a team-record time as the the two-day NEWMAC Track & Field Championships got under way Friday at Springfield College.

Rimando (Mililani, Hawaii) had a top effort of 5.10 meters (16'8.75") out of six attempts, tying with Babson's Ashna Kirshnamurthy. Kirshnamurthy was awarded third place ahead of Rimando due to a better second-best attempt, but Rimando scored five team points for the Lyons with her performance, putting Mount Holyoke in eighth place among 10 participating teams in the early going.

Tsoni (Athens, Greece) competed in her first collegiate 100-meter hurdles race in Friday's preliminary heats and finished in 15.48 seconds, the third-fastest heat time among 15 athletes. Tsoni advanced to Saturday's finals in the event and moved into first place on Mount Holyoke's all-time performance list in the event, replacing former Carrie Turban's former record of 15.55 seconds from 1996. It is the third team record Tsoni has set in her first year, along with the indoor 60 hurdles and the indoor long jump.

Others competing for Mount Holyoke on Friday included:

Senior Bridget Hall (Arlington, Mass.) placed ninth (41:07.29) and sophomore Katie Earle (East Kingston, N.H.) placed 10th (41:17.07) in the 10,000 meters, and both qualified for the New England Division III Championships next weekend.
Sophmore Em Tetzlaff (Bath, Maine) placed 12th out of 24 athletes in the hammer throw at 36.42 meters (119'6") to lead Mount Holyoke's corps of throwers. Tetzlaff's effort moved her in front of former teammate Emma Doyle '23 and into 10th place on Mount Holyoke's all-time performance list in the event.
Junior Lize Brown (New London, Conn.) led Mount Holyoke in the javelin throw by taking 14th place (27.01 meters; 88'7").
Junior Addison Heintz (Apex, N.C.) ran a season-best time of 13.70 seconds in the 100 meters.
Junior Chloe Broadwell (Plano, Texas) and sophomore Kiera McLaughlin (Keene, N.H.) both registered personal-best marks in the hammer throw, at 28.57 meter and 25.82 meters, respectively.