WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Mount Holyoke sophomore Ioanna Tsoni set three program records in a span of 75 minutes at Saturday's MHC-Smith-Wellesley Tri-Meet at Wellesley College, in an instantly legendary performance that led a day full of notable marks by the Lyons.
Tsoni (Athens, Greece) broke her own team records in the 100 hurdles and triple jump and passed teammate Elle Rimando's team record in the long jump as well, taking first place in all three events. Tsoni topped it off by leading off MHC's first-place 4x100 relay squad.
In the 100 hurdles, Tsoni finished in 15.43 seconds, taking .03 off of the team record she set in 2024.
In the long jump, Tsoni sailed 5.72 meters (18'9.25"), 31 centimeters beyond her previous best and 12 centimeters past Rimando's previous team record of 5.60 meters.
In the triple jump, Tsoni added 0.29 meters to the team record she set earlier this season with a top mark of 11.57 meters (37'11.5").
In the 4x100 relay, Tsoni, sophomore Dalia Luckhardt (Cerritos, Calif.), senior Aria Mallare (Chicago, Ill.), and Rimando took first place in 49.22 seconds, becoming the second-fastest 4x100 unit in team history, 0.19 seconds behind the team record from 2002.
The Lyons scored 58 points, tying Smith for second place behind host Wellesley (80). The meet used a 5-3-2-1 scoring system, 5-3 in relay races.
Other standout performances by the Lyons included:
- First-year Sachi Robinson (Staten Island, N.Y.) took first place in her first collegiate 400 hurdles race in 1:08.18, immediately becoming Mount Holyoke's fourth-fastest 400 hurdler all-time.
- Junior Elle Rimando (Mililani, Hawaii) placed second in the 100 meters in a personal-best 12.76 seconds, becoming the seventh-fastest in team history in the event. Rimando also placed second in both the long jump (5.23m/17'2) and triple jump (10.40m/34'1.5").
- Mallare placed third in the high jump (1.45m/4'9") and recorded personal-best times just out of the scoring in both the 100 meters (13.14 seconds) and 200 meters (27.49).
- Luckhardt placed second in the 400 meters at 1:02.29, moving into MHC's top 10 all-time performers in the event at the No. 8 spot.
- Senior Lize Brown (New London, Conn.) took second place in the javelin throw with a top mark of 29.96 meters (98'3"), which passed first-year teammate Molly Touch into eighth place on MHC's all-time career performances list. Brown also scored third in the shot put at 8.96 meters (29'4.75"), and also third in the discus throw at 29.27 meters (96'0").
- Senior Kim Beaver (Agawam, Mass.) placed second in the 800 meters (2:20.87).
- Junior Kiera McLaughlin (Keene, N.H.) placed second in the hammer throw at 32.62 meters (107'0").
- Senior Greta Trapp (La Crosse, Wis.) ran a personal-best time of 4:57.50 in the 1,500 meters, placing fourth and moving into 10th place on MHC's all-time performance list in the event.
- First-year Molly Touch (Methuen, Mass.) placed third in the javelin at 28.94 meters (94'11").
- Junior Sarah West (Concord, N.H.) scored a fourth-place point in the 3,000 meters with her time of 11:18.07, putting West in ninth place on Mount Holyoke's all-time performance list in the 3K, ahead of Mia Barnes (2016) and Emily Baker (2012).
- Senior Abby Elliott (Carmel, Ind.) took fourth place in the discus at 25.15 meters (82'6").
- Junior Em Tetzlaff (Bath, Maine) took fourth place in the hammer throw (31.78m/104'3").
- Robinson, Trapp, sophomore Anjali Phadnis (San Marcos, Calif.) and Beaver teamed up to run the seventh-fastest 4x400 relay in program history, in 4:16.39.
Mount Holyoke's next competition is its biggest: the Lyons will host the NEWMAC Men's and Women's Track & Field Championships next weekend, starting at 2pm on Friday and 10:30am on Saturday.
