With a dramatic victory in the 4x400m relay, the MIT women's track and field team clinched the 2025 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field National Championship May 24 at the SPIRE Institute's Outdoor Track and Field facility. The title was MIT's first NCAA women's outdoor track and field national championship. The team scored first of 79 with 56 points; runners-up included Washington University with 47 points and the University of Winsconsin at La Crosse with 38 points.

With the victory, MIT completed a sweep of the 2024-25 NCAA Division III women's cross country, indoor track and field, and outdoor track and field titles — becoming the first women's program to sweep all three in the same year.

MIT earned 20 All-America honors across three days, including the program's first relay national championship in the 4x400m on Saturday and Alexis Boykin's eighth career national title with an NCAA record-breaking performance in the shot put on Friday.

On Thursday, Boykin opened the championships with a third-place performance in the discus as MIT quickly moved to the top of the team leaderboard on the first day of competition. Boykin and classmate Emily Ball each earned a spot on the podium. Boykin was third with a throw of 45.12m (148' 0") on her second attempt and Ball was seventh with a mark of 41.90m (137' 5") on her final throw of prelims.

In the pole vault, junior Katelyn Howard tied for fifth, clearing 3.85m (12' 7.5") to pick up three points for MIT. Howard passed on the first height and cleared at both 3.75m and 3.85m, but did not pass the fourth progression. Classmate Hailey Surace was 14th, clearing 3.75m (12' 3.5").

Junior Elaine Wang picked up a big point with an eighth-place finish for MIT in the javelin. Wang's second attempt traveled 40.44m (132' 8"), moving her into sixth place. She would eventually finish in eighth on the strength of her second attempt.  

The opening day concluded with junior Kate Sanderson finishing fourth with a personal best of 34:48.601 in the 10,000m to earn a spot on the podium, as MIT continued to lead the team standings. 

On Friday, Boykin returned on day two and set the NCAA Division III women's shot put all-time record, winning her eighth career national championship with a throw of 16.80m (55’ 1/2”). Boykin won the event by over 2 meters, breaking Robyn Jarocki's NCAA Division III record on her final preliminary attempt with a throw of 16.80m.

MIT wrapped action with the 3,000m Steeplechase final, where sophomore Liv Girand finished in 10th place in 10:58.71 to earn the first All-America honor of her career. MIT continued to lead the team standings at the end of the second day of competition.

On Saturday, Boykin earned her third All-America honor in three events at the championships with a third-place finish in the hammer with a throw of 58.79m (192' 10”), while junior Nony Otu Ugwu took 10th with a jump of 11.91m (39' 1") on her final attempt of prelims. Otu Ugwu did not advance to the final.

MIT shined on the track to secure the title, as grad student Gillian Roeder and senior Christina Crow picked up seven big points in the 1,500m final. Roeder was fifth in 4:27.76 and Crow was one spot back, finishing sixth in 4:28.81.

Senior Marina Miller followed and picked up six more points while earning the first of two All-America honors on the day with a third-place finish and a personal record of 54.32 in the 400m.

Junior Rujuta Sane, Roeder, and junior Kate Sanderson finished 13th, 14th, and 16th, respectively, in the 5,000m. Sane had a time of 16:51.45, with Roeder finishing in 16:54.07 and Sanderson clocking in at 17:00.55.

With MIT leading second-place Washington University by seven points heading into the final event, MIT's 4x4 relay team of senior Olivia Dias, junior Shreya Kalyan, junior Krystal Montgomery, and Miller left no doubt, securing the team championship with a national title of their own, as Miller moved from third to first over the final 50m to win an electric final race.