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2021-22 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

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Jacqueline Ahrens

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
  • High School Palos Verdes Peninsula
  • Event Pole Vault
  • Major Materials Science Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:

PV - 12', 11.5" (3.95m)
LJ - 16' 1.75" (4.92m)

Outdoor:
PV - 12', 5.5" (3.80m)
LJ - 15' 7.5" (4.76m)

2021-22:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (Pole Vault)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Indoor and Outdoor)
- USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor: Pole Vault)
- NCAA Qualifier (Indoor: Pole Vault)
- Competed in 18 meets
- Picked up victories at the Art Farnham Invitational, the MIT Tri-Meet and the Coach's Invitational

2019-20:
- USTFCCCA All-American (Indoor: Pole Vault)
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: Pole Vault)
- New England D3 Champion (Indoor: Pole Vault)
- NCAA Qualifier (Indoor: Pole Vault)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team

2018-19:
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: Pole Vault)
- NCAA Qualifier (Indoor: Pole Vault)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference

2017-18:
- USTFCCCA All-American (Indoor - Pole Vault, Outdoor - Pole Vault)
- NCAA Qualifier (Indoor - Pole Vault, Outdoor - Pole Vault)
- New England D3 Champion (Indoor - Pole Vault, Outdoor - Pole Vault)
- All-New England (Indoor - Pole Vault, Outdoor - Pole Vault)
- Tied the D3 Championship record for the pole vault at the indoor championship
- NEICAA All-Region (Outdoor - Pole Vault)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Finished sixth in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor Championship and the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship
- Cleared 12 feet, 5.5 inches while finishing second at the NEWMAC Championship
- Won the New England D3 Indoor Championship with a season-best height of 12 feet, 11.5 inches
- Was sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championship
- Won three other indoor meets
- Was fourth at the NEICAAA Indoor Championship at 12 feet, 3.5 inches

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in materials science engineering
- Interned at SpaceX
- Conducted Metallurgy Research in Professor Tasan's group

High School:
- Three-year letter winner in track and field at Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
- Was ranked fourth in California in 2016 and posted a personal-best of 13 feet in the pole vault in high school
- 2016 and 2017 CIF Division 1 Champion
- Seventh place at the 2017 state meet and eighth in 2016
- Bay League Champion
- Team MVP
- Freshman, sophomore and varsity school record holder
- Member of the National Honor Society, the National Science Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta, the National Chinese Honor Society and the California Scholarship Federation
- Involved in FRC Robotics, the Technology Student Association and the Young Entrepreneur's Academy
- Won the Bausch and Lomb Honorary Science Award.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Pole Vault
    5'7"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Pole Vault
    5'7"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Pole Vault
    5'7"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Pole Vault
    5'7"