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2024-25 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

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Gillian Roeder

  • Height 5-3
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Delmar, N.Y.
  • High School Bethlehem Central
  • Event Distance
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS)

Accolades (Indoor): 
- All-New England D3 - Mile, 800m (2022-23) 
- NCAA Qualifier - Mile, DMR (2022-23) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 800m, Mile, DMR (2022-23) 
- USTFCCCA All-American - Mile (2022-23)
 
Accolades (Outdoor): 
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference - 1,500m (2022-23) 
- NEWMAC Track Athlete of the Week (Apr. 2, 2023) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 800m (2021-22); 1,500m (2021-22, 2022-23); 5,000m (2022-23) 
- All-New England D3 - 1,500m (2022-23) 
- NEICAAA All-New England - 1,500m (2022-23) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 1,500m (2021-22, 2022-23) 
- USTFCCCA All-American - 1,500m (2022-23)

Accolades: 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2021-22, 2023-24) 
- CSC Academic All-District (2022-23) 
- CSC Second Team Academic All-America (2022-23) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23) 
- NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team (2021-22) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2021-22) 

2023-24: 
- Did not compete in a meet

2022-23: 
- Competed in 12 meets 
- Finished third in the 1,500m at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship 
- Placed second in the 1,500m at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship 
- Finished third in the 1,500m at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Placed second in the 1,500m and seventh in the 5,000m at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Finished fifth in the Mile and tenth in the DMR at the NCAA Indoor National Championship 
- Placed fifth in the 800m and Mile at the New England D3 Indoor National Championship

2021-22:
- Competed in five outdoor meets
- Finished 16th in the 1,500m at the NCAA Outdoor Championship

2020-21:
- Did not compete as the season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Favorite Sports Memory:
- The women's team earning a spot on the podium at outdoor track nationals!

Off the Track at MIT:
- Pursuing a master's degree in mechanical engineering
- Graduated from MIT in 2024 with a degree in mechanical engineering
- Intern at Alegre Design and WB Engineers and Consultants
- Former UROP with MIT Beaver Works (reaction mechanisms of eutectic-coated aluminum in aqueous solutions)
- Received the Louis N. Tuomala Award
- DJ for WMBR (MIT's independent radio station)
- Ascher H. Shapiro Fellow
- Prior UROP with the Ideation Lab: Design Justice in pedagogy

High School: 
- Two-time Team MVP in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field
- School-record holder in the 1,000m, indoor mile and the cross country home course
- Third-place in the DMR at the 2019 NY Indoor State Championship
- Five-time varsity letter winner between cross country and track and field
- Was also a member of the soccer team
- Member of the National, Math, and Spanish Honor Societies
- Odyssey of the Mind
- Science Olympiad
- Class Vice President
- Peer Helpers Treasurer

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Distance
    5'3"