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2021-22 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Chelsea Zhang

  • Height 5-4
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Sherborn, Mass.
  • High School Dover-Sherborn Regional
  • Event Fly, Back
  • Major Biological Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
50-Free 26.49
100-Back 1:02.56
200-Back 2:16.47
100-Fly 58.92
200-Fly 2:11.63
200-IM 2:19.98

Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021-22, 2020-21, 2020-19)


2021-22:
- Swam in seven events during the season


2020-21:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


2019-20:
- Invite: 200 Fly (9th), 200 Medley Relay (13th), 100 Fly (23rd), 100 Back (25th), 200 IM (29th)
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-5 Finishes: 5


2018-19:
- NEWMAC: 200 Fly (17th), 100 Fly (20th)
- Invite: 200 Medley Relay (4th), 400 Medley Relay (4th), 200 Fly (7th), 100 Fly (8th), 400 Free Relay (12th)
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-5 Finishes: 4


Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in biological engineering
- Minoring in brain and cognitive sciences
- Interned at Koch Institute, Draper
- Biology Research and Tissue Engineering
- Researched and worked on developing a sepsis detecting device in Singapore at SMART (Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology)
- Researched microneedle patches and controlled drug delivery in the Langer Lab
- Researched in the Vander Heiden Lab studying cancer cell metabolism
- Director of Development for Amphibious Achievement
- Camp Kesem
- Cell Ag @ MIT
- Resident Peer Mentor (RPM)
- Humans of MIT


High School:
- A 2018 graduate of Dover-Sherborn Regional High School
- Earned four varsity letters in swimming
- Swam for Crimson Aquatics in Wellesley
- Named Most Improved and earned both the Shawmut Award and the Performance Award
- National Honor Society
- World Language National Honor Society
- US President's Volunteer Award
- National AP Scholar

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Fly, Back
    5'4"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Fly, Back
    5'4"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Fly, Back
    5'4"
  • 2021-22Senior

    Fly, Back
    5'4"