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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2022-23 MIT Men's Heavyweight Crew Roster

Ben Urquhart

  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Lansing, Mich.
  • High School Lansing Catholic
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Accolades:
- IRCA Scholar Athlete (2022-23)
- NIRC All-Academic Team (2022-23)


2022-23 [COMPLETE BOATINGS]:
- Appeared in seven events, six as the #3 seat of the 2V8+
- Finished third in the 2V8+ Petite Final at the New England Rowing Championship (5/6)
- Finished sixth in the 2V8+ Grand Final at the National Invitational Rowing Championship (5/12)


Favorite Sports Memory:
- Competing in the state pole vaulters meet my senior year in high school and coming in fourth


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Hanging out with the pole vaulters during IAP when we were here for practice


Off the Water at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science with minors in mathematics and economics and a concentration in economics
- Internships: Optiver (quantitative trading intern), Amazon (software development intern)
- Research: MISTI Spain
- Research: UROP researching Covid transmission and mortality using machine learning
- MIT Roundnet Club founder and president
- Poker Club


High School:
- Graduated from Lansing Catholic High School
- National Honor Society
- Top 10 in class