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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2020-21 MIT Men's Lightweight Crew Roster

Oliver Rayner

  • Height 6-2
  • Class First Year
  • Hometown Larchmont, N.Y.
  • High School Mamaroneck
  • Major Aeronautics and Astronautics

Biography

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

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Head of the Riverfront 2019 was by far the most blissful race I have ever had.

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Clogging the Charles with many single sculls.

Off the Water at MIT:
- Majoring in aeronautics and astronautics with a minor in engineering and computer science and a concentration in aeronautics/astronautics engineering
- Conducted a UROP with the MIT Space Propulsion Lab under Dr. Paulo Lozano: Member of the STEP-1 team, a pathfinder for staged electrospray propulsion.
- MIT Round Net Club

High School:
- Graduated from Mamaroneck High School
- Senior Standout (2020)
- Earned a varsity letter for crew
- Was also a member of the swimming and diving team
- National Honor Society
- Captured first place at the 2019 Junior Science and Humanities Symposia, finished third at the 2019 Westchester Science & Engineering Fair
- 2019 Yale Science and Engineering Award
- Conducted original science research

Club:
- Pelham Community Rowing Association
- Captain
- Won the 2019 Independence Day Regatta
- Finished seventh at the 2019 Club National Championship