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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2020-21 MIT Women's Lightweight Crew Roster

Sophia Chen

  • Height 5-0
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Clearwater, Fla.
  • High School Palm Harbor University

Biography

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

2019-20: [COMPLETE RESULTS]
- Did not compete in a regatta as the spring season was cancelled

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Singing "Row Row Row Your Boat" while rowing down the river, my fall season as a freshman in high school.

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- During winter season, our coach had me and the other coxswains sing and dance to Cotton Eye Joe.

Off the River at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering and design, with a concentration in product design
- UROP at MIT Media Lab's Conformable Decoders on a Self-Powered Gait Monitoring Device through piezoelectric energy harvesting
- Tour guide at MIT and spread lead for the Infinite
- Member of the Asian Dance Team and the Chinese Student Club

High School:
- Was the coxswain and competed with The Stewards Foundation
- Second Place Men's Junior 8, Sarasota Sweep States Final in 2018
- First Place Men's Junior 8, FSRA West District in 2018
- Third Place Girl's Lightweight 4+, Sarasota Invitational in 2018
- First Place Men's Varsity 8 and the Men's Varsity 4+, 2018 Tampa Mayor's Cup
- Third Place Women's Junior 8, 2017 Sarasota Sweep States Finals
- First Place Women's Junior 8, FSRA West District 2017
- Third Place Men's Junior 4+, Sarasota Invitational in 2017
- First Place Men's Varsity 8, 2017 Tampa Mayor's Cup
- First Place Boy's Junior 8, 2016 Sarasota Sweep States Petite Finals
- Second Place Men's Lightweight Varsity 4+, 2016 FSRA West District
- First Place Women's Varsity 4+, 2016 Sarasota Invitational

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    5'0"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    5'0"