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2015-16 MIT Women's Openweight Crew Roster

Brittney Johnson

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • High School Penncrest
  • Hometown Media, Pa.
  • Major Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Biography

2015-16: Patriot League Academic Honor Roll … CRCA Scholar Athlete … appeared in nine events … sat in the #1 seat of the 2V8 during the last four races of the season … finished fifth in the Patriot League Championship grand final (5/13) … was fourth in the petite final of the EAWRC Sprints (5/1) … defeated Coast Guard, Simmons and Smith (3/26). [SEASON RESULTS]

2014-15: Starter in the 2V8 boat as a junior … Patriot League Academic Honor Roll … CRCA Scholar Athlete … raced in all eight events for the Engineers … started the season in the bow seat with the Club 8 entry at the Head of the Charles (10/18) and in the 2V8 boat at the Princeton Chase (10/26) … moved to the seven position for the Foot of the Charles (11/15) … started the spring season in the seven position with the 2V8 team against Boston College, Dartmouth, and UMass (4/4) … stayed in that seat for the rest of the season, rowing at the George Washington Invitational (4/10), at Holy Cross/Rutgers (4/25), and at the EAWRC Sprints (4/25) … concluded the year helping the Engineers reach the grand final at the Patriot League Championships (5/15).

2013-14: Patriot League Academic Honor Roll  … started the year in the seven seat of the Club 8 team at the Head of the Charles (10/19) … seven seat of the 2V8 crew at the Princeton Chase (10/27) … moved to the two seat of the B4 boat for the Foot of the Charles (11/16) … back to the two seat in the 2V8 crew in the spring and started all nine races … helped the crew to wins over Rutgers (4/6), St. Joseph’s (4/11) and George Washington (4/12) … part of an MIT team that finished fourth overall at the Patriot League Championships (5/16).

2012-13: Competed on the second varsity 8 crew in the spring season … sat in the five seat vs. Boston College (4/6), at the George Washington Invitational (4/12) and at the Beanpot (4/28) … moved to the three position for the EAWRC Sprints (5/5) … back in the five seat at the Patriot League Championships (5/17) … also rowed in the seven seat in the A8 boat at the Dartmouth Green Monster (11/3)

Off The Water at MIT: Majoring in computer science and electrical engineering … minor in applied international studies … internship with TOHL (water infrastructure company) in its Chile office and Tumbly … research in Machine learning in the Interactive Robotics Lab in CSAIL … Neutrino research in the Lab for Nuclear Science … Vice President of iHouse (international development house) … Treasurer of New House 3 … Athletics Chair of New House … Tour Guide … worker in department of Art, Culture, and Technology.

High School: A 2012 graduate of Penncrest High School … two-time letterwinner in swimming … Coach's Award for Swimming (2009) … also participated in Karate … National Honor Society … MAT … World Language Honors … President of HCI/Optimist club (2 years) … Class Treasurer (2 years) … WLHC Treasurer (1 year).

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Junior

    5'6"
  • 2015-16Senior

    5'6"