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2025 MIT Women's Cross Country Roster

Gillian Roeder

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Bethlehem Central
  • Hometown Delmar, N.Y.
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

  • 4x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) 
  • 2022 NEWMAC Athlete of the Year
  • 2x NEWMAC All-Conference (2022, 2024) 
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Region (2022, 2024) 
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022, 2024)
  • CSC Academic All-District 
  • CSC First Team Academic All-America

2024: 

  • Competed in four events, earning two top-ten finishes 
  • Placed 4th at the NEWMAC Championships with a time of 21:56.2 
  • Placed 55th with a time of 21:59.6 at the NCAA DIII Championships 

2023: 

  • Competed in three events with top-5 finishes 
  • Placed fifth in the 4k event at the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invite in 16:02.3 and third in the 6k event at the Williams Purple Valley XC Invite in 22:33.8 
  • Finished fourth at the NCAA DIII Pre-Nationals in 21:57.2 

2022: 

  • Competed in six meets 
  • Won the NEWMAC Championship in a time of 21:53.4 to earn Athlete of the Year honors 
  • Placed fourth at the NCAA Regional with a time of 22:29.9 
  • Finished 177th at the NCAA National Championship in 23:58.3 

2021: 

  • Competed in two meets 
  • Made her debut at the Purple Valley Classic, finishing 18th in 24:23 
  • Placed 23rd at the NEWMAC Championship with a time of 23:45.8 

Before MIT:

  • Two-time Team MVP in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field 
  • School-record holder in the 1,000m, indoor mile and the cross country home course 
  • Third-place in the DMR at the 2019 NY Indoor State Championship 
  • Three-time varsity letter winner in cross country, along with two each in indoor and outdoor track and field 
  • Also played soccer in high school 
  • Member of the National Honor Society, Math Honor Society and Spanish Honor Society 
  • Odyssey of the Mind 
  • Science Olympiad 
  • Class Vice President 
  • Peer Helpers Treasurer 

Personal: 

  • Pursuing a master's degree in mechanical engineering 
  • Graduated from MIT in 2024 with a degree in mechanical engineering 
  • Intern at Alegre Design and WB Engineers and Consultants 
  • Former UROP with MIT Beaver Works (reaction mechanisms of eutectic-coated aluminum in aqueous solutions) 
  • Received the Louis N. Tuomala Award 
  • DJ for WMBR (MIT's independent radio station) 
  • Ascher H. Shapiro Fellow 
  • Prior UROP with the Ideation Lab: Design Justice in pedagogy

Historical Player Information

  • 2020First Year

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  • 2021Sophomore

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  • 2022Junior

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  • 2023Senior

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  • 2024Graduate Student

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  • 2025Graduate Student

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