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2025 MIT Women's Cross Country Roster

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Kate Sanderson

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • High School William H. Hall
  • Hometown West Hartford, Conn.
  • Major Biological Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

  • 2x All-American (2023, 2024) 
  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2023, 2024) 
  • 3x NEWMAC All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024) 
  • 2024 NEWMAC Athlete of the Year
  • 2x NEWMAC Runner of the Week (Sept. 16, Oct. 7) 
  • 2x CSC Academic All-District (2023, 2024) 
  • 2024 CSC Third Team Academic All-America
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2023, 2024) 
  • 3x USTFCCCA All-Region (2022, 2023, 2024) 
  • 2022 NEWMAC Rookie of the Year

2024: 

  • Competed in six events, earning three top-ten finishes 
  • Ran a career best 21:26.2 6k to earn a 16th place finish at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships Earning All-America honors in the process 
  • Was the NEWMAC Champion in the 6k with a time of 21:40.2 

2023: 

  • Competed in six events with four top-10 finishes 
  • Finished third at the NEWMAC Championship in 22:48.4 and fourth at the NCAA East Regional in 22:12.0 
  • Placed 34th at the NCAA DIII Cross Country Championship with a time of 21:45.0 

2022: 

  • Competed in six meets 
  • Finished fourth at the NEWMAC Championship in 22:15.1 and sixth at the NCAA Regional in 22:34.4 
  • Placed 48th at the NCAA National Championship in a time of 22:51.9 

Before MIT: 

  • Captain of the cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field teams 
  • Two-time GameTime CT All-State Athlete 
  • School record holder for 3000m, 3200m, and 5000m 
  • Placed third in the two mile at the 2022 New England Indoor Championships 
  • National Honors Society President of the Noah Webster Chapter and member of the Spanish National Honors Society 
  • State Student Advisory Council on Education board member 
  • Spanish Section Chief Editor of the Hall High School Foreign Language Magazine 
  • Founder and co-President of Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness's Be Homeful Club 
  • Shift Leader for the Hartford Hospital Summer Volunteer Program 
  • Math and science tutor 
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal Award for math and science 
  • Flash Fiction Scholastic Art & Writing Award: Silver Key 
  • AP Capstone Diploma 
  • Spanish Seal of Biliteracy 

Personal: 

  • Summer undergraduate research fellow with the Tissot Lab of CalTech 
  • Organic Synthesis Intern at the Cuenca Group of the Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS-URL) 
  • Research assistant with the Wang Group at the Broad Institute 
  • MIT Undergraduate Research Journal Chemistry and Biology Department Editor

Historical Player Information

  • 2022First Year

    5'7"
  • 2023Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2024Junior

    5'7"
  • 2025Senior

    5'8"