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2017 MIT Women's Cross Country Roster

Maia Mesyngier

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Sophomore
  • High School Strath Haven
  • Hometown Swarthmore, Pa.
  • Major Biology

Biography

2017: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... Did not race.

2016: Did not compete as a freshman.

Off the Cross Country Trail: Majoring in biology... Designed single-domain antibodies (VHH) ready for post transitional modifications for applications in cancer immunotherapy and assisted in the investigation of VHHs potential use as a delivery tool in immunotherapy of cervical cancer caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) in the Ploegh Lab at Boston Children's Hospital... Director of the Global Health University Team of MIT's GlobeMed Chapter.

High School: Ran cross country and indoor and outdoor track at Strath Haven High School, where she earned four letters in both cross country and outdoor track and three indoor letters... Two-time cross country MVP in 2014 and 2015... Team captain... All-Delco Team from 2012-2016... U.S. Army Scholar-Athlete Award winner... U.S. Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete recipient... Earned the Strath Haven Scholar-Athlete Award... Member of the National Honor Society... Relay for Life co-director, Speech and Debate captain and Math League president... Won the Charles Marish Outstanding Achievement Award... Was a Taylor Community Foundation Scholar and recipient of the Ann Barclay Hayes Award... AP Scholar with Distinction... National Speech and Debate Association Degree of Distinction.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016First Year

    5'3"
  • 2017Sophomore

    5'3"