Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS)
6K - 21:48.5
Accolades:
- NEWMAC Athlete of the Week (Oct. 4, 2021)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021, 2022, 2023)
- NEWMAC All-Conference (2021, 2022)
- USTFCCCA All-American (2021, 2022)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022)
- USTFCCCA All-Region (2021)
- NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team (2021)
2023:
- Did not compete in a race
2022:
- Competed in two meets
- Finished 13th at the NEWMAC Championship in 22:42.9 and 12th at the NCAA National Championship with a time of 22:13
2021:
- Competed in six meets
- Made her debut at the Purple Valley Classic, where she finished seventh in 23:38.8
- Finished fifth at the Live in Lou Classic in 22:10.7 and sixth in the Blue Race at the Connecticut College Invitational with a time of 21:57.5
- Was third at the NEWMAC Championship in 22:14.3 and fifth at NCAA Regionals in 22:39.2
- Earned her first All-American honor as she finished 38th at the NCAA Championship with a time of 21:48.5
2020:
- Did not compete as the season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Singing Christmas carols (in April) with my teammates while aquajogging in the Z Center pool, and everyone dyeing their hair red in our hotel the night before XC Nationals
Off the Trail at MIT:
- Majoring in physics with a minor in French
- Winter - Summer 2023 astrphysics research on self-interacting dark matter and on 21cm cosmological fields, Vogelsberger Group, MIT Kavli Institute
- Intern in PHYNANO Group at Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (C2N), 2022
- UROP in Emergent Quantum Matter Group, Fletcher Lab, 2022
- Intern in DeMarco Quantum Research Group, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021
- UROP in Dedon Lab studying tRNA Modifying Enzymes, 2020-2021
- C2N: Investigation of phononic properties of graphene via optical pump and probe laser; graphene and boron nitride stack development
- Fletcher Lab: development of 3D-printed shutters for micro-second scale laser control in optical setup, using CAD programming and circuit design
- DeMarco Research Group: Assisted in designing ion trap setup requiring laser alignment and mechanical systems
- Dedon Lab: Literature review of tRNA Modifying enzyme studies regarding biochemical pathways of tRNA modification and residue formation; gene amplification/knockdown in cancer vs. healthy cell lines; and in vivo effects of modified gene expression on cancer progression in animal models
- Burton Conner C3 Floor Chair and REX/CPW Chair
- Member of the Burton Conner Goverment and the Alpha Chi Omega sorority
High School:
- Cross country Team MVP in 2016, 2017 and 2019
- IHSA Class 2A State Finals 3200m Runner-Up;
- 15th Place in the IHSA Class 2A State Finals, while finishing in fifth place in 2017 and fourth place in 2019
- Class valedictorian
- Member of the National Honor Society
- First chair flute in the high school honors band
- Received the Matt Busey Scholarship, Judge Fred Green Scholarship, George Dekan Memorial Scholarship and the Kristen McCartney Scholarship
- Earned the IHSA All-Academic Team Scholarship for academic achievement and writings during high school
