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2024-25 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Chloe Swanson

  • Height 5-4
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Minneapolis, Minn
  • High School Edina
  • Event Fly, Free
  • Major Biological Engineering

Biography

Accolades: 
  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2022-23, 2023-24)
2023-24:
  • Competed in nine meets during the season
  • Helped the team to a fourth place finish in the 200 MR against Amherst
2022-23:
  • Took 16th in the 500-free at the MIT Invite
  • Put up the 14th best time at the BU Winter Open in the 500-free
2021-22:
  • Swam in seven meets during the season
Before MIT
  • Graduate of Edina High School
  • All Conference Award Winner 2019 and 2020
  • All State Award Winner 2020
  • Edina Swim and Dive Outstanding Academic Award Winner (Highest GPA on team) 2019 and 2020
  • 2019 Individual Event Finalist at MN High School State Championship
  • 2018 and 2019 MN High School State Qualifier
  • 17-time Minnesota State Club Championship Individual Event Finalist for Aquajets Swim Team
  • Lead Volunteer Coach and Member of Board of Directors for Clownfish Swim Club,
  • Special Olympics Minnesota Student Board of Directors Member
  • Special Olympics Swim Team Volunteer Coach and Virtual Programming Lead
  • Minnesota Swimming Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Member
  • Out Run Cancer Founder and Event Director 
  • Edina High School Science and Math Center Tutor
  • National Merit Finalist
  • National Merit Scholarship Winner
  • US Presidential Scholars Program Nominee
  • Walser Foundation “Driving a Stronger Community” Scholarship Award Winner
  • Edina High School Scholar with Distinction
  • National AP Scholar
Personal:
  • Biological Engineering major
  • Amgen Scholar at Columbia University
  • Synthetic Organoid/Reproductive Health Research at Columbia University
  • Research with Tidor Lab, used computational methods to study protein design and enzyme catalysis
  • Research with Knouse Lab, studying the molecular mechanisms of organ regeneration
  • Baker Exec President
  • Camp Kesem MIT
  • Baker House Residential Peer Mentor (RPM)
  • Process Development Intern at Moderna
  • Research in Birnbaum Lab studying CAR-T cell biology
Favorite Sports Memory:
  • All the team memories we made during our California training trip including going on a team hike with Pomona-Pitzer!
Favorite Memory as an MIT-Student Athlete: 
  • Cheering on teammates during championship season, and watching some incredibly clutch swims such as Edenna's 100 breast at NCAAs and Emma Z's 100 free team record!

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Fly, Free
    5'4"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Fly, Free
    5'4"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Fly, Free
    5'4"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Fly, Free
    5'4"