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2022-23 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jennifer Xiong

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Brookfield, Conn.
  • High School Adlai E. Stevenson
  • Event Free, Fly
  • Major Biological Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Best
50-Free 24.85
100-Free 52.99
200-Free 1:55.82
500-Free 5:15.38
1000-Free 11:39.56
100-Fly 58.70

Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2022-23, 2021-22, 2020-21)
- NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team (2019-20)


2022-23:
- Finished in 11th in the 200-Free at the MIT Invite
- Took 8th in the 200-Free finals at the NEWMAC Championships


2021-22:
- Swam in 7 meets during the season


2020-21:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19


2019-20:
- NEWMAC: 200 Free (5th), 100 Free (11th), 400 Free Relay (11th), 500 Free (15th)
- Invite: 400 Free Relay (3rd), 800 Free Relay (7th), 200 Free Relay (9th), 100 Free (10th), 200 Free (14th), 50 Free (19th)
- Dual Meet Regular Season Top-5 Finishes: 16


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student Athlete:
- Leading off the 200 free relay at NEWMACs at finals after the quickest pow-wow ever. 


On Dry Land at MIT:
- Majoring in biological engineering
- Minoring in linguistics
- Moderna Technical Development Intern 
- Researched in the Manalis Lab, where we built fluorescence detecting suspended microchannel resonator so that we can analyze biomarkers and mass in T cells 
- Researching how co-speech gestures contribute to pragmatics in an academic setting under Prof. Stattuck-Hufnagel
- Head Leadership Mentor of LTI (Leadership Training Institute)
- Exec. Director of Leadership Training Institute 
- MIT Peer Ears
- Tour Guide
- Baker House Rooming Committee
- Medlinks
- Dance Troupe
- Little Beavers


High School:
- A 2019 graduate of Adlai E. Stevenson High School
- Four-time varsity swimming letterwinner
- 2019 Conference Sportsmanship Award
- 500 Free Champion at 2019 NSC Conference
- Placed fifth in the 200 Free at the 2018 IHSA Sectional
- Also played water polo
- Competed for Patriot Aquatic Club
- National Honor Society
- Swim & Dive Team Captain
- Director of Sender School Committee for Catalyst
- Math Team
- TEAMS Engineering Competition
- National Merit Scholar
- Illinois State Scholar of Class 2019
- IHSA Scholastic Achievement Award
- NSC Conference All-Academic
- Stevenson Ambassador Award

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Free, Fly
    5'6"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Free, Fly
    5'6"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Free, Fly
    5'6"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Free, Fly
    5'6"