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2023-24 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Melody Wen

  • Height 5-9
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Cary, N.C.
  • High School N.C. School of Science and Mathematics
  • Event Free, Back
  • Major Computer Science, Data Science, and Economics

Biography

Collegiate Personal Best
50-Free 23.59
200-Free 1:58.17
100-Back 58.75
400 IM 1:01.81

In the MIT Record Books:
- 200-Free Relay: 1st (1:33.01), 2nd (1:33.23)
- 200 Medley Relay: 1st (1:40.81), 2nd (1:41.40)
- 50-Free: 5th (23.59)
- 100 IM: 7th (1:01.81)
- 400 IM: 6th (1:01.81)


All-American:
- 2022-23: 
200 Medley Relay, 200-Free Relay
- 2021-22: 200 Medley Relay, 200-Free Relay
- 2023-24: 200 Free Relay


NEWMAC Champion:
- 2022-23: 
200 Medley Relay, 200-Free Relay
- 2021-22: 200-Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay


NEWMAC All-Conference:
- 2022-23: 
200 Medley Relay, 200-Free Relay
- 2021-22: 200-Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay (1st Team), 50-Free (2nd Team)


Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
- CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American (2021-22, 2023-24)
- CSCAA Second Team Scholar All-American  (2022-23)
- CSC Academic All-District
- CSC Second Team Academic All-American
- NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team


2023-24:
- Finished third in the 50 Free at NEWMAC Championships
- Helped the team to a sixth place finish in the 200 FR at NCAA Championships

2022-23:
- Took 5th in the 50-free at the MIT Invite
- Finished in 7th in the 50-free at the NEWMAC Championships 
- Helped the 200 Medley Relay team to a 4th place finish at NCAAs and the 200 free relay team to a seventh-place finish


2021-22:
- NCAA Qualifier
- Competed in eight meets during the season


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


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student Athlete:
- NEWMAC Relays


Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science, data science and economics
- Trading Intern at Akuna Capital
- Software Engineer Intern at Meta
- Amphibious Achievement


High School:
- A 2020 graduate of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
- Earned two varsity letters in swimming
- Won the 50 Free and 100 Free at HS Swimming Regional Championships
- Awarded "Women Swimmer of the Year" in my conference
- Broke my high school's school record in the 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Free Relay, and 200 Medley Relay
- Qualified for the Futures Championship in the 50 Free
- Placed 7th in the 50 Free at the Eastern Section of the Southern Zone SC Championships
- Also competed for the TAC Titans and Carolina Aquatics Team
- Conducted sports analytics research at NC State University: utilized the Markov Chain Model to analyze decisions in a baseball game, and improve win probability
- Team captain of my school's Varsity Swim Team and Science Olympiad Team
- Executive Board Member and UNC ASG Campus Liaison of my school's student government
- Puzzle Editor for my school's newspaper
- Awarded Outstanding Winners in The Mathematical Contest of Modeling (the highest honor and only U.S. team awarded, out of more than 13700 teams)
- Awarded Outstanding Team in the 22nd Annual High School Mathematical Modeling Contest
- National Champion in the Codebusters event at the 2019 National Science Olympiad Tournament
- Author of a research paper titled "MLBDecideR: a SHINY app for baseball", in the October publication of the Notices of American Mathematical Society
- 3x Qualifier for Math Prize for Girls
- Finalist in the Health & Nutrition Category in the Conrad Challenge
- Awarded Gold Key in the Scholastic Art & Writing Category
- US Presidential Scholar Nominee
- National Merit Finalist
- AP National Scholar

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Free, Back
    5'8"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Free, Back
    5'9"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Free, Back
    5'9"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Free, Back
    5'9"