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2023-24 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

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Sasha Konovalenko

  • Height 5-8
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Mundelein, Ill.
  • High School H.H. Dow
  • Event Back, IM
  • Major Mathematics with Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
100-Free 53.44
200-Free 1:57.91
50-Back 26.88

Accolades:
NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)


2023-24:
- Competed in nine meets during the season 
- Placed fourth in the 200 IM at the Boston Winter Open

2022-23:
- Finished 13th in both the 200-back and 200 IM at the MIT Invitational 
- Took 8th in the 200 and 400 IM at the NEWMAC Championships 


2021-22:
- Competed in seven meets during the season


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


Out of the Pool at MIT:
- Majoring in mathematics with computer science
- Quantitative Trading Intern at Virtu Financial
- Trading Intern at Peak6
- Improving modeling software for nuclear reactors as an Undergraduate Researcher in the Nuclear Science Department
- Business Technology Solutions Intern at Syneos Health (May - Dec 2021)
- Software Engineering Intern at Meta (May - Aug 2022)
- Co-President of Traders@MIT, Student Recruitment Head of LTI (2022), Director of ProjX (2022)
- Research enhancements of the Modelling Capabilities of OpenMC for Advanced Nuclear Reactor Designs (Sept 2020 - May 2021)
- Frankenmuth Insurance Children of Employees Scholarship (2022)
- Executive Committee Member for Traders@MIT (Current)
- Director of ProjX (Feb 2021 - April 2022)
- Head of Student Recruitment for Leadership Training Institute (Aug 2021 - May 2022)


High School:
- A 2020 graduate of H.H. Dow High School
- Four time varsity letterwinner in swimming
- Two time co-captain
- 2019 Division II MHSAA Girls' Swimming 400 Freestyle Relay State Champion
- 2019 Division II MHSAA Girls' Swimming 200 Freestyle Relay - 2nd place
- 2019 Division II MHSAA Girls' Swimming 200 IM - 11th place
- 2018 Division II MHSAA Girls' Swimming 100 Backstroke - 7th Place
- 2016-2018 Saginaw Valley League 200 IM Champion
- Also competed for the Midland Dolphins
- National Honor Society
- 2020 All-American Academic by NISCAA
- National Merit Scholarship Recipient
- Laurie Ann Karpiuk-Dickerson Memorial Scholarship Recipient
- All-A Honor Roll (2016-2020)
- AP Scholar with Distinction


Favorite Sports Memory:
- My favorite memory was swimming the 400 freestyle relay with Melody Wen, Evelyn Peters, and Katie Kostecki.


Favorite Memory as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Seeing teammates come together during the spring semester and seeing each other outside of the pool.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

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

    Back, IM
    5'8"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Back, IM
    5'8"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Back, IM
    5'8"