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2025-26 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Akosua Essah

  • Height 5-0
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Rochester, N.Y.
  • High School Rush-Henrietta Senior
  • Event Sprints
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)

Accolades (outdoor):

  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2025)(2026)

2025-26:

  • Personal best of 29.33s in the 200m at the Crimson Open
  • Personal best of 49.32s in the 300m at the Beantown Challenge

2024-25:

  • Competed in 5 meets this outdoor track season
  • Ran career bests in the 100m at the Sean Collier Invitational 2025 running a 13.29.

2023-24: 

  • Competed in seven meets 
  • Placed first and set personal best of 8.17s in the 60m at the Cardinal and Gray Alumni Meet

Before MIT:

  • Two-time varsity letter winner in Track and Field

  • Class Salutatorian

  • Member of the National and Tri-M Music Honor Societies

Personal:

  • Majoring in Computer Science

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24First Year

    Sprints

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'0"

  • 2025-26Junior

    Sprints
    5'0"