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2019-20 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Ali Marsh

  • Height 5-3
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Bellevue, Wash.
  • High School Newport
  • Event Pole Vault
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Outdoor:
PV - 9', 8" (2.95m)

2017-18: 
- Finished seventh in the pole vault at the Sean Collier Invitational with a height of nine feet, eight inches
- Competed in two meets

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Being cleared to compete after being injured and PRing the same day even though I hadn't practiced in months.

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Competing in my first collegiate meet. It was amazing how supportive everyone was. Not just the people in my event, but the whole team came and cheered for us when we were finishing up.

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science with a concentration in political science
- Interned at Olis Robotics
- Member of the Executive Committee for Delta Psi

High School: 
- Four-year letter winner in track and field and gymnastics at Newport High School
- Runner-up in the pole vault at the 2016 District Championship with a height of 11 feet
- Won the pole vault at the FWHS Invitational Track and Field meet in 2017 with a clearance of 11 feet
- Runner-up in the state championship in gymnastics in 2014, competing in the floor exercise
- Competed in the pole vault, javelin and 100-yard and was the pole vault co-captain in 2017
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Four-year member of the National Leadership Council
- Viola section leader in the Newport High School Chamber Orchestra
- Biotechnology lab assistant at Newport High School
- Camp counselor and horseback riding camp counselor and instructor
- Won both the 2017 Outstanding Mathematics Award and the 2017 Congressional Award Gold Medal

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Pole Vault
    5'3"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Pole Vault
    5'3"