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2021-22 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Claire Melvin

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Ithaca, N.Y.
  • High School Phillips Exeter Academy
  • Event Sprints, Hurdles
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:

200m - 28.36
400m - 1:00.94
500m - 1:25.48
600m - 1:42.14

Outdoor:
800m - 2:38.02
400mH - 1:05.82

2021-22:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Competed in six meets
- Finished sixth in the 400m Hurdles at the Sean Collier Invitational

2020-21:
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2019-20:
- Competed in six indoor meets
- Won the 400mH in the alumni meet and the 400m at the Bates/Colby tri-meet in a time of 1:01.76
- Was a member of the 4x400 relay team that placed ninth at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2018-19:
- All-New England D3 (Outdoor: 4x400)
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (400m Hurdles, 4x400)
- NEWMAC Champion (400m Hurdles, 4x400)

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in literature
- Field Instrumentation and Reliability Engineering Intern at Zipline
- Conducted research on human centered design and the product design process through the ELO program
- Student Leader of the Gordon Engineering Leadership Program
- Choreographer for DanceTroupe
- Committee lead in SAAC
- Member of Alpha Phi
- Teaching Assistant for Design Thinking and Innovation in Leadership and Engineering (DTILE)
- Involved in various mentorship initiatives

High School:
- Varsity letter winner in indoor track (2012-18), outdoor track (2013-18) and cross country (2014-18) at Phillips Exeter Academy
- Sportsmanship Award winner
- New York State Section 4 First Team All-Star Student-Athlete
- NYSPHSAA State Meet and NBN qualifier
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Track and cross country team captain
- Step Team co-head
- Dormitory Student Council Representative
- Won awards for excellence in Chinese, pre-calculus, chemistry, ceramics, dance and the arts

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Mid-Distance
    5'7"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Sprints, Hurdles
    5'7"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Sprints, Hurdles
    5'7"
  • C

    2021-22Senior

    Sprints, Hurdles
    5'7"
    C