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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2019-20 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Emily Niu

  • Height 5-5
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Painted Post, N.Y.
  • High School Corning-Painted Post
  • Event Distance
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
3,000m - 10:38.57
5,000m - 18:35.12

2017-18: Competed in three meets... Ran a season-best time of 18:35.12 in the 5,000m at the Bowdoin College Invitational... Finished third in the 3,000m at the Bates/Colby Tri-Meet in a season-best time of 10:38.57 in her collegiate debut.

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in economics
- UROP at the Harvard Medical School in the Church Lab

High School:
- Was a four-year letter winner in both indoor and outdoor track and a two-time letter winner in cross country at Corning-Painted Post High School
- Won the Distance Team MVP Award and the Coach's Workhorse Award
- Named to the New York State Cross Country All-State Team
- Won the 2016 Indoor Track Section 4 Class Championship in the 3,000 meters
- Won the 2017 Outdoor Track Section 4 Class Championship in the 3,000 meters and holds the DMR school record
- Class valedictorian
- Member of the National Honor Society and a National Merit Scholar Finalist
- Won the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award
- Received the Wineglass Marathon Scholarship Award and the Twin Tiers Society of Women Engineers Scholarship Award

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Distance
    5'5"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Distance
    5'5"