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2019-20 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Emily Skilling

  • Height 5-5
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Alamo, Calif.
  • High School Miramonte
  • Event Distance
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
3,000m - 11:03.58
5,000m - 19:01.12

Outdoor:
5,000m - 19:07.91
10,000m - 40:48.24

2018-19:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference

2017-18: Competed in seven meets... Placed 12th in the 10,000m at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship... Was sixth in the 10K at the NEWMAC Championship in a season-best time of 40:48.24... Ran a season-best 11:03.58 in the 3,000m at the Gordon Kelly Invitational... Ran 19:01.12 in the 5,000m at the Tufts Cupid Challenge.

Off the Track at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in energy studies... Researched biomedical device development at the Little Devices Lab at MIT... Petey Greene program volunteer, tutoring in a local correctional facility.

High School: Played soccer and ran cross country and track and field at Miramonte High School... Won two letters in track and field and one each in cross country and soccer... Won the Coaches Award in 2017 and the Most Improved Award in 2016... 2016 Diablo Athletic League Cross Country Third Team All-League... Placed fifth in the 3,200 in the 2017 DAL Championship... Her team won the 2016 D4 North Coast Section Championship and was fifth in the 2016 D4 Varsity Cross Country Championship... National AP Scholar... Three-time winner of the National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude Award... Won the Magna Cum Laude Award in 2017... National Merit Scholarship semifinalist in 2016... Member of the Latin Club.... Women in STEM Club publicity officer... Four-year math tutor and writing lab tutor.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Distance
    5'5"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Distance
    5'5"