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2016-17 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Gabriella Zak

  • Height 5-8
  • Year First Year
  • Hometown Upper Saddle River, N.J.
  • High School Hackley School
  • Event Sprints/Jumps
  • Major Business

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
60m - 8.52
200m - 27.12
400m - 59.25
500m - 1:18.69
600m - 1:39.34
800m - 2:28.02
60H - 9.54
HJ - 4', 7.75" (1.42m)
LJ - 15', 0.5" (4.59m)
SP - 24', 0" (7.32m)
Pentathlon - 2702

Outdoor:
400m - 59.99
400H - 1:05.58

2016-17: New England All-Region (Indoor - 600m and 4x400)... Placed fifth in the 400mH at the NEWMAC Championship in 1:06.46 and sixth in the 400m in 59.99... Placed eighth at the D3 New England Indoor Championship in the 600m in 1:39.56 and fourth in the 4x400 in 4:02.77... Won the 600m at the Gordon Kelly Invitational in a season-best time of 1:39.34... Won the 800m at the Tufts Stampede in a season-best time of 2:28.02, where she also finished seventh in the pentathlon with 2,702 points.

Off the Track at MIT: Majoring in business.

High School: Three-year letter winner in both soccer and indoor track and a four-year letter winner in outdoor track at The Hackley School... Team captain and coaches award recipient... Holds the school record in the 100H, triple jump and high jump... Three-time NYSAIS Champion in the 100H... Two-time NYSAIS Champion in the triple jump and 400IH... Two-time All-County in the 100H and 400IH... Member of the Cum Laude Society... Middle school track and field assistant coach... Founder of the Spartan Race Club... Vice-president of FoodSync, which is a charity organization... Honor Roll student... AP Scholar with Honor... English Award recipient.