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2024-25 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

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Hailey Surace

  • Height 5-5
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Snohomish, Wash.
  • High School North Creek
  • Event Pole Vault
  • Major Business Management

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS)

Accolades (Indoor): 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - Pole Vault (2022-23, 2023-24) 
- NCAA Qualifier - Pole Vault (2022-23, 2023-24)
 
Accolades (Outdoor): 
- NCAA Qualifier - Pole Vault (2023-24) 
- All-America First Team - Pole Vault (2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - Pole Vault (2022-23, 2023-24) 
- NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team - Pole Vault (2023-24) 
- All-New England D3 - Pole Vault (2022-23) 
- NEICAAA All-New England - Pole Vault (2022-23)
 
Accolades: 
- CSC Academic All-District (2023-24) 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24)

2023-24: 
- Competed in 16 meets 
- Placed third in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships 
- Finished third in the pole Vault at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Placed second in the pole vault at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Finished 17th at the NCAA Indoor National Championship 
- Placed fourth in the pole vault at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2022-23: 
- Competed in 15 meets 
- Placed seventh in the pole vault at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship 
- Finished fifth in the pole vault at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Placed third in the pole vault at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Finished 13th in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor National Championship 
- Placed sixth in the pole vault at the New England D3 Indoor Championship 

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Driving with my soccer team back to our hotel after winning Phoenix Cup

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Competing at Indoor Nationals 2023 and placing 13th!

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in Business management with a minor in cognitive science
- Internship: Project Manager at Albireo Energy
- Research: Understanding Employee Activism in Modern Firms with PhD candidate Raquel Kessinger
- Member of MIT Cru

High School:
- 2019 Freshman of the Year on the track and field team for being a positive and dedicated athlete
- 2021 Soccer Team Defensive MVP
- High school record holder in the pole vault and the 4x100
- Finished third in KingCo, fifth at districts and qualified for state in the pole vault as a senior in 2022
- Track team captain as a senior
- In soccer, she was an All-District First Team performer as a junior and All-KingCo Second Team as a senior
- Two-time soccer team captain
- Seven-time varsity letter winner between track and field and soccer
- Class valedictorian
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Multiple-time National Competitor in Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
- Link Leader
- Accepted applicant and participant in the University of Washington Foster School of Business Young Women's Leadership Summit
- Recipient of the Rodgers Family Scholarship
- Commended student in the national merit scholarship program
- AP Capstone Diploma recipient
- Nominated by senior class for the Sohin Mheta Memorial Award
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- 2022 Washington State Honors Award
- 2022 Washington State Principals Scholar Program Award for Academic Excellence

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Pole Vault
    5'5"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Pole Vault
    5'5"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Pole Vault
    5'5"