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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2015-16 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Jenny Xu

  • Height 5-3
  • Year First Year
  • Hometown Cupertino, Calif.
  • High School Monta Vista
  • Event Distance
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Outdoor:
800m - 2:32.37
1500m - 4:54.43
5000m - 18:08.33
10,000m - 37:44.41

2015-16: Competed in five outdoor meets as a freshman ... ran a personal best time of 37:44.41 for sixth place in the 10,000m run and then placed ninth in 18:12.97 in the 5,000m run at the New England Division III Outdoor Championship (5/5-7) ... ran the 800m (2:32.37 - 15th place) and the 1500m (4:54.43 - 14th place) for the first time in her collegiate career at the MIT Quad Meet (4/9) ... registered a second place finish in the 5,000m run (18:08.33 - a personal best) at the MIT vs. Willams Dual Meet (4/16).

Off the Track at MIT: Majoring in computer science.

High School: A 2015 graduate of Monta Vista High School ... earned eight varsity letters in track and cross country ... MVP Award ... Most Outstanding Award ... Coach's Award ... Placed 19th at the State Championship ... Top-25 Record Holder at Monterey Bay Invitational ... CCS Championship Qualifier ... member of the California Scholarship Federation and Chinese Honor Society ... Officer and Event Captain of the Science Olympiad ... Technovation Challenge ... Mobile Game Development Club ... National Merit Finalist ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... Purple and Gold Award for Math ... Regional Winner for Technovation Challenge ... National Center for Women in Technology Aspirations Award Local Winner/National Runner-up ... First Place Winner of Next Generation of Women Entrepreneurs.