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2023-24 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

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Julia Howarth

  • Height 5-3
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Barrington, R.I.
  • High School Barrington
  • Event Sprints
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS)

Accolades (Indoor): 
- New England D3 Champion - 800m (2023-24) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 400m (2021-22); 800m, 4x400, DMR (2022-23, 2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 400m (2021-22); 4x400 (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24); DMR (2022-23, 2023-24); 800m (2022-23, 2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-America First Team - DMR (2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-American - 800m, 4x400 (2022-23) 
- D3 All-New England - 800m, 4x400 (2022-23)
 
Accolades (Outdoor): 
- NEWMAC Track Athlete of the Week (Mar. 28, 2022, Apr. 1, 2024 - 4x400) 
- NEWMAC Champion - 400m (2021-22); 4x400 (2021-22, 2023-24) 
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team- 400m (2021-22); 4x400 (2021-22, 2023-24) 
- NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team - 400m (2023-24) 
- All-America First Team - 4x400 (2023-24) 
- All-America Second Team - 800m (2023-24) 
- New England D3 Champion - 800m (2022-23) 
- All-New England D3 - 800m (2022-23) 
- NEICAAA All-New England - 800m (2022-23) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 4x400 (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24); 800m (2022-23, 2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 400m (2021-22, 2023-24); 800m (2022-23, 2023-24); 4x400 (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-American - 4x400 (2021-22, 2022-23) 
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (Apr. 3, 2023, Apr. 17, 2023)
 
Accolades: 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2021-22, 2023-24) 
- CSC Academic All-District (2022-23, 2023-24) 
- CSC Academic All-America Third Team (2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24) 
- CSC Academic All-America Second Team (2022-23) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2021-22) 
- CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021-22)

2023-24: 
- Competed in 12 meets 
- Finished second in the 4x400 at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship 
- Placed second in the 800m at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Won the 4x400 and finished second in the 400m at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Placed fourth in the DMR at the NCAA Indoor National Championship 
- Won the 800m at the New England D3 Indoor Championship while also placing second in the 4x400

2022-23: 
- Competed in 13 meets 
- Finished sixth in the 4x400 at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship 
- Placed fourth in the 800m at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship 
- Won the 800m at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Placed third in the 400m at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Finished fifth in the 800m and sixth in the 4x400 at the NCAA Indoor National Championship 
- Placed second in the 800m and the 4x400 at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2021-22: 
- Competed in 16 meets, with eight victories 
- Won the 4x400 and was third in the 400m at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Ran a season-best 57.61 seconds as she won the 400m at the NEWMAC Championship

2020-21:
- Did not compete as season was canceled due to Covid-19

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Making it to the Elite 8 my sophomore year!

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Going to Nationals with the track team in the 2023 spring season and competing and cheering on my teammates

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in history
- Conducted research in Professor Traverso's Lab writing an academic research paper reviewing the development of sensors/devices in the gastrointestinal tract
- Conducted Research in the MIT Media Lab
- Research: Biomechatronics
- Member of MIT Cru
- Baxter Healthcare: Renal Care R&D
- BCG Intern
- Athletes in Action
- Little Beavers
- Member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority
- Also a member of the MIT women's soccer team

High School:
- A 2020 graduate of Barrington High School
- Earned four varsity letters in soccer, four in indoor track and four in outdoor track
- 2018 and 2019 soccer captain
- 2019-20 indoor track captain
- 2017 Barrington Soccer MVP
- 2018 Soccer Second Team All-Division
- 2019 Soccer First Team All-State
- 2018 First Team All-State in 4x400
- 2019 All-Class 300m and 4x400
- 2020 All-Academic
- 2019-20 Rhode Island State Champion in 600m
- National Honor Society
- Four-time Honor Roll

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'5"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sprints
    5'4"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints
    5'3"