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2025-26 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Frank Poulin

Kate Sanderson

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown West Hartford, Conn.
  • High School William H. Hall
  • Event Distance
  • Major Biological Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades (Indoor): 

  • NCAA Qualifier 5,000m (2022-23, 2023-24) 

  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 5,000m (2022-23, 2023-24) Mile (2023-24) 

  • USTFCCCA All-America Second Team - 5,000m (2023-24)

  • USTFCCCA All-Region Distance Medley Relay; Mile; 3,000m; 5,000m (2025)

  • USTFCCCA All-America First Team - Distance Medley Relay (2025)

  • USTFCCCA All-America First Team - 3,000m (2025)

Accolades (outdoor):

  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 5,000m (2023-24) 10,000m (2022-23, 2023-24)  

  • NCAA Qualifier - 5,000m (2022-23); 10,000m (2023-24) 

  • All-America Second Team - 10,000m (2023-24) 

  • All-New England D3 - 5,000m, 4x800 (2022-23) 

  • NEICAAA Champion - 10,000m (2022-23) 

  • NEICAAA All-New England - 10,000m (2022-23) 

  • NEWMAC Track Athlete of the Week (Mar. 27, 2023)

  • NEWMAC Track Athlete of the Week (3/31/25)

  • USTFCCCA First Team All-America - 10,000m (2025)

  • USTFCCCA Second Team All-America - 5,000m (2025)

  • NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2025)

  • CSC Academic All-District (2025)

Accolades:  

  • NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24) 

  • CSC Academic All-District (2023-24) 

  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23)

2024-25:

  • Competed in 11 meets this indoor and outdoor track season 

  • Ran career bests in the Mile, 3000m, 5000m, and 10,000 

  •  Competed in the NCAA Division III indoor Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2023-24: 

  • Competed in 12 meets 

  • Finished 13th in the 10,000m at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship 

  • Placed third in the 10,000m at the NEWMAC Championship 

  • Finished 16th in the 5,000m at the NCAA Indoor National Championship  

  • Placed second in the Mile and 4x800 at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2022-23: 

  • Competed in 12 meets 

  • Finished 20th in the 5,000m at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship 

  • Won the 10,000m at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship 

  • Finished second in the 5,000m and third in 4x800 at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 

  • Placed third in the 10,000m at the NEWMAC Championship 

  • Finished 20th in the 5,000m at the NCAA Indoor National Championship 

  • Placed third in the 5,000m at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

Before MIT:

  • Captain of the cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field teams

  • Two-time GameTime CT All-State Athlete

  • School record holder for 3,000m, 3,200m, and 5,000m

  • Placed third in the two mile at the 2022 New England Indoor Championships

  • Member of the Spanish National Honors Society

  • National Honors Society President of the Noah Webster Chapter 

  • State Student Advisory Council on Education board member

  • Spanish Section Chief Editor of the Hall High School Foreign Language Magazine

  • Founder and co-President of Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness's Be Homeful Club

  • Shift Leader for the Hartford Hospital Summer Volunteer Program

  • Math and science tutor

  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Medal Award for math and science

  • Flash Fiction Scholastic Art & Writing Award: Silver Key

  • AP Capstone Diploma

  • Spanish Seal of Biliteracy

Personal:

  • Majoring in biological engineering with a minor in chemistry and a concentration in Spanish

  • Summer undergraduate research fellow with the Tissot Lab of CalTech

  • Organic Synthesis Intern at the Cuenca Group of the Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS-URL)

  • Research assistant with the Wang Group at the Broad Institute

  • MIT Undergraduate Research Journal Chemistry and Biology Department Editor

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Distance
    5'7"
  • C

    2025-26Senior

    Distance
    5'7"
    C