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2025-26 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

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Katelyn Howard

  • Height 5-3
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Lake Oswego, Ore.
  • High School Lake Oswego
  • Event Pole Vault
  • Major Chemistry and Biology

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

  • New England D3 Champion - Pole Vault (2023-24) 
  • NCAA Qualifier - Pole Vault (2023-24) 
  • 3x USTFCCCA All-Region - Pole Vault (2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26) 
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-America First Team - Pole Vault (2023-24, 2025-26)
  • USTFCCCA All-America Second Team - Pole Vault (2024, 25)
  • 3x NEWMAC Champion - Pole Vault (2023-24, 2025, 2026) 
  • 3x NEWMAC All-Conference First Team - Pole Vault (2023-24, 2025, 2026) 
  • 3x USTFCCCA All-Region - Pole Vault (2023-24, 2025, 2026) 
  • NCAA Qualifier - Pole Vault (2023-24)
  • USTFCCCA First Team All-America - Pole Vault (2025)
  • 3x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24,2025, 2026)
  • CSC Academic All-America Second Team (2026)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2023-24) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2023-24)
  • NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship (2026)

2025-26:

  • 10 top 5 finishes
  • Placed first at the Cardinal & Gray Alumni in Pole Vault (3.80m / 12' 5.5")
  • Placed first at the NEWMAC Championships in Pole Vault (3.90m / 12' 9.5")
  • Placed first at the 2026 Tufts Final Qualifier in Pole Vault (4.03m / 13' 2.5")

2024-25:

  • Competed in 17 meets this indoor and outdoor track season 

  • Vaulted to a career best in the polevault at the Final Qualifier at MIT, accheveing at hight of 4.08m 

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

2023-24: 

  • Competed in 16 meets 

  • Finished 21st in the pole vault at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship 

  • Placed second in the pole vault at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 

  • Won the pole vault at the NEWMAC Championship 

  • Finished eighth in the pole vault at the NCAA Indoor National Championship  

  • Won the pole vault at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2022-23: 

  • Competed in six meets 

  • Finished seventh in the pole vault at the NEWMAC Championship

Before MIT:

  • Two-time team captain

  • Four-year varsity letter winner

  • Second at the 2021 Oregon Meet of Champions

  • Sixth at the 2022 Oregon Meet of Champions

  • PR of 12 feet in the pole vault

  • Member of the National Honor Society

  • Secretary of LO Mental Health Club

  • Internship with Portland State University physics department

  • Pole vault coach for the junior LO track club

  • Volunteer work with Operation Hope

  • Honor Roll student

  • 2022 AP Scholar with Distinction

  • 2022 National Merit Scholarship Finalist

  • Presidential Scholarship Finalist

Personal:

  • Majoring in Chemistry and Biology with a concentration in writing

  • Internships: Research at Oregon Health and Science University

  • Course 20 UROP in endometriosis,

  • Research: Placental pathology at OHSU

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Pole Vault
    5'3"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Pole Vault
    5'2"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Pole Vault
    5'3"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Pole Vault
    5'3"