Kathleen Brandes

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2017-18 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

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Height 5-7
Year Junior
Hometown Raleigh, N.C.
High School Ravenscroft
Event Pole Vault
Major Computer Science and Mathematics

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Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
PV - 11', 7.75" (3.55m)

Outdoor:
PV - 11', 7.75" (3.55m)

2017-18: Did not compete in a meet.

2016-17: New England All-Region (Indoor - Pole Vault)... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... USTFCCCA All-Academic Team... Finished seventh at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship and eighth at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship... Was fifth at the NEWMAC Championship at 11 feet, 4.5 inches... Won the dual meet with Williams on 4/15 with a season-high height of 11 feet, 7.75 inches... Was 13th at the NEICAAA Indoor Champsionhip... Placed fifth at the New England D3 Indoor Championship with a season-best height of 11 feet, 7.75 inches.

2015-16: Competed in seven indoor meets as a freshman ... set a personal best height of 10’, 6” (3.20m) in the pole vault at the MIT Alumni/ae meet (1/9) ... helped MIT to second place in the DMR at the Bates tri-meet (13:18.42) in her first time competing in the event … competed in six outdoor meets … tied her personal best of 10’, 6” at the Williams dual meet (4/16) where she placed fourth … at her first New England Division III Outdoor Championship, took 20th place in the pole vault with a clearance of 9’, 6.25” (2.90m).

Off the Track at MIT: Majoring in computer science and mathematics... Executive board member for Microbiome Club... Did research at the Weiss Lab working on building a system to detect endometriosis... Software engineering intern at a startup, nTopology, in New York City.

High School: A 2015 graduate of Ravenscroft School ... lettered three times in track and four times in swimming ... three sport athlete (swimming - captain, cross country, track and field - captain) ... two-time state champion ... two-time conference champion ... earned the Coaches Award ... TISAC Sportsmanship Award ... holds the school, conference and state meet record in the pole vault ... personal best 10-9 in pole vault and 4-10 in high jump ... also ran the 300m hurdles, 4x200m relay and 4x400m relay ... competed on the Kinesis Dynamic Athletics club team ... National Honor Society ... Art Honor Society ... Project Coordinator for Key Club ... High Honor Roll ... Academic Achievement Awards for science, math, history and language ... Community Service Award.