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2024-25 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

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Ryan Boyles
Chris Aduama

Katie Kempff

  • Height 5-8
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown St. Charles, Ill.
  • High School St. Charles East
  • Event Jumps, Hurdles
  • Major Aerospace Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS)

Accolades (Indoor):
- USTFCCCA All-Region - Pentathlon (2022-23); High Jump (2022-23, 2023-24)
 
Accolades (Outdoor): 
- All-New England D3 - High Jump (2022-23)
 
Accolades: 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23) 

2023-24: 
- Competed in 17 meets 
- Finished 11th in the high jump at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Placed third in the high jump and seventh in the 100m Hurdles at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Finished seventh in the high jump at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2022-23: 
- Competed in fifteen meets 
- Finished 13th in the high jump at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship 
- Placed fifth in the high jump at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Finished third in the high jump at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Placed tenth in the high jump at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Setting a high school record in hurdles my senior year

Favorite Moment as an MIT student-athlete:
- When my teammates came to support me running a pentathlon at Tufts, even though I was the only one competing

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Spanish
- Software Engineering Intern at Aerobotics (Cape Town, South Africa)
- Research into the environmental impact of carbon sequestration monitoring satellite network for the MIT Climate and Sustainability Consortium (MCSC)
- NROTC
- Little Beavers Running Club
- Member of Alpha Phi sorority

High School:
- All-State and All-Conference
- Academic All-Conference
- High School Female Athlete of the Year
- Sectional Champion and State Final Qualifier
- Four-year varsity letter winner in both track and field and diving
- USATF Junior Olympic Qualifier - Heptathlon 
- Member of the National Honor Society
- President of the Social Studies National Honor Society
- Vice-President of the Science National Honor Society
- Member of the English National Honor Society
- School Newspaper - Editor-in-Chief 
- Speed Team - Captain 
- Peer Leadership - Peer Leadership Advisor 
- Code Club 
- Illinois State Senate Youth Advisory Committee
- Kijana Educational Initiative - Youth Leadership Team 
- Illinois State Scholar,
- Illinois Spanish Seal of Biliteracy Award
- AP Capstone Diploma
- AP Scholar with Distinction Award
- AP Scholar with Honor Award
- English Department Award
- Human Relations Award

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Jumps, Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Jumps, Hurdles
    5'8"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Jumps, Hurdles
    5'8"