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2025-26 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

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Krystal Montgomery

  • Height 5-10
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown San Jose, Calif.
  • High School Leland
  • Event Sprints
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

  • All-New England D3 - 4x400 (2022-23)
  • All-New England D3 - 800m (2022-23) 
  • NCAA Qualifier - Distance Medley Relay (2022-23)
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Region - 4x400 (2024-25, 2025-26)
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Region - Distance Medley Relay (2024-25, 2025-26)
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Region - 800m (2024-25, 2025-26)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 400m (2025-26)
  • USTFCCCA All-American First Team - Distance Medley Relay (2024-25)
  • USTFCCCA All-American First Team - 4x400 (2025-26)
  • USTFCCCA All-American Second Team - 800m (2025-26)
  • 2x NEWMAC Champion - 4x400 (2023-24, 2025-26) 
  • 2x NEWMAC All-Conference First Team - 4x400 (2023-24, 2025-26) 
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Region - 800m (2023-24, 2025-26)
  • 2x NEWMAC Relay of the Week - 4x400m (March 31, 2025, April 20, 2026)
  • 2x NEWMAC Track Athlete of the Week (April 21, 2025, April 13, 2026)
  • NEWMAC Champion - 400m (2025)
  • NEWMAC First Team All-Conference - 400m (2025)
  • NEWMAC Runner-Up - 400m (2026)
  • NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference - 400m (2026)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 800m (2025)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 4x400m (2025)
  • NCAA National Champion - 4x400m (2025)
  • 2x USTFCCCA First Team All-America - 4x400m (2025, 2026)
  • USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America - 800m (2026)
  • 3x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24,2025, 2026)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2025)

2025-26:

  • Fifteen top 5 finishes
  • Personal best of 1:33.40 in the 600m at the BU Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener
  • Personal best of 2:09.13 in the 800m at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship
  • Personal best of 2:57.84 in the 1000m at the Beantown Challenge

2024-25:

  • Competed in 15 meets this indoor and outdoor track season 
  • Ran career bests in the 400m and 500m
  • NEWMAC Champion in the 400m, running a 56.39
  •  Competed in the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships, becoming a national champion in the 4x400.

2023-24: 

  • Competed in 13 meets 
  • Won the 4x400 and placed sixth in the 800m at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
  • Won the 4x400 and placed third in the 800m at the NEWMAC Championship 
  • Finished seventh in the 600m at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2022-23: 

  • Competed in nine meets 
  • Finished tenth in the DMR at the NCAA Indoor National Championship 
  • Placed second in the 4x400 and eighth in the 800m at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

Before MIT:

  • Two-time Leland High School MVP (2021, 2022)
  • 2021 Leland Cross Country Coaches Award
  • 2019 Leland Track and Field Gabe Maze Award
  • 2018-19 Leland Girls Basketball Hustle Award
  • Two-time varsity letter winner in track and field and cross country
  • Also played basketball and ran cross country
  • Member of the National Honor Society
  • Prep and Roll Athletic Management Program - Program Lead
  • Girls Who Code Club - President
  • National Honor Society - Vice President, Treasurer
  • Leland Business Association - Public Relations Officer
  • Leland Peer Tutoring - Level 1 Tutor

Personal:

  • Majoring in computer science with a minor in design and a concentration in asian diaspora studies
  • Internships: Rivian Automotive
  • Research: MIT Ideation Lab
  • Class Council Social Chair
  • National Society of Black Engineers
  • MIT Entrepreneurship Club
  • StartMIT

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:

  • “Running in the DMR at Indoor Nationals, and cheering on our nationally-ranked men’s & women’s teams!”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Distance
    5'10"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Sprints
    5'10"
  • C

    2025-26Senior

    Sprints
    5'10"
    C