Leandra Zimmermann

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2016-17 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

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Height 5-7
Year Sophomore
Hometown Augsburg, Germany
High School Gymnasium bei St. Stephan
Event Distance
Major Mechanical Engineering

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Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
800m - 2:25.99
1,500m - 4:54.39
Mile - 5:10.64
3,000m - 10:19.41
5,000m - 18:08.21

Outdoor:
800m - 2:24.45
1,500m - 4:51.21
5,000m - 18:05.28
3000m Steeplechase - 11:51.02

2016-17: New England All-Region (Indoor - 5,000m)... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-American... CoSIDA Academic All-District... Finished third in the 5,000 at the NEWMAC Championship in 18:44.70, along with a first-place showing in the 5K at the Sean Collier Invitational in a season-best 18:05.28... Placed eighth in the D3 New England Indoor Championship in the 5,000 in 18:12.64... Won the 3,000m at the Bates and Colby meet on 1/14/17 in 10:26.45.

2015-16: Competed in one indoor meet as a freshman ... helped the 4x800m relay team to first place (9:41.94) at the Bowdoin Invitational (1/23) ... competed in a pair of outdoor meets ... set a personal record in the 800m (2:24.45) at the PLNU Invitational (3/26) ... ran the 1500m (4:51.21) and the 3000m steeplechase (11:51.02) for the first time in her collegiate career at the Yale Multi Team Invitational (4/2) and the PLNU Invitational (3/26), respectively.

Off the Track at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering... Also a member of the MIT women's cross country team... Research intern at the Institute for Stroke and Dementia in Munich... UROP at the Essigmann Lab (biological engineering).

High School: A 2015 graduate of Gymnasium bei St. Stephen School … two-time varsity letterwinner in cross country and soccer … earned the Women's Cross Country 2012 MVP Award (Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School) … Swabian All Time Record wJu18 3000m … 2nd Bavarian Champion wJu20 3000m 2015 … 2nd Bavarian Champion wJu20 2000m steeplechase …. 4th at Bavarian Cross Country Championship 2015, 11th at German Cross Country Championship 2015 … 9th at German Youth Championship wJu18 3000m 2014 … 2nd Bavarian Champion 1500m steeplechase … Swabian Champion 1500m (2015), Cross Country (2015), Cross Country (2014) … also swam in high school as a member of the TG Viktoria Augsburg Club team … Art Honor Society … Orchestra … class representative … salutatorian … Honor Roll (RGNS 2012, 2013) … Award for outstanding achievements in Physics (RGNS 2013) … Award for outstanding achievements in Pre-Calculus (RGNS 2013).