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2024-25 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Lexi Fernandez

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Stevenson Ranch, Calif.
  • High School West Ranch
  • Event Distance
  • Major Bioengineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS)

Accolades (Indoor): 
- USTFCCCA All-America First Team - DMR (2023-24); Mile (2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - Mile (2022-23, 2023-24); 3,000m (2023-24) 
- NCAA Qualifier - DMR (2022-23, 2023-24); Mile (2023-24)
 
Accolades (Outdoor): 
- NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team - 1,500m (2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 1,500m (2023-24) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 1,500m (2023-24)
 
Accolades: 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24) 
- CSC Academic All-District (2023-24)

2023-24:
- Competed in eight meets 
- Finished second in the 1,500m at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Placed fifth in the mile and fourth in the DMR at the NCAA Indoor National Championship 
- Finished second in the 3,000m and 4x800 at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2022-23: 
- Competed in six meets 
- Placed fourth in the 1,500m at the Sean Collier Invitational 
- Finished second in the 1,500m at the Amherst College Spring Fling

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning nationals

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Breaking 5 flat in the mile during indoor with my "miler squad"

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in bioengineering with a minor in finance and a concentration in STS
- Shadowing Dr. McGilmer at Kaiser
- Servlanthropy Deputy
- Member of Amphibz at MIT
- Member of Theta

High School:
- Broke school record in the 3,200 three times in 2022
- CIF D2 Champion in the 3,200
- Medaled at Master's in third place
- League champion in the 1,600 and 800, as well as the runner-up in the 3,200
- Top 11 at state
- Scholar-Athlete of the Year
- 2021 XC league runner-up
- 2021 track CIF D2 medalist (fourth in 1600, fifth in 3200)
- Won the 2019 track Freshman Rising Star Award
- 2018 All-SCV Cross Country Runner of the Year
- League runner-up
- Team MVP
- League Champion in the 1600 and 800
- Member of the National Honor Society
- LLS Student of the Year
- Volunteer assistant coach for Warriors
- President of FCA
- Member of the Architectural Design Club
- Honor Roll student
- Ranked third in his class
- Merit based Scholar
- AP Scholar with Distinction

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Distance
    5'6"