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2025-26 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Lexi Fernandez

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

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades:

  • USTFCCCA 1st Team All-American in the Distance Medley Relay (2023-24)
  • USTFCCCA 1st Team All-American in the Mile (2023-24)
  • USTFCCCA 2nd Team All-American in the 1500m (2026)
  • USTFCCCA 2nd Team All-American in the Mile (2025-26)
  • 3x USTFCCCA All-Region in the Mile (2022-23, 2023-24, 2025-26)
  • 3x USTFCCCA All-Region in the 1500m (2024, 2025, 2026) 
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Region in the 3000m (2023-24, 2025-26)
  • USTFCCA All-Region in the 800m (2026)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region in the Distance Medley Relay (2026)
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2023, 2024)
  • NEWMAC 1500m Champion (2026)
  • NEWMAC 5000m Runner-Up (2026)
  • NEWMAC All-Conference 1st Team (1500m-2026)
  • 2x NEWMAC All-Conference 2nd Team (1500m-2024)(5000m-2026)
  • 3x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2024, 2025, 2026)  
  • 2024 CSC Academic All-District

2025-26:

  • Seven top 5 finishes
  • Personal best of 4:51.89 in the Mile at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships
  • Personal best of 17:33.86 in the 5000m at the NEWMAC Championships
  • Personal best of 9:45.22 in the 3000m at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic
  • Personal best of 4:25.95 in the 1500m at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships
  • Personal best of 2:11.91 in the 800m at the 2026 Bryan Clay Invitational

2024-25:

  • Competed in 3 meets this indoor and outdoor track season 

  • Placed top 10 once in the 1500m 

2023-24: 

  • Seven top 5 finishes

  • 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 where she set a personal best of 11:37.07

  • Finished second in the 3,000m and 4x800 at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2022-23: 

  • Two top 5 finishes

  • Placed fourth in the 1,500m at the Sean Collier Invitational 

  • Finished second in the 1,500m at the Amherst College Spring Fling

Before MIT:

  • 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

Personal:

  • 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

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:

  • “ Breaking 5 flat in the mile during indoor with my "miler squad"”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Distance
    5'6"