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2023-24 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

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Paige Cooksey

  • Height 5-8
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Ormond Beach, Fla.
  • High School Spruce Creek
  • Event Sprints, Hurdles
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS)

Accolades (Indoor): 
- NCAA Qualifier - DMR (2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-America First Team - DMR (2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 400m (2022-23, 2023-24); 4x400, DMR (2021-22, 2023-24)

Accolades (Outdoor): 
- NEWMAC Track Athlete of the Week (Apr. 25, 2022, 4x400 - Apr. 1, 2024) 
- NEWMAC Champion - 400m Hurdle (2021-22, 2022-23); 400m (2023-24); 4x400 (2021-22, 2023-24) 
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference - 400m Hurdle (2021-22, 2022-23); 400m (2023-24); 4x400 (2021-22, 2023-24) 
- All-America First Team - 4x400, 400m Hurdle (2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 4x400, 400m Hurdle (2021-22, 2023-24); 400m (2023-24) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 4x400 (2021-22, 2023-24); 400m Hurdle (2022-23, 2023-2024) 
- All-New England D3 - 400m Hurdle (2022-23) 
- USTFCCCA All-American - 4x400 (2021-22) 
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (Apr. 18, 2022)

Accolades: 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2021-22, 2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23, 2023-24) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2021-22) 
- CoSIDA Academic All-District (2021-22)

2023-24: 
- Competed in 15 meets 
- Finished second in the 4x400 and sixth in the 400m Hurdle at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship 
- Won the 400m Hurdle and 4x400 at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Won the 400m and 4x400 at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Finished fourth in the DMR at the NCAA Indoor National Championship 
- Placed fourth in the 400m and second in the 4x400 at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2022-23: 
- Competed in six meets 
- Finished ninth in the 400m Hurdle at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship 
- Placed fifth in the 400m Hurdle at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Won the 400m Hurdle at the NEWMAC Championship

2021-22: 
- Competed in 13 meets 
- Member of the 4x400 that placed seventh at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship 
- Won the 400m Hurdle championship at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Finished third in the 600m at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2020-21:
- Did not compete as the season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Qualifying for nationals in 400 meter Hurdles

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Placing at the 2022 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field National Championships in the 4x400m relay

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in science, technology, and society
- Two-time New Product Development Engineering Intern at Teledyne Marine
- Member, Fall Philanthropy Chairm, DVA Committee Member, and Assistant of New Member Education for Alpha Chi Omega sorority
- Research: MIT Biomakerspace
- Conducted educational outreach via biochemistry videos and 3D bioprinting muscle tissue
- Little Beavers Coach

High School:
- 2020 Team Captain
- 2019 First Team All-Area
- 2019 Conference Champion for 300m and 100m hurdles
- 2019 District champion for 300m hurdles
- 2019 State Qualifier for 300m hurdles and 4x800m relay
- 2018 State Qualifier for 4x400m relay and 4x800m relay
- Four-year letter winner in track and field and three-time in cross country
- Was a member of the soccer team
- Member of the National and Mu Alpha Theta (Math) Honor Societies
- Student Government Representative
- Florida Junior Academy of Science
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- Honor Roll student
- IB Graduate

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sprints, Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sprints, Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints, Hurdles
    5'8"