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2021-22 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Rachel Ahlmark

  • Height 5-5
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Lansdale, Pa.
  • High School North Penn
  • Event Mid-Distance
  • Major Chemical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:

600m - 1:48.21
800m - 2:43.57

Outdoor:
800m - 2:29.80

2021-22:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Competed in six meets
- Finished second in the 600m at the Art Farnham Invitational in 1:48.21
- Ran an outdoor-best time of 2:29.80 in the 800m at the Tufts Quad Meet

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

Favorite Sports Memory:
- My favorite sports memory is finding out with my high school team that we finished as the runner-up team at the PIAA State Championship in 2019.

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in chemical engineering
- Undergraduate research assistant

High School:
- All-State Track and Field Team 4x800 Relay (2019)
- Outstanding Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Cross Country Award
- Outstanding Junior Year Track & Field Award
- NPAAA Lansdale Warehouse Scholar Athlete Award (2020)
- "William F. Dannehower" Award Recipient (2020)
- Ran on 5th Place 4x800m Relay at the 2018 PIAA Outdoor State Championship
- Ran on 3rd Place 4x800m Relay and the 5th place 4x400m Relay at the 2019 PIAA Outdoor State Championship
- Nine-time varsity letter winner between winter and spring track and cross country
- Two-time cross country team captain and winter track captain as a senior
- Member of the North Penn Television Club
- Anchor on North Penn's Morning Show
- Distinguished Honor Roll (2017-2020)
- Received the Medical Staff of Abington Health Award (2020)
- Received the Morris Trust Memorial Scholarship for Outstanding Achievement in Math Award (2020)
- Received the Williams College Book Award (2019)
- AP Scholar with Honor (2019)
- National Merit Commended Scholar (2019)
- Summa Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam (2017)
- Maxima Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam (2018-2019)