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2025-26 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

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Rujuta Sane

  • Height 5-3
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Chandler, Ariz.
  • High School Hamilton
  • Event Distance
  • Major Physics

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades (Indoor): 

  • NCAA Qualifier - Mile (2023-24) 
  • NCAA Qualifier - Distance Medley Relay (2023-24) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - Mile (2023-24)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - Distance Medley Relay (2023-24)
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Region - 3,000m (2024-25, 2025-26)
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Region - 5,000m (2024-25, 2025-26)
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-America First Team - 5,000m (2024-25, 2025-26)
  • USTFCCCA All-America Second Team - 3,000m (2025-26)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region – 1,500m, 5,000m (2023-24) 
  • NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference - 5,000m (2025)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 5,000m; 10,000m (2025)
  • USTFCCCA Second Team All-America - 5,000m (2025)
  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2023-24, 2025, 2026)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2023-24)

2025-26:

  • Two top 5 finishes
  • Personal best of 9:36.65 in the 3000m at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic
  • Personal best of 16:26.77 in the 5000m at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational
  • Placed first in the 5000m at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship with a time of 16:45.22s

2024-25:

  • Competed in 9 meets this indoor and outdoor track season 

  • Ran a career best in the 10,000m. 

  •  Competed in the NCAA Division III Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships, placing top 10 twice.

2023-24: 

  • Competed in 11 meets 

  • Finished fifth in the 5,000m at the NEWMAC Championship 

  • Placed 20th in the Mile preliminaries at the NCAA Indoor National Championship 

  • Finished second in the 4x800 and sixth in the Mile at the New England D3 Indoor Championship

2022-23: 

  • Competed in one meet where she placed third in the Mile at the MIT Alumni/ae Meet

Before MIT:

  • Varsity letter winner in track, cross country and badminton

  • Two-time cross country Team MVP

  • All-State in track and cross country

  • Badminton individual state champion

  • Member and treasurer of the National Honor Society

  • AP Scholar with Distinction

  • Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Personal:

  • Majoring in Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making with a minor in Physics

  • Student Researcher at CERN

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:

  • “Driving to nationals in a van”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Distance
    5'4"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Distance
    5'3"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Distance
    5'3"