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2022-23 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Sonia Purohit

  • Height 5-4
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Branchburg, N.J.
  • High School The Academy for Health & Medical Sciences
  • Event Sprints
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS)
Indoor:

200m - 27.38
400m - 59.64
500m - 1:23.33
600m - 1:41.05

Outdoor:
400m - 58.33


2022-23:
Indoor
- NCAA Qualifier (Distance Medley Relay)
- USTFCCCA All-Region (DMR)


2021-22:
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (Apr. 18)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWMAC Champion (4x400)
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (4x400)
- USTFCCCA All-Region (Outdoor: 400m)
- Competed in 11 meets
- Member of the 4x400 that won both the NEWMAC Championship and New England D3 Outdoor Championship


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


2019-20:
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: 600m)
- Competed in eight meets with three victories
- Finished seventh in the 600m at the New England D3 Indoor Championship


Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science
- Machine Learning for Health Research Group @ MIT CSAIL
- Interned at Amazon and Apple


High School:
- Four-year letter winner in track and three-year for soccer
- Team captain for track and soccer
- Three-time State Groups qualifier for track
- Scored 106 goals in varsity soccer
- Second-leading goal scorer in soccer in New Jersey in 2017
- Coach's MVP Award recipient
- Three-time competitor at Penn Relays
- President of the National Honor Society
- RoboCup Junior Robotics Competitor (Team Captain)
- Research Intern @ Stevens Institute of Technology
- Intern @ Nokia Bell Labs
- Robotics Instructor
- SAT Tutor
- United States Presidential Scholar
- Somerset County Scholar Athlete
- NASA ZeroRobotics International Medalist

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Sprints
    5'3"
  • 2022-23Graduate Student

    Sprints
    5'4"