Skip To Main Content

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Official Athletics Website of the MIT Engineers

2021-22 MIT Women's Track and Field Roster

Yilinn Yang

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Ardsley, N.Y.
  • High School Ardsley
  • Event Jumps
  • Major Computer Science and Business Analytics

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:

60m - 8.35
TJ - 35' 6.75" (10.84m)
LJ - 17' 2" (5.23m)

Outdoor:
LJ - 18' 0.5" (5.50m)
TJ - 37' 2.5" (11.34m)

2021-22:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Competed in 10 meets
- Finished fifth in the long jump at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship

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

2019-20:
- Competed in five indoor meets
- Was second in the long jump at Tufts with a leap of 16 feet, 9.25 inches

2018-19:
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: 4x200; Outdoor: Long Jump)

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science and business analytics
- Software engineer at Infosys, Amazon and Facebook
- Orientation Leader Captain
- Alpha Chi Omega New Member Education

High School:
- Team MVP each season at Ardsley High School
- Enterprise Rivertowns Athlete of the Year
- Holds school records in the indoor and outdoor triple jump, the indoor long jump, the outdoor 200m and the indoor 55m
- Placed fifth at the NY State Outdoor Championships in the long jump in 2017
- Seven-time league champion in the triple jump, five-time league champion in the long jump and 200m league champion in the 2016 outdoor season
- Three-time All-County selection in Westchester NY in the long jump (indoor 2017, outdoor 2017, indoor 2018)
- Two-time All-County in the triple jump indoors and outdoors in 2017
- 2017 Section 1 Class B Champion indoors in the triple jump
- Varsity letter winner in tennis from 2014-16, indoor track and field from 2014-18, outdoor track and field from 2015-18 and soccer in 2017
- Member of the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society
- Silver Linings Club president
- Member of the Amnesty International Club, DECA, Science Olympiad, Key Club, Mountain Club and Habitat for Humanity
- Vice-president of the Robotics Club...
- Honor Roll student every quarter

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Jumps, Sprints
    5'7"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Jumps
    5'7"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Jumps
    5'7"
  • C

    2021-22Senior

    Jumps
    5'7"
    C