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An epic year for women’s sports

2024-25 will go down as a banner year for the Engineers, with four MIT women’s teams all clinching NCAA Division III national titles for the first time.

The MIT women's track and field team celebrates winning their first national outdoor title.
The MIT women's track and field team celebrates winning their first national outdoor title.Natalie Green


It was a banner year for the Engineers in 2024–’25, with four MIT women’s teams all clinching NCAA Division III national titles for the first time.

After winning their fourth straight NCAA East Regional Championship, the cross country team claimed their first national title in November with All-American performances from Christina Crow ’25 (pictured), Rujuta Sane ’26, and Kate Sanderson ’26. In March, the indoor track and field team scored 49 points—the most ever by an MIT women’s team at a national indoor meet—to win their first national title. A week later, the swimming and diving team won three individual and four relay titles and captured their first national title. Kate Augustyn ’25 ended her MIT career with four individual and four relay national championships and 27 All-America honors. Then in May, the outdoor track and field team claimed their first national championship, making MIT the first to sweep the Division III national titles in women’s cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field in the same year. 

foot race on grass with spectators
NATALIE GREEN
winners podium for NCAA track and field champions
D3 PHOTOGRAPHY
 NCAA Division III Swim and Dive Championships champs with trophy and MIT sign
DAVID BEACH

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