Mai Linh Vankirk
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- Height:
- 5-5
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- Hometown:
- Essex Junction, Vt.
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- Year:
- Jr.
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- High School:
- Essex
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- Major:
- Psychology
Bio
• Also a member of Suffolk's cross country and outdoor track & field teams.
JUNIOR • 2019-20
Made her junior debut in the mile (6:09.80) at Tufts' Branwen Smith-King Invitational (Feb. 1) ... Clocked a 6:10.44 mile at Plymouth State's Panther Invitational (Feb. 8) ... Ran the mile (6:05.76) at the GNAC Championships (Feb. 16) ... Competed in the mile (6:16.62) at the USATF New England Indoor Championships (Feb. 23).
SOPHOMORE • 2018-19
Made her indoor debut in the mile at the 2018 UMass Boston Winter Open (Dec. 1) ... Ran the mile (6:40.14) at the Thomas College Small School Open (Feb. 9) ... Put together a 6:09.02 mile at Tufts Invitaitonal (Jan. 18).
ACADEMICS
Two-time AD Honor Roll selection (Fall 2018, Spring 2020).
BEFORE SUFFOLK • SIMMONS COLLEGE
Competed in five meets for Simmons in her first collegiate season … Made her collegiate debut at the two-mile Roger Williams Invitational with a time of 15:41 (Sept. 2) … Improved her 5k time by 1:26 over the season and finished 50th at the GNAC Championships with a personal-best time of 23:33 at Colt State Park (Oct. 28) … Ran a 6k in 31:17 to finish 94th at the Seven Sisters Championship (Oct. 14).
BEFORE SUFFOLK • ESSEX
Letterwinner in cross country and track & field … 2014 State Runner-Up in cross country … Two-year member of Spanish Honor Society.
News mentions
A small contingent of Suffolk indoor track & field student athletes participated at the USATF New England Indoor Championships at Harvard University’s Gordon Indoor Track over the weekend.
In the first-ever GNAC Indoor Track & Field Championships, the Suffolk women’s squad captured second-place Sunday at Boston University’s Track & Tennis Center.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field participated at the Panther Invitational, hosted by Plymouth State, over the weekend. The Rams finished 13th in a field of 14 with nine team points, which featured five GNAC programs.
Suffolk women’s indoor track & field saw two student-athletes qualify for New Englands at Tufts’ Branwen Smith-King Invitational Saturday at Gantcher Field House.
Mariama Kamara and Emma Weisse each secured their spots at New Englands to highlight Suffolk women’s indoor track & field performances at the Tufts Invitational Saturday at the Gantcher Center.
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