Senior Year (2023-24)
Indoor: NCAA national champion in the mile … USTFCCCA All-America First Team honoree in the mile … Ivy League champion in the 3000m and the distance medley relay … Two-time All-Ivy League First Team honoree (3000m and DMR) … USTFCCCA Northeast Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year … Owns the New Zealand national record in the indoor 1500m (4:06.51) … Set new Ivy League records in the mile (4:24.83), 3000m (8:46.84) and distance medley relay (10:52.07) … Won the NCAA national title in the indoor mile at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships, posting a meet-record of 4:25.13 to secure first place … Placed 10
th at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in the 1500m with a time of 4:06.88 in the final … Won Ivy League titles in the 3000m (9:19.76) and the distance medley (10:56.77) at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships … Set a new Ivy League and school record in the indoor mile at the 116
th Millrose Games, posting a time of 4:24.83 on her way to eighth place honors … Helped Harvard break the Ivy League and school records in the distance medley relay at the Eagle Elite, as the Crimson finished second with a time of 10:52.07 … Finished in fourth in the mile at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet & White Invite, crossing the finish line in 4:30.01 … Started the season on a high note at the Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener, setting a new Ivy League and school record in the 3000m, finishing in second with a time of 8:46.84.
Outdoor: Represented New Zealand in the 1500m at the 2024 Paris Olympics … NCAA national champion in the 1500m run … One of three finalists for The Bowerman … First Bowerman finalist in program history … USTFCCCA All-America First Team honoree in the 1500m … USTFCCCA Northeast Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year … Helped Harvard set a new NCAA record in the distance medley relay (10:37.55) … Holds the Ivy League record in the 1500m (4:05.65) … Owns the New Zealand national record in the 1500m (4:02.20) … Ivy League champion in the 1500m and the 5000m … Two-time All-Ivy League First honoree … Team Broke her own New Zealand national record in the 1500m at the 2024 Paris Olympics, crossing the finish line in 4:02.20 in the 1500m semifinals at the Stade de France … Won her third NCAA national title at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships, crossing the finish line in first in the 1500m with a time of 4:06.62 … Set a new Ivy League record in the 1500m at the NCAA East First Round, winning the race with a time of 4:05.65 … Also set a new school record in the 5000m at the NCAA East First Round, finishing in third with a time of 15:29.06 … Won the 1500m (4:09.29) and the 5000m (15:47.23) at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships … Pushed the Crimson to the NCAA record in the distance medley relay (10:37.55) at the Penn Relays, as Harvard finished in first … Placed fifth in the 1500m (4:07.30) and fourth in the 5000m (15:44.36) at the Wake Forest Invitational.
Junior Year (2022-23)
NCAA Champion in the 1500m run... NCAA First team All-America in the 1500m run and All-America Honorable mention in the 5000m run in the outdoor season... USTFCCCA Northeast regional track athlete of the year in both indoor and outdoor season... First Team All-American in the indoor mile and 3000m run... Ivy League Champion and First Team All-Ivy in the indoor 1000m and mile... Ivy League Champion and First Team All-Ivy in the outdoor 1500m and 5000m runs... USTFCCCA Academic All-American... recipient of the NCAA Elite 90 Award at the Indoor Championship meet... Harvard record holder in the 1500m, 5000m and indoor mile
Sophomore Year (2021-22)
(Indoor) Recorded a season best time of 4:53.39 in the Mile at the Boston University David Hemery Valentine Invitational… Notched a career best time of 2:51.98 in the 1000m in the preliminary round of the Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track & Field Championships. She would place third in the final event… (Outdoor) Placed fifth in the 1500m with a career best time of 4:24.39 at the IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
Before Harvard:
800m: 2:10.82
1500m: 4:30.94
Four-year letterwinner in cross country and track and field, two-year letterwinner on the swim team… U20 New Zealand National champion in the 1500m (2x) and 800m… 2x International Community School track and field MVP… 2x ISSEA All-Star honoree… ISSEA record holder in the 400m, 800m and 1500m… 2x U18 New Zealand National Silver honoree in the 800m… 2018 Athletics Wellington Overseas Athlete of the Year (Youth)… 2x International School Suva Sportsperson of the Year… U14 and U16 Fiji Secondary School Champion in the 800m (national records)... Father, Mark Ramsden, attended Harvard Kennedy School.
“Maia is a multi-time national champ for NZ. She can come right in and help our strong middle-distance group.” – Coach Gibby
