THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Louisville, Ky. (E.P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park)
 
- The Lead: Led by a fifth-place finish from senior Andrew Mah (Newton, Mass.) and six runners in the top 20, the No. 5 ranked MIT men's cross country team captured the 2021 Live in Lou Cross Country Invitational title with a total of 46 points. The Engineers finished 89 points ahead of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in a meet that featured eight nationally-ranked programs. In November, the course will host the 2021 NCAA Division III National Championship.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- The Engineers ran as a pack throughout much of the race, separated by a matter of seconds through the 3.9-kilometer mark. In the end, Mah surged to the fifth-place finish as he crossed in a time of 24:30.8 over the eight-kilometer course.
 
- Junior Matthew Kearney (Austin, Texas) crossed in eighth in a time of 24:38.7, followed immediately by junior Sam Acquaviva (Newburyport, Mass.) in ninth at 24:40.3. Junior Vedang Lad (Plainsboro, N.J.) placed 11th in 24:41.9, along with graduate student Finn Jacobson-Schulte (Lakeville, Minn.) in 13th at 24:50.8 to round out the top five.
 
- Junior Lowell Hensgen (Raleigh, N.C.) placed 19th in a time of 24:58.2, while senior Ryan Wilson (Redwood City, Calif.) was 22nd in 25:01.8 and junior All-American Sanjay Raman (Seattle, Wash.) was the final MIT runner in 33rd place as he crossed in 25:22.5.
 
- Overall, the top five MIT runners were separated by a margin of just 20 seconds.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Saturday, October 16th as the Engineers travel to the Connecticut College Invitational, which will take place at Harkness Park in Waterford, Conn.
 
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