THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Boston, Mass. (Franklin Park)
 
- The Lead: Led by six runners placing among the top nine finishers overall, the No. 3 ranked MIT men's cross country team claimed the 2021 NCAA East Regional Championship with an incredible score of 23 points on Saturday morning. The Engineers defeated 32 other regional opponents en route to the title and the automatic berth in the NCAA National Championship meet.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- With the top five scoring runners separated by less than four seconds, junior Andrew Mah (Newton, Mass.) paced the squad as the overall runner-up in a time of 25:37.2. Graduate student Finn Jacobson-Schulte (Lakeville, Minn.) finished third at 25:40, while junior Matthew Kearney (Austin, Texas), graduate student Reid Kovacs (Palo Alto, Calif.) and junior Sam Acquaviva (Newburyport, Mass.) took home the fifth, sixth and seventh spots. Kearney ran a time of 25:40.6, which was matched by Kovacs with Acquaviva just .4 back of that.
 
- Junior Vedang Lad (Plainsboro, N.J.) crossed in ninth with a final time of 25:49.7, while junior Lowell Hensgen (Raleigh, N.C.) finished 17th in 26:17.8 as all seven runners for MIT earned USTFCCCA All-Region accolades.
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Saturday, November 20th as the Engineers travel to Tom Sawyer Park in Louisville, Ky. for the 2021 NCAA Division III National Championship.
 
STAY CONNECTED:
 
For the latest on MIT Athletics, follow the Engineers via social media on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.