THE BASICS:
 
- Location: BU Track and Tennis Center (Boston, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: At the season-opening Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener at Boston University, juniors Sam Acquaviva (Newburyport, Mass.) and Matthew Kearney (Austin, Texas) each competed in the 5,000 meters on Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- In Section 4, Acquaviva finished in 13th with a time of 14:42.46 and he was followed by Kearney in Section 5 as he crossed in fifth out of 22 runners in that section with a time of 14:23.48 that broke the MIT school record that was previously held by former All-American Matt Deyo from 2016. Both times currenty rank among the top 10 nationally in Division III.
 
- Overall, Kearney was 58th out of 84 overall finishers, while Acquaviva placed 71st. Both Kearney and Acquaviva ended the recently-completed cross country season as All-American honorees.
 
- Below are the current top-20 rankings for the Engineers, from meets up to this point in the season as listed at www.tfrrs.org.
 
5,000 Meters
5. Matthew Kearney - 14:32.72 * @
7. Sam Acquaviva - 14:51.91 @

* Denotes School Record
@ Denotes time converted from a banked track to flat track
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT is back in action on Saturday, January 8th as the Engineers host the Art Farnham Invitational for a Noon start.
 
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