THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Johnson Athletic Center Indoor Track (Cambridge, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: In a tri-meet with Bates College and the University of Southern Maine on Saturday afternoon, the MIT men's track and field team earned 10 event wins and finished with a total of 82 points. Bates was second at 57 points, while Southern Maine placed third at 22 points.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Junior Jeremiah Budiman (Plano, Texas) led the Engineers with wins in both the 60 meters and the long jump as he crossed in 7.05 seconds in the 60 and posted a jump of 22 feet, one inch in the long jump. First-year Ian Koe (San Mateo, Calif.) took first place in the 200 meters in 22.90 seconds as he was followed in second by sophomore Garrett Whitmore (Webster City, Iowa) with a time of 23.51 seconds.
 
- Graduate student Benton Wilson (Dublin, Ohio) captured the 400 meters with a season-best time of 50.32 seconds, followed by Koe in second at 51.61 and first-year Walter Truitt (Houston, Texas) in fourth as he crossed in 52.54 seconds.
 
- First-year Pau Ilerbaig-Bajona (Toronto, Canada) won the 800 with a time of 1:58.51, along with first-year Ziyad Hassan (Ashburn, Va.) scoring in third place at 2:00.58. First-year Reece Shuttleworth (Arlington, Va.) took the 1,000 in 2:36.69, followed in second by senior Matt Schofield (Shorewood, Ill.) as he crossed in 2:38.13.
 
- To cap off the running events, first-year Pablo Arroyo (Richardson, Texas) won the mile in 4:27.13 and junior Kenneth Wei (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) captured the 60-meter hurdles in 8.15 seconds, while sophomore Raymond Brookman (Santa Cruz, Calif.) placed third in the 3,000 meters in 8:59.74.
 
- Seniors William Woltmann (Secaucus, N.J.) and Nathan Basinger (Dalton, Ohio) both scored in the shot put and weight throw, including a Woltmann victory in the shot put with a toss of 51 feet. Basinger was second in the shot at 49 feet, nine inches, along with a fourth-place performance in the weight throw at 50 feet, 11.5 inches. Woltmann placed second in the weight throw, posting a distance of 52 feet, 4.5 inches.
 
- Junior Steven Marquez (El Centro, Calif.) won the high jump with a clearance of six feet, 0.75 inches and the Engineers swept spots 2 through 7 in the pole vault to score with three student-athletes. First-year Luka Srsic (Worthington, Ohio) finished second at 15 feet, one inch, while graduate student Liam Ackerman (Miami, Fla.) finished third and senior Everett Brandyberry (Hill City, Kan.) was fourth as both cleared 14 feet, 7.25 inches.
 
- 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.
 
400 Meters
12. Benton Wilson - 50.32
 
5,000 Meters
6. Matthew Kearney - 14:32.72 * @
9. Sam Acquaviva - 14:51.91 @
 
60-Meter Hurdles
3. Kenneth Wei - 8.15
 
Pole Vault
9. Luka Srsic - 15' 1"
13. Max Hardy - 14' 11"
T20. Liam Ackerman - 14' 7.25"
T20. Everett Brandyberry - 14' 7.25"
 
Shot Put
7. William Woltmann - 51'
10. Nathan Basinger - 49' 9"

* Denotes School Record
@ Denotes time converted from a banked track to flat track
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Saturday, January 22nd as the Engineers travel to the University of Rhode Island for the Coaches Tribute Meet beginning at 11 a.m.
 
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