THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Johnson Athletic Center Indoor Track (Cambridge, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: At the Art Farnham Invitational on Saturday afternoon, the MIT men's track and field team picked up seven event wins as the meet also included Regis, Wentworth and Franklin Pierce.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- In the long jump, junior Jeremiah Budiman (Plano, Texas) made his final jump count as he took the event with a leap of 22 feet, 2.5 inches to narrowly edge out teammate Kenneth Wei (Mount Sinai, N.Y.). Wei was second with a distance of 22 feet, 0.75 inches, along with a sixth-place finish by sophomore Josiah McMenamy (Yuba City, Calif.) with a jump of 18 feet, eight inches.
 
- Budiman picked up the win in the 60 meters as well, crossing in 7.01 seconds to win by .05 seconds. Junior Omozusi Guobadia (Katy, Texas) placed fifth, running a time of 7.29 seconds.
 
- Benton Wilson (Dublin, Ohio) captured the 400 meters in a time of 50.58 seconds, followed by first-year Ian Koe (San Mateo, Calif.) at 51.84 seconds. First-year Walter Truitt (Houston, Texas) completed the sweep of the top three spots in 52.84 seconds, with Andrew Spears placing fifth at 54.46. In the 3,000 meters, first-year Carlos Villa (Gurnee, Ill.) finished second in a final time of 9:21.77 and in the 1,000, first-year Ziyad Hassan (Ashburn, Va.) was second in 2:35.55.
 
- Sophomore Garrett Whitmore (Webster City, Iowa) won the 200 in a time of 23.41 seconds, while Guobadia was third in 23.71 seconds and sophomore Ian Gatlin (Brentwood, Tenn.) in ninth at 25.40 seconds.
 
- In the shot put, senior Nathan Basinger (Dalton, Ohio) led three Engineers in the top 10 as he finished second with a throw of 47 feet, 8.5 inches. Junior Henry Sobieszczyk (Newton, Mass.) placed fifth at 44 feet, seven inches and first-year Sam Engebretson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) was ninth with a throw of 36 feet, 11.75 inches. The same trio competed in the weight throw, as Basinger was again the runner-up with a throw of 49 feet, 9.75 inches. Engebretson was third at 45 feet, nine inches and Sobieszczyk placed sixth with a throw of 43 feet, three inches.
 
- Junior Steven Marquez (El Centro, Calif.) won the high jump with a clearance of six feet, 0.75 inches to tie Stephen Harris from Franklin Pierce. The MIT 4x400 relay team also won its event as they crossed in 3:28.08 to defeat Franklin Pierce by .98 seconds.
 
- In the pole vault, senior Max Hardy (Houston, Texas) was the winner with a clearance of 14 feet, 11 inches. Liam Ackerman (Miami, Fla.) was second at 14 feet, 5.25 inches, with senior Everett Brandyberry (Hill City, Kan.)  in third at 13 feet, 11.25 inches. Junior Bryan Sperry (San Diego, Calif.) finished fourth with a height of 13 feet, 5.25 inches and junior Ben Urquhart (Lansing, Mich.) in fifth at 12 feet, 11.5 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
18. Benton Wilson - 50.58
 
5,000 Meters
6. Matthew Kearney - 14:32.72 * @
9. Sam Acquaviva - 14:51.91 @

* Denotes School Record
@ Denotes time converted from a banked track to flat track
 
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