THE BASICS:
 
- Location: BU Track and Tennis Center (Boston, Mass.); Gantcher Center (Medford, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: Led by a school record in the mile by senior Ryan Wilson (Redwood City, Calif.), the No. 6 MIT men's track and field team competed at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invite at Boston University and the Tufts Cupid Challenge on Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AT BU:
 
- In the mile, Wilson broke the 10-year old MIT school record by .40 seconds as he placed 13th overall in 4:06.02 and now ranks third in the nation.
 
- Graduate student Benton Wilson (Dublin, Ohio) is now ranked ninth in the country after running a time of 21.70 in the 200 meters to place ninth overall on the day. In addition, junior Kenneth Wei (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) is now 15th nationally after winning the triple jump with a leap of 47 feet, 0.75 inches. First-year Pau Ilerbaig-Bajona (Toronto, Canada) posted a 10th-place finish in the 500 as he crossed in a time of 1:05.06.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AT TUFTS:
 
- At Tufts, senior Nathan Basinger (Dalton, Ohio) was a double winner as he captured both the shot put and the weight throw. He took the shot with a throw of 48 feet, 10.25, along with a toss of 53 feet, 2.25 inches in the weight throw. Senior William Woltmann (Secaucus, N.J.) placed second in the shot put (47 feet, five inches) and third in the weight throw (51 feet, 10.25 inches), while first-year Sam Engebretson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) and junior Henry Sobieszczyk (Newton, Mass.) also placed in the top 10 in both. Engebretson was fourth in the weight throw (48 feet, 1.25 inches) and 10 in the shot (42 feet, 10.25 inches), with Sobieszczyk finishing sixth in the weight throw (45 feet, 10.5 inches) and eighth in the shot (44 feet, 1.25 inches).
 
- Graduate student Liam Ackerman (Miami, Fla.) led three Engineers in the top four of the pole vault as he won the event by clearing 16 feet to rank eighth in the country. First-year Luka Srsic (Worthington, Ohio) was second with a height of 15 feet, one inch and he was followed by senior Everett Brandyberry (Hill City, Kan.) in fourth at 14 feet, 1.25 inches.
 
- First-year Walter Truitt (Houston, Texas) placed third in the 60-meter hurdles in a time of 8.64. Junior Jeremiah Budiman (Plano, Texas) was fourth in the finals of the 60 meters in 7.06 seconds, along with a ninth-place showing in the 600 by junior Evan Schaefer (Frederick, Md.) with a time of 1:25.35. In addition, sophomore Raymond Brookman (Santa Cruz, Calif.) finished third in the 3,000 meters as he crossed in 8:43.33.
 
- 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.
 
200 Meters
13. Benton Wilson - 22.09 @
 
Mile
3. Ryan Wilson - 4:09.17 * @
 
3,000 Meters
6. Matthew Kearney 8:18.27 @
 
5,000 Meters
8. Matthew Kearney - 14:32.72 * @
11. Andrew Mah - 14:34.82 @
 
60-Meter Hurdles
4. Kenneth Wei - 8.09 *
 
Long Jump
4. Kenneth Wei - 23' 11" *
 
Triple Jump
15. Kenneth Wei - 47' 0.75"
 
Pole Vault
8. Liam Ackerman - 16'
 
Shot Put
13. William Woltmann - 51'

* Denotes School Record
@ Denotes time converted from a banked track to flat track
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action next weekend on February 11-12 as the team hosts the Gordon Kelly Invitational on February 12th and compete both days at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational at BU.
 
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