THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Dussault Track (Somerville, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: In a quad meet with RPI, Bates and Tufts, the No. 11 ranked MIT men's track and field team earned the victory with a total of 71.50 points. The Engineers posted three top-15 national marks and seven event victories at the meet.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- First-year Ian Koe (San Mateo, Calif.) picked up the win in the 400 meters in 48.32 and is ranked seventh in the country. Graduate student Benton Wilson (Dublin, Ohio) was third in the event at 49.19 seconds. Wilson was second in the 200 with a time of 21.98 seconds, followed by junior Omozusi Guobadia (Katy, Texas) in fifth at 23.04. Junior Jeremiah Budiman (Plano, Texas) led the way in the 100 in second at 11.24 seconds, with Guobadia in fourth at 11.34.
 
- In the pole vault, graduate student Liam Ackerman (Miami, Fla.) earned another victory as he cleared 15 feet, nine inches. The duo of senior Everett Brandyberry (Hill City, Kan.) and first-year Luka Srsic (Worthington, Ohio) is now tied for 12th nationally as they finished second with a clearance of 15 feet, five inches. Senior Max Hardy (Houston, Texas) also scored with a height of 14 feet, 7.25 inches to finish in fourth place.
 
- First-year Walter Truitt (Houston, Texas) continued his outstanding outdoor season with a pair of wins in the 110-meter and 400-meter hurdles. He is now ranked 15th in the country in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.85 seconds, along with a time of 55.92 seconds in the 400.
 
- Junior Matthew Kearney (Austin, Texas) picked up the win in the 3,000-meter steeplechase as he ran a time of 9:37.18. Senior Nicholas Medearis (Palo Alto, Calif.) finished second in the 1,500 at 3:57, while first-year Pau Ilerbaig-Bajona (Toronto, Canada) led three scorers in the 800 in second at 1:56.34. Junior Matt Schofield (Shorewood, Ill.) was third in the 800 at 1:56.93, with first-year Reece Shuttleworth (Arlington, Va.) in fourth at 1:57.80.
 
- Senior Nathan Basinger (Dalton, Ohio) won the shot put with a throw of 48 feet, 10 inches, with first-year Sam Engebretson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) in third with a toss of 46 feet, 10.75 inches. The two flipped in the discus with Engebretson taking the win in 158 feet, six inches and Basinger finishing second with a distance of 149 feet, one inch. Both also finished in the top five in the hammer throw with Basinger placing second at 166 feet, seven inches and Engebretson in fifth at 142 feet, eight inches.
 
- Budiman finished in third in the long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 2.5 inches, with sophomore Spencer Yandrofski (Chapel Hill, N.C.) in second in the high jump with a height of six feet, 0.75 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.
 
110-Meter Hurdles
15. Walter Truitt - 14.85
16. Kenneth Wei - 14.87
 
400 Meters
7. Ian Koe - 48.32
 
4x400 Relay
17. Ian Koe, Benton Wilson, Walter Truitt, Evan Schaefer - 3:21.24
 
Pole Vault
8. Liam Ackerman - 15' 9.25"
12. Everett Brandyberry - 15' 5"
12. Luka Srsic - 15' 5"
 
Long Jump
11. Kenneth Wei - 23' 8.25"
 
Discus
5. Sam Engebretson - 164' 10"
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action next week as the Engineers travel to the Silfen Invitational on Saturday, April 15th, along with the two-day UConn Northeast Challenge on April 15-16.
 
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