THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Bryant University Track and Turf Complex (Smithfield, R.I.)
 
- The Lead: Over the weekend at the NEICAAA Championship, the No. 22 ranked MIT men's track and field team finished fourth out of 40 teams with a total of 35.5 points. The Engineers piled up 24.5 points over Friday's competition to lead the way.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED ON FRIDAY:
 
- Junior Kenneth Wei (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) qualified first in the 110-meter hurdles as he crossed in a time of 14.52 seconds to advance to Saturday's final. In the long jump, Wei took the All-New England title with a leap of 24 feet, 8.25 inches to win the event by almost 19 inches and sit at No. 5 in the nation.
 
- Graduate student Benton Wilson (Dublin, Ohio) finished eighth in the prelims of the 400 meters as he ran a time of 48.11 seconds to advance to Saturday. Junior Evan Schaefer (Frederick, Md.) finished in 24th place in the prelims in 50.07 seconds.
 
- Junior Lowell Hensgen (Raleigh, N.C.) earned All-New England accolades as he finished third in the 10,000 meters in a time of 30:47.21. Sophomore Jacob Hansen (Bountiful, Utah) placed 14th in the event, crossing in a time of 32:39.79.
 
- Graduate student Liam Ackerman (Miami, Fla.) led three Engineers in the pole vault as he finished third at 15 feet, five inches. Senior Everett Brandyberry (Hill City, Kan.) joined Ackerman with All-New England honors as he was sixth in the event, also clearing 15 feet, five inches. First-year Luka Srsic (Worthington, Ohio) came in 11th with a height of 15 feet, one inch.
 
- Senior Nathan Basinger (Dalton, Ohio) placed 19th in the hammer throw as he posted a toss of 164 feet, 11 inches.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED ON SATURDAY:
 
- In 110-meter hurdle final, Wei finished second in a time of 14.41 seconds as he improved by .11 seconds from his prelims time. In the 400, Wilson earned All-New England accolades as he placed seventh in a time of 48.98 seconds.
 
- First-year Simon Opsahl (Redlands, Calif.) took 13th place in the 800 meters in 1:54.36, while Basinger led the three Engineers in the shot put. Basinger finished in 16th with a throw of 48 feet, four inches, followed by senior William Woltmann (Secaucus, N.J.) in 19th at 47 feet, 6.25 inches and first-year Sam Engebretson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) in 21st at 47 feet, 1.5 inches.
 
- Engebretson earned All-New England accolades in the discus as he was eighth at 162 feet, three inches. Basinger placed 12th in the discus with a throw of 148 feet, seven 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
9. Kenneth Wei - 14.32
14. Walter Truitt - 14.46
 
800 Meters
12. Ryan Wilson - 1:50.48
 
Pole Vault
12. Liam Ackerman - 15' 11.25"
20. Luka Srsic - 15' 7.75"
 
Long Jump
5. Kenneth Wei - 24' 8.25"
 
Discus
14. Sam Engebretson - 164' 10"
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Thursday, May 19th as the Engineers host the MIT Final Qualifier beginning at 5 p.m. at the Sherie and Don (1961) Morrison Track.
 
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