THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Sherie and Don (1961) Morrison Track (Cambridge, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: Led by the top pole vault mark in the nation from first-year Luka Srsic (Worthington, Ohio), the MIT men's track and field team wrapped up the 2022 regular season at the MIT Final Qualifier meet on Thursday evening at the Sherie and Don (1961) Morrison Track.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Srsic shattered the MIT rookie record as he PR'd by nine and a half inches and won the event with a clearance of 16 feet, 7.25 inches. He cleared that mark on his first attempt at that height and now enters nationals as the top seed as that vault is No. 2 on the MIT all-time list. Graduate student Liam Ackerman (Miami, Fla.) improved on his previous season-best as he will return to nationals after finishing second at 16 feet, 3.25 inches. Ackerman is now ranked sixth in the nation. Senior Everett Brandyberry (Hill City, Kan.) was third at 15 feet, 5.25 inches, along with a tie for seventh by junior Bryan Sperry (San Diego, Calif.) at 14 feet, 5.5 inches.
 
- Senior William Woltmann (Secaucus, N.J.) jumped into the top 20 in the country in the shot put as he won with a throw of 52 feet, 7.25 inches to move to No. 17 nationally. First-year Sam Engebretson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) finished fourth at 48 feet, 3.25 inches and senior Nathan Basinger (Dalton, Ohio) was sixth at 45 feet, eight inches.
 
- Engebretson picked up wins in both the discus and hammer throw with tosses of 159 feet, four inches and 181 feet, two inches, respectively. Basinger finished second in the discus at 151 feet, 10 inches and fourth in the hammer throw with a distance of 169 feet.
 
- In the 4x400, the team of junior Evan Schaefer (Frederick, Md.), graduate student Benton Wilson (Dublin, Ohio), first-year Walter Truitt (Houston, Texas) and senior Ryan Wilson (Redwood City, Calif.) defeated WPI by .71 seconds as the team crossed in a time of 3:16.02.
 
- Truitt finished eighth in the 110-meter hurdles final as he qualified in a time of 14.61 seconds.
 
- Sophomore Henry Hardart (Annapolis, Md.) placed second in the 1,500 meters in 3:53.59, followed by senior Nicholas Medearis (Palo Alto, Calif.) in sixth in a time of 4:00.97. In the 800 meters, first-year Simon Opsahl (Redlands, Calif.) was second in 1:54.36 and senior Matt Schofield (Shorewood, Ill.) was fourth in 1:54.72. In the 100 meters, junior Jeremiah Budiman (Plano, Texas) crossed in fourth place as he ran a time of 11.11 seconds.
 
- 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
10. Kenneth Wei - 14.32
20. Walter Truitt - 14.46
 
800 Meters
14. Ryan Wilson - 1:50.48
 
Pole Vault
1. Luka Srsic - 16' 7.25"
6. Liam Ackerman - 16' 3.25"
 
Long Jump
6. Kenneth Wei - 24' 8.25"
 
Shot Put
17. William Woltmann - 52' 7.25"
 
Discus
20. Sam Engebretson - 164' 10"
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on May 26-28 as the Engineers travel to the NCAA Division III National Championship at the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio.
 
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