THE BASICS:
 
- Results: Eighth out of 32 teams (274 points)
 
- Location: Carlisle, Pa. (Big Spring High School)
 
- The Lead: Graduate students Sam Acquaviva (Newburyport, Mass.) and Lowell Hensgen (Raleigh, N.C.) earned All-American honors to lead the No. 4 ranked MIT men's cross country team to an eighth place finish and a team score of 274 points at the 2023 NCAA Division III National Championship Meet on Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Acquaviva traveled the 8,000-meter course with a time of 24:52 to finish in 23rd place, while Hensgen was 30th in a time of 24:58. Acquaviva finished his MIT cross country career with his third All-American honor, while it was Hensgen's first. They became the 29th and 30th MIT men's cross country All-Americans in program history. 
 
- Graduate student Vedang Lad (Plainsboro, N.J.) was 41st overall in a time of 25:10, while graduate student Jacob Hansen (Bountiful, Utah) was 109th with a time of 25:47. First-year Yichen Sun (Chapel Hill, N.C.) rounded out the top-five scoring runners in 150th place with a time of 26:00. 
 
- Senior Henry Hardart (Annapolis, Md.) was MIT's first displacement runner in 263rd place with a time of 26:54. Junior Pablo Arroyo (Richardson, Texas) finished in 283rd place in a time of 27:30 to round out the Engineer runners. 
 
- Saturday's meet marked MIT's 10th straight NCAA Division III National Championship team appearance. 
 
- Pomona-Pitzer won the team title by one point with 158 points over UW-La Crosse. North Central finished third with 169 points. 
 
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