THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Randal Tyson Track Center (Fayetteville, Ark.)
 
- The Lead: On Friday afternoon at the Tyson Invitational at the University of Arkansas, MIT senior Kenneth Wei (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) posted the top long jump mark in the country and broke his own school record as he finished third overall in the event that featured a number of Division I schools.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AT THE TYSON INVITATiONAL:
 
- Wei qualified for the long jump finals with a leap of 24 feet, one inch on his third attempt and sat in sixth place heading into his final attempt. On that jump, he posted a mark of 24 feet, 5.75 inches to break his own school record by 0.75 inches and post the top mark nationally by a margin of 2.25 inches.
 
- Wei's previous school record came in the 2022 NCAA Indoor National Championship, where he won his first of two NCAA long jump national titles as he swept the indoor and outdoor events.
 
- 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.
 
800 Meters
5. Charlie Glass - 1:51.45
 
Mile
14. Henry Hardart - 4:09.68
 
3,000 Meters
2. Sam Acquaviva - 8:00.41
9. Ryan Wilson - 8:11.65
 
5,000 Meters
2. Matthew Kearney - 14:01.76
5. Andrew Mah - 14:10.54
 
60-Meter Hurdles
6. Enoch Ellis - 8.13
8. Kenneth Wei - 8.15
19. Walter Truitt - 8.27
 
Distance Medley Relay
1. Ryan Wilson, Conrad Casebolt, Henry Hardart, Sam Acquaviva - 9:44.98
4. Ziyad Hassan, Andrew Spears, Pau Ilerbaig-Bajona, Pablo Arroyo - 10:00.14
 
High Jump
5. Jackson Bliey - 6' 8.75"
 
Long Jump
1. Kenneth Wei - 24' 5.75"
20. Nathan Shapiro - 23' 0.5"
 
Shot Put
9. Sam Engebretson - 55'

@ Denotes time converted from a flat track to banked track
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Saturday, February 11th as the Engineers host the Gordon Kelly Invitational beginning at 11:30 a.m. and travel to Boston University for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational.
 
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