THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Springfield College Field House (Springfield, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: Led by three event victories and 10 top-10 finishes overall, the No. 1 ranked MIT men's track and field team competed at the Springfield College Triangle Classic on Saturday afternoon.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Sophomore Sam Engebretson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) swept the shot put and weight throw with throws of 52 feet, 10.75 inches and 57 feet, 3.5 inches, respectively. Senior Henry Sobieszczyk (Newton, Mass.) was fourth in the shot put at 46 feet, 3.25 inches, along with a fifth-place showing in the weight throw at 45 feet, five inches.
 
- Sophomore Reece Shuttleworth (Arlington, Va.) won the 800 meters in a time of 1:58.36, while junior Will Liu (San Marino, Calif.) crossed in second in the 200 in 23.32 seconds. Senior McKinley Polen (Los Altos, Calif.) finished eighth in the finals of the 60 meters in a time of 7.26 seconds.
 
- First-year Nathan Shapiro (Glenview, Ill.) finished third in long jump with a leap of 21 feet, 11.75 inches. In the pole vault, first-year Sawyer Garrett (Sherborn, Mass.) and junior Trey Gurga (San Diego, Calif.) tied for sixth with an identical clearance of 13 feet, 7.25 inches. The mark was a personal-best for Gurga.
 
- 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.
 
60 Meters
13. Jeremiah Budiman - 6.83
 
800 Meters
4. Ziyad Hassan - 1:50.98
8. Charlie Glass - 1:51.45
 
Mile
1. Ryan Wilson - 3:55.29 (NATIONAL RECORD)
11. Charlie Glass - 4:06.70
14. Henry Hardart - 4:07.63
 
3,000 Meters
2. Sam Acquaviva - 8:00.41
13. Ryan Wilson - 8:11.65
19. Andrew Mah - 8:15.22
 
5,000 Meters
4. Sam Acquaviva - 13:57.43
6. Matthew Kearney - 14:01.76
11. Andrew Mah - 14:10.54
 
60-Meter Hurdles
7. Enoch Ellis - 8.13
9. Kenneth Wei - 8.15
 
Distance Medley Relay
3. Ryan Wilson, Conrad Casebolt, Henry Hardart, Sam Acquaviva - 9:44.98
20. Jared Steins, Conrad Casebolt, Ellery Rajagopal, Simon Opsahl - 9:58.86
 
High Jump
8. Jackson Bliey - 6' 8.75"
 
Long Jump
1. Kenneth Wei - 24' 5.75"
 
Shot Put
10. Sam Engebretson – 53' 1.5"

@ Denotes time converted from a flat track to banked track
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Friday, February 24th and Saturday, February 25th as the Engineers travel nearby to The TRACK at New Balance for the New England Division III Indoor Championship.
 
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