THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Gordon Indoor Track (Cambridge, Mass./Harvard University), BU Track and Tennis Center (Boston, Mass.) and the Gantcher Field House (Medford, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: Led by a school record in the 60 meters from senior Jeremiah Budiman (Plano, Texas), two top-20 national marks and six overall event victories, the No. 2 ranked MIT men's track and field team competed at the Crimson Elite, Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational and the Tufts Cupid Challenge. As a team, the Engineers finished third out of nine teams at Tufts with a total of 120 points.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AT HARVARD:
 
- Budiman lowered his own MIT school record in the 60 meters as he ran a time of 6.91 seconds, taking .02 seconds off his previous top time. First-year Enoch Ellis (Garland, Texas) crossed in 12th place in the 60-meter hurdles as he posted a time of 8.37 seconds.
 
- First-year Nathan Shapiro (Glenview, Ill.) placed 13th in the long jump with a leap of 22 feet, 0.25 inches on his final attempt.
 
- Sophomore Sam Engebretson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) competed in the shot put and the weight throw as he finished sixth and 13th, respectively. In the shot, he threw a distance of 50 feet, 3.5 inches and in the weight throw, he posted a mark of 52 feet, 10.25 inches.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AT BU:
 
- In the 800 meters, graduate student Matthew Schofield (Shorewood, Ill.) ran a time of 1:54.41, while sophomore Simon Opsahl (Redlands, Calif.) ran a personal-best time of 4:14.20 in the mile.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED AT TUFTS:
 
- In the 60-meter hurdles, senior Kenneth Wei (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) won the event with a time of 8.17 seconds. Ellis finished fourth in the final, but put up a time of 8.13 seconds in the prelims to rank sixth in the country. Sophomore Walter Truitt (Houston, Texas) was second in the event with a finals time of 8.27 as he is now No. 19 in the nation.
 
- First-year Nolan Clement (Fullerton, Calif.) won the 60 meters in a personal-best time of 6.95 seconds to lead four MIT scorers in the event. First-year Patrick Haertel (Cumming, Ga.) was third in a PR of 7.04 seconds, followed by senior McKinley Polen (Los Altos, Calif.) in sixth at 7.15 and junior Garrett Whitmore (Webster City, Iowa) in seventh in a time of 7.17 seconds.
 
- First-year Jack DeBaugh (Severna Park, Md.) won the 400 meters in 50.71 seconds, followed in fourth by senior Evan Schaefer (Frederick, Md.) in a time of 51.65 seconds. MIT had three scorers in the 200, led by first-year Zac Nwogwugwu (London, United Kingdom) in fourth at 23.17 seconds. Senior Mozi Guobadia (Katy, Texas) crossed in fifth at 23.18, along with sophomore Andrew Spears (Albuquerque, N.M.) in sixth in a time of 23.48.
 
- First-year Sean Huckleberry (San Francisco, Calif.) won the triple jump in a personal-best mark of 46 feet, six inches, while first-year Jackson Bliey (Wilmington, Del.) took the high jump with a clearance of six feet, 7.5 inches.
 
- Engebretson won the shot put with a mark of 52 feet, eight inches and was third in the weight throw in 54 feet. 9.5 inches. Senior Henry Sobieszczyk (Newton, Mass.) scored in eighth place in the weight throw at 44 feet, 9.75 inches.
 
- Graduate student Max Hardy (Houston, Texas) led three MIT scorers in the pole vault with a clearance of 14 feet, 1.25 inches. Senior Bryan Sperry (San Diego, Calif.) and first-year Sawyer Garrett (Sherborn, Mass.) tied for sixth as they both cleared 13 feet, 7.25 inches.
 
- Junior Josiah McMenamy (Yuba City, Calif.) placed eighth in the long jump as he posted a mark of 19 feet, 10.25 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.
 
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
11. Kenneth Wei - 23' 5.5"
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 next Friday, February 10th as the Engineers travel to Boston University for the David Hemery Valentine Invitational. The Engineers will then host the Gordon Kelly Invitational on Saturday, February 11th beginning at 11:30 a.m.
 
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