THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Neuhoff-Lumley Track (Amherst, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: At Saturday at the Amherst Spring Fling, the No. 6 ranked MIT men's track and field team captured five event victories in the team's first full meet of the spring season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- First-year Enoch Ellis (Garland, Texas) won the 110-meter hurdles and is ranked No. 10 in the country with his time of 14.57 seconds.
 
- First-year Jared Steins (Chino Hills, Calif.) led three Engineers in the top five of the 1,500 meters as he won the event in a time of 3:56.33. Sophomore Simon Opsahl (Redlands, Calif.) was second in 3:56.40, with sophomore Reece Shuttleworth (Arlington, Va.) placing fifth at 3:58.94. First-year Jake Cobb (West Deptford, N.J.) won the 3,000-meter steeplechase on Saturday as he ran a PR of 9:44.64.
 
- First-year Sean Huckleberry (San Francisco, Calif.) won the triple jump with a leap of 45 feet, 1.75 inches. He was also third in the long jump with a PR of 21 feet, nine inches as first-year Nathan Shapiro (Glenview, Ill.) placed second in the long jump at 22 feet, one inch.
 
- First-year Jackson Bliey (Wilmington, Del.) won the javelin by almost 17 feet with a throw of 167 feet, eight inches. He was also second in the discus with a toss of 128 feet, 11 inches as both were collegiate PR's.
 
- In the 100 meters, senior Jeremiah Budiman (Plano, Texas) led three Engineers in the top five as he was second in 10.92 seconds. Junior Will Liu (San Marino, Calif.) and first-year Nolan Clement (Fullerton, Calif.) were third and fourth as both ran a collegiate personal-best time of 10.93 seconds. Clement was also fifth in the 200 meters with a time of 22.24 seconds.
 
- First-year Charlie Glass (Austin, Texas) was second in the 800 meters with the fastest time in the NEWMAC this season as he crossed in a time of 1:53.18. In the 4x400 relay, the team of Opsahl, graduate Matthew Schofield (Shorewood, Ill.), graduate student Reed Foster (Palo Alto, Calif.) and junior Nate Sesti (Clarkston, Mich.) finished fifth at 3:27.08.
 
- Senior Henry Sobieszczyk (Newton, Mass.) placed second in the shot put with a throw of 46 feet, 3.25 inches, while senior Steven Marquez (El Centro, Calif.) tied for second in the high jump with a clearance of six feet, 0.75 inches. Junior Mark Mosser (Lakeville, Minn.) was fifth in the pole vault with a height of 12 feet, 7.5 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.
 
1,500 Meters
7. Henry Hardart - 3:50.77
 
5,000 Meters
10. Vedang Lad - 14:21.93
 
10,000 Meters
2. Matthew Kearney - 29:13.69
9. Andrew Mah - 29:42.53
 
110-Meter Hurdles
10. Enoch Ellis - 14.57
14. Walter Truitt - 14.63
 
Long Jump
6. Kenneth Wei - 24' 3.75"
17. Nathan Shapiro - 23' 4.75"
 
Shot Put
11. Sam Engebretson - 52' 6.5"
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Saturday, April 15th as the Engineers travel to both the UConn Northeast Challenge and the Larry Ellis Invitational at Princeton University. The Engineers will also send two student-athletes to the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif.
 
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