THE BASICS:
 
- Location: Sherie and Don (1961) Morrison Track (Cambridge, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: Led by school records from sophomore Pablo Arroyo (Richardson, Texas) and first-year Patrick Haertel (Cumming, Ga.), the No. 2 ranked MIT men's track and field team wrapped up the regular season on Thursday night at the MIT Final Qualifier.
                                                                                           
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Arroyo captured the steeplechase on Thursday evening in a time of 9:00.98, breaking an 11-year old school record in the process as he is now ranked No. 13 nationally. Haertel's record came in the 100-meter prelims as he posted a time of 10.73 seconds to break the previous mark by .02 seconds.
 
- First-year Jack DeBaugh (Severna Park, Md.) picked up the victory in the 400 at 48.41 seconds, followed by senior Evan Schaefer (Frederick, Md.) in third with a time of 50.27 seconds. Sophomore Ziyad Hassan (Ashburn, Va.) finished second in the 800 in 1:51.39, while first-year Charlie Glass (Austin, Texas) finished third at 1:51.78. Senior Mozi Guobadia (Katy, Texas) placed second in the 200, crossing in a time of 22.27 seconds.
 
- Sophomore Simon Opsahl (Redlands, Calif.) placed second in the 1,500 meters at 3:52.56 as he was followed by sophomore Samuel Coutts (Pacific Grove, Calif.) in a personal-best time of 3:53.43. First-year Jake Cobb (West Deptford, N.J.) led MIT in the 5,000 meters with a PR of 15:31.06, while sophomore Walter Truitt (Houston, Texas) placed second in the 110-meter hurdles in 14.64 seconds.
 
- The 4x100 relay team comprised of Guobadia, first-year Nolan Clement (Fullerton, Calif.), junior Will Liu (San Marino, Calif.) and Haertel posted a time of 41.59 seconds to finish second overall.
 
- Sophomore Sam Engebretson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) led the Engineers in the field events as he finished in the top three in the shot put, discus and hammer. He won the shot put with a throw of 54 feet, six inches, while also finishing second in the discus at 166 feet, six inches and third in the hammer with a toss of 176 feet, six inches.
 
- First-year Jackson Bliey (Wilmington, Del.) won the high jump with a clearance of six feet, 7.75 inches and junior Spencer Yandrofski (Chapel Hill, N.C.) finished fifth at six feet, two inches.
 
- Graduate student Max Hardy (Houston, Texas) took third in the pole vault after clearing 14 feet, 6.75 inches. First-year Sawyer Garrett (Sherborn, Mass.) finished in fifth as he cleared the same height. First-year Nathan Shapiro (Glenview, Ill.) placed fourth in the long jump with a leap of 22 feet, 3.75 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
2. Ryan Wilson - 1:47.93 (MIT Record)
 
1,500 Meters
1. Ryan Wilson - 3:40.06 (NCAA D3 National Record)
12. Henry Hardart - 3:46.38
 
3,000-Meter Steeplechase
13. Pablo Arroyo - 9:00.98 (MIT Record)
 
5,000 Meters
14. Andrew Mah - 14:06.48
 
10,000 Meters
3. Matthew Kearney - 29:13.69
14. Andrew Mah - 29:42.53
20. Vedang Lad - 29:51.67
 
110-Meter Hurdles
2. Walter Truitt - 14.17
7. Kenneth Wei - 14.24
15. Enoch Ellis - 14.35
 
High Jump
7. Jackson Bliey - 6' 9.5"
 
Long Jump
9. Kenneth Wei - 24' 4.25"
 
Shot Put
6. Sam Engebretson - 55' 10.5"
 
Discus
15. Sam Engebretson - 167' 11"
 
Hammer Throw
14. Sam Engebretson - 192' 5"
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on May 25-27 as the Engineers travel to Rochester, N.Y. for the 2023 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
 
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