THE BASICS:
 
- Event: Suffolk Ice Breaker
 
- Location: The TRACK at New Balance (Boston, Mass.)
 
- The Lead: Following a month-long break, the MIT men's indoor track and field team produced two victories and a trio of runner-up performances at the Suffolk Ice Breaker on Saturday. In addition, the Engineers produced 22 Division III New England Championship qualifying performances.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Junior Pablo Arroyo (Richardson, Texas) led the entire race in his mile victory, finishing in 4:13.38. Junior Ziyad Hassan (Ashburn, Va.) was third (4:13.88), followed by graduate student Lowell Hensgen (Raleigh, N.C.) in fifth (4:17.37), senior Jacob Hansen (Bountiful, Utah) in seventh (4:20.13), and junior Sam Amin (Olympia, Wash.) in eighth (4:23.80). Hassan's performance resulted in a personal record by three seconds.
 
- Sophomore Sean Huckleberry (San Francisco, Calif.) won the triple jump with a leap of 45-1.5.
 
- Junior Pau Ilerbaig-Bajona (Toronto, Canada) had a great negative split to finish second in the 800 meters and record a personal best of 1:57.63. First year David Whitaker (Northville, Mich.) was next across the finish line as he logged a time of 1:58.74. Sophomore Jack DeBaugh (Severna Park, Md.) rounded out MIT in seventh place (2:00.1).
 
- Graduate student Sam Acquaviva (Newburyport, Mass.) was the runner up in the 3,000 meters (8:16.82) while first year Yichen Sun (Chapel Hill, N.C.) ranked sixth (8:46.98).
 
- First year Anthony Meng (Scottsdale, Ariz.) finished second in the high jump with a height of 6-6.75.
 
- In the 60 meter hurdles, graduate student Kenneth Wei (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) finished third (8.23), followed by junior Walter Truitt (Houston, Texas)  in fourth place (8.30), and sophomore Enoch Ellis (Garland, Texas) in seventh (8.50).
 
- Sophomore Nathan Shapiro (Glenview, Ill.) was third in the long jump with a leap of 22-9.
 
- Sophomore Nolan Clement (Fullerton, Calif.) tied his personal record in the 60 meters with a time of 6.95 to finish fourth overall.
 
- Graduate student Mozi Guobadia (Katy, Texas) led the 200-meter contingent by finishing fifth in 22.37. Clement was next in ninth place (22.61), followed by sophomore Kristian Praizner (Folsom, Pa.) in 10^th (22.66), sophomore Patrick Haertel (Cumming, Ga.) in 13^th (22.67), and sophomore Conrad Casebolt (Aurora, Colo.) in 14^th (22.67). Haertel and Casebolt both set PRs in the event.
 
- MIT's 4x400 mixed relay, comprised of Praizner, senior Paige Cooksey (Ormond Beach, Fla.), junior Olivia Dias (East Taunton, Mass.), and first year Connor Sterling (New Milford, Conn.) finished fifth with a time of 3:40.33.
 
- Junior Sam Engebretson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) was fourth in the weight throw (56-8.5) and fifth in the shot put (52-7.5) while first year Connor Kalvar (Floyd's Knobs, Ind.) finished eighth in the weight throw (52-0.5).
 
- In the 1,000 meters, sophomore Charlie Glass (Austin, Texas) was ninth in 2:29.77, resulting in a personal record by four seconds.
 
- Senior Mark Mosser (Lakeville, Minn.) ranked 10^th in the pole vault with a height of 12-5.5.
 
- Praizner produced personal records in his heat of the 60 meters (7.15), in the 200 meters, and as the lead-off leg of the 4x400 mixed relay.
 
Division III New England Championship Qualifying Performances:
- Sam Acquaviva (3,000m)
- Pablo Arroyo (Mile)
- Conrad Casebolt (200m)
- Nolan Clement (60m, 200m)
- Enoch Ellis (60m HH)
- Sam Engebretson (SP, WT)
- Charlie Glass (1,000m)
- Mozi Guobadia (200m)
- Patrick Haertel (60m, 200m)
- Ziyad Hassan (Mile)
- Lowell Hensgen (Mile)
- Sean Huckleberry (TJ)
- Pau Ilerbaig-Bajona (800m)
- Connor Kalvar (WT)
- Anthony Meng (HJ)
- Kristian Praizner (200m)
- Nathan Shapiro (LJ)
- Walter Truitt (60m HH)
- Kenneth Wei (60m HH)
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT will compete in the URI Invitational hosted by the University of Rhode Island on Saturday, Jan. 20.
 
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