Men’s Track and Field Has Strong Showing at URI Invitational

THE BASICS:

- Event: URI Invitational

- Location: Mackal Field House (Kingston, R.I.)

- The Lead: Facing primarily Division I programs, the MIT men's indoor track and field team generated nine top-10 performances at the URI Invitational on Saturday, highlighted by junior Sam Engebretson's (Sioux Falls, S.D.) victory in the shot put.

HOW IT HAPPENED:

- Engebretson's distance improved each round of the shot put competition, ultimately clinching the win on the last throw of the meet at 17.43m (57' 2.25"). His mark resulted in a personal record and the second-best performance in Division III this season. Engebretson captured second place in the weight throw on the strength of his final attempt which reached 17.34m (56' 10.75").

- Sophomore Patrick Haertel (Cumming, Ga.) finished fourth in the 60 meters with a time of 6.97. Graduate student Mozi Guobadia (Katy, Texas), who set a PR in the prelims (7.02), was eighth in the final in 7.10.

- First year Anthony Meng (Scottsdale, Ariz.) tied for fifth place in the high jump with a height of 1.96m (6' 5").

- Sophomore Conrad Casebolt (Aurora, Colo.) was the top finisher for MIT in the 200 meters as he ranked sixth with a time of 23.194.

- 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.

Mile
16. Pablo Arroyo - 4:13.38
20. Ziyad Hassan - 4:13.88

3,000 Meters
13. Sam Acquaviva - 8:16.82

60 Hurdles
16. Kenneth Wei - 8.23

High Jump
1. Anthony Meng - 2.08m (6' 9.75")

Shot Put
2. Sam Engebretson - 17.43m (57' 2.25")

Weight Throw
7. Sam Engebretson - 18.31m (60' 1")

UP NEXT:

- MIT will compete in the John Thomas Terrier Classic on Friday, Jan. 26 at Boston University and the River Hawk Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 27 at The TRACK at New Balance.

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