THE BASICS:
 
- Meets: Raleigh Relays and Tufts Snowflake Classic
 
- Locations: Raleigh, N.C. (Paul Derr Track & Field Facility) and Medford, Mass. (Ellis Oval)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's track and field team wrapped up competition at the Raleigh Relays and generated four top-five finishes along with a pair of personal records at the Tufts Snowflake Classic on Saturday.
 
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS – RALEIGH RELAYS:
 
- Graduate student Kenneth Wei (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) captured sixth place in the long jump with a mark of 7.21m (23' 8").
 
- Junior Sam Engebretson (Sioux City, S.D.) ranked 25^th in the hammer throw with a distance of 54.15m (177' 8").
 
- Junior Ian Koe (San Mateo, Calif.) placed 44^th in the 200m with a time of 22.15.
 
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS – TUFTS SNOWFLAKE CLASSIC:
 
- Senior Will Liu (San Marino, Calif.) won the 100m with a time of 10.91, resulting in a new PR.
 
- First-year Jonah Goldstein (Pasadena, Calif.) was the runner up in the javelin with a mark of 54.31m (178' 2").
 
- Sophomore Kristian Praizner (Folsom, Pa.) placed fourth in the 200m with a time of 22.39.
 
- Senior Spencer Yandrofski (Mebane, N.C.) finished fifth in the high jump as he cleared 1.77m (5' 9.75").
 
- First-year Davis Lee (Mountain Brook, Ala.) had a personal-best performance in the 800m as he crossed the finish line in 2:05.77 to finish in 17^th place.
 
- 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.
 
100 Meters
6. Patrick Haertel – 10.59 (Raleigh Relays)
 
10,000 Meters
13. Vedang Lad – 29:56.72 (Raleigh Relays)
15. Lowell Hensgen – 30:08.49 (Raleigh Relays)
 
110m Hurdles
4. Walter Truitt – 14.27 (Raleigh Relays)
8. Kenneth Wei – 14.38 (Raleigh Relays)
 
Long Jump
4. Kenneth Wei – 7.21m/23' 8" (Raleigh Relays)
 
Shot Put
6. Sam Engebretson – 16.41m/53' 10.25" (Raleigh Relays)
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT will compete in the two-day Colonial Relays at William & Mary beginning on Friday, April 5 as well as the Amherst Spring Fling at Amherst College on Saturday, April 6.
 
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