THE BASICS:
 
- Meet: New England Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championship
 
- Location: South Hadley, Mass. (Turf and Track Complex)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's track and field team claimed the program's 17^th New England Division III Championship on Saturday, racking up 108.5 points which was comfortably ahead of runner up Tufts University (78.5).
 
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS:
 
- Sophomore Jackson Bliey (Talleyville, Del.) won the high jump for the second year in a row by clearing 2.04m (6' 8.25"). First-year Anthony Meng (Scottsdale, Ariz.) tied for third place (1.99m / 6' 6.25") while senior Spencer Yandrofski (Mebane, N.C.) was seventh (1.94m / 6' 4.25").
 
- Junior Sam Engebretson (Sioux Falls, S.D.) claimed his third straight discus title as he won with a distance of 50.67m (166' 3"). In addition, he was the runner up in shot put as his final attempt reached 16.64m (54' 7.25").
 
- Sophomore Sean Huckleberry (San Francisco, Calif.) captured the triple jump title with a mark of 14.17m (46' 6").
 
- The 4x100 relay, comprised of graduate student Mozi Guobadia (Baton Rouge, La.), sophomore Nolan Clement (Fullerton, Calif.), senior Garrett Whitmore (Webster City, Iowa), and sophomore Patrick Haertel (Cumming, Ga.), finished first with a time of 41.16.
 
- Graduate student Kenneth Wei (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) won his first 110m hurdles title as he crossed the finish line 14.48. Junior Walter Truitt (Houston, Texas) secured third place with a time of 14.71.
 
- In the 3,000m steeplechase, sophomore Jake Cobb (West Deptford, N.J.) claimed first place in 9:15.69.
 
- The 4x800 relay, comprised of junior Pau Ilerbaig-Bajona (Toronto, Canada), sophomore Charlie Glass (Austin, Texas), first-year David Whitaker (Northville, Mich.), and first-year Jaxon Miller (Goshen, Ind.), finished second with a time of 7:54.58.
 
- In the long jump, Wei was fourth with a distance of 6.99m (22' 11.25").
 
- Junior Simon Opsahl (Redlands, Calif.) finished fourth in the 800m as he a logged a PR of 1:51.58.
 
- The 4x400 relay, featuring sophomore Conrad Casebolt (Aurora, Colo.), first-year Connor Sterling (New Milford, Conn.), first-year Davis Lee (Mountain Brook, Ala.), and sophomore Kristian Praizner (Folsom, Pa.), placed fifth in 3:19.67.
 
- Clement was sixth in the 100m with a time of 11.01.
 
- Praizner ranked seventh in the 400m with a PR of 49.29.
 
- 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.
 
110m Hurdles
9. Walter Truitt – 14.27 (Raleigh Relays)
11. Kenneth Wei – 14.29 (UConn Northeast Challenge)
 
4x100 Relay
18. Mozi Guobadia, Nolan Clement, Garrett Whitmore, Patrick Haertel – 41.16 (New England Division III Championship)
 
High Jump
6. Anthony Meng – 2.09m / 6' 10.25" (Amherst Spring Fling)
10. Jackson Bliey – 2.07m / 6' 9.5" (NEWMAC Championship)
 
Shot Put
11. Sam Engebretson – 16.79m / 55' 1" (Sean Collier Invitational)
 
Discus
11. Sam Engebretson – 51.94m / 170' 5" (UConn Northeast Challenge)
 
Hammer Throw
14. Sam Engebretson – 58.20m / 190' 11" (Sean Collier Invitational)
 
Javelin
18. Jonah Goldstein – 60.09m / 197' 2" (NEWMAC Championship)
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Friday, May 10 for the two-day Farley Inter Regional Extravaganza at Williams College.
 
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