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2023-24 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

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Sam Engebretson

  • Height 6-0
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Sioux Falls, S.D.
  • High School Lincoln
  • Event Throws
  • Major Physics

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS) 
Indoor: 
SP - 57' 2.25" (17.43m) 
WT - 64' 5’’ (19.63m)
 
Outdoor: 
SP - 55' 10.5" (17.03m) 
DT - 168' 7" (51.38m) 
HT - 192' 5" (58.64m)

Accolades (Indoor): 
- New England D3 Champion - Weight Throw (2024)
- NCAA Qualifier - 2024 (Weight Throw - 6th)
- USTFCCCA All-America First Team - Weight Throw (2024)
- USTFCCCA All-America Second Team - Shot Put (2024)
- New England D3 Champion - Shot Put (2023)
 
- All-New England D3 - Shot Put (2023) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 2023, 2024 (Shot Put – 9th) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - Shot Put (2022, 2023, 2024) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - Weight Throw (2023, 2024)
 
Accolades (Outdoor): 
- NEWMAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/22/24)
- NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team - Shot Put (2024)
- NCAA Qualifier - 2024 (Discus – 14th)
- All-America First Team - Shot Put (2024)
- All-America Second Team - 2024 (Hammer Throw, Discus)
- New England D3 Champion - Discus (2022, 2023)
 
- NCAA Qualifier - 2022 (Discus - 15th) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 2023, 2024 (Shot Put – 3rd) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 2023 (Discus – 4th) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 2023, 2024 (Hammer - 9th) 
- NEWMAC Champion - Shot Put (2023) 
- NEWMAC Champion - Discus (2023, 2024) 
- NEMWAC Champion - Hammer Throw (2023, 2024) 
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team - Shot Put (2023) 
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team - Discus (2023, 2024) 
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team - Hammer Throw (2023, 2024) 
- NEWMAC Field Athlete of the Year (2023, 2024) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - Discus (2022, 2023, 2024) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - Hammer Throw (2022, 2023, 2024) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - Shot Put (2023, 2024) 
- All-New England D3 - Discus (2023) 
- All-New England D3 - Shot Put (2023) 
- USTFCCCA All-American - Shot Put (2023) 
- USTFCCCA All-American - Discus (2023) 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2023, 2024)
 
Accolades: 
- CSC Academic All-America Second Team (2023-24)
- CSC Academic All-District (2023-24)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2022-23)
 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23)

2023-24:
- Finished in first-place in 20 field events
2022-23: 
- Three-time NEWMAC Field Athlete of the Week 
- Competed in 12 meets during the indoor season and eight during the outdoor season

2021-22: 
- Two-time NEWMAC Field Athlete of the Week 
- Competed in 17 meets, with six victories

Favorite Sports Memory
- Placing third at Outdoor Track Nationals in shot put, and fourth in discus

Off the Track at MIT: 
- Majoring in physics 
- Conducted research assessing radiation damage in superconductors via spectroscopy

High School
- Most Improved Athlete in Track and Field 
- Qualified for State Track Meet in 2019 
- Received the Student-Athlete Award in 2017-2020 
- Two-time varsity letter winner in track and field 
- Class salutatorian 
- Member of the National, Math, and Science Honor Societies 
- Co-founder of Sioux Falls STEM Circle 
- Co-President of Science NHS and Math NHS 
- National AP Scholar 
- AIME Qualifier

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Throws
    6'1"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Throws
    6'1"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Throws
    6'0"