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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Pau Ilerbaig-Bajona

  • Height 6-0
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Toronto, Canada
  • High School University of Toronto Schools
  • Event Distance
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography


Accolades (Indoor): 

  • New England D3 Champion - 600m (2022) 
  • New England D3 Champion - DMR (2022) 
  • NCAA Qualifier - 2022 (800m - 13th) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 800m (2022) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - DMR (2022) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 4x400 (2022)

Accolades (outdoor):

  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 800m (2022) 
  • NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2023, 2024, 2025)

Accolades: 

  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2021-22)

2024-25:

  • Competed in 11 meets this Indoor and outdoor track season
  • Achieved career bests in the 400 and 600

2023-24:

  • Competed in eight events, finished runner-up twice (Mile at Cardinal and Gray Alumni Meet and New England DIII Outdoor Championships)

2022-23: 

  • Competed in four meets during the indoor season and six during the outdoor season 
  • Finished fourth in the 800m at the NEWMAC Championship

2021-22: 

  • Competed in 11 meets, with four victories
  • Finished 13th in the 800m at the NCAA Indoor National Championship

Before MIT: 

  • 2018: Athletics Ontario All-Ontarian, University of Toronto Schools Rookie of the Year, University of Toronto Schools Cross Country MVP, University of Toronto Schools Track and Field MVP 
  • 2019: University of Toronto Schools Cross Country MVP, University of Toronto Schools Track and Field MVP 
  • 2021: University of Toronto Schools Athlete of the Year, University of Toronto Schools Cross Country MVP, University of Toronto Schools Track and Field MVP 
  • 2018 OFSAA 800m and 1500m gold medalist 
  • 2019 OFSAA 800m bronze medalist and 1500m silver medalist 
  • 2020 Athletics Ontario U18 Indoor Championships 400m silver medalist 
  • 2020 Athletics Ontario Open Indoor Championships 800m bronze medalist 
  • 2020 Athletics Ontario U20 Indoor Championships 1500m bronze medalist 
  • 2018 University of Toronto Track Club Midget Boys Track Athlete of the Year 
  • Spirit of Math Assistant Teacher (2018-2020) 
  • UTS Music Production Club Co-Founder and Executive 
  • UTS Senior Strings ensemble member 
  • 2018 Michael Smith Challenge National Winner 
  • 2020 Physics @ Mac, Honorable Mention 
  • 2020 Toronto Universities' French Contest, Grade 11 Core French 1st Place 
  • UTS Diploma recipient 
  • Graduated with Honors 

Personal: 

  • MISTI Germany at the University of Regensburg, Summer 2022, on gold nanoparticles and their use in enhancing Raman spectra 
  • UROP during IAP 2023 to present on the acoustic properties of spinodal metamaterials 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: "Rediscovering my love for running during the 2023 cross country summer build, enjoying running more than ever." 

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 

  • "Getting my PR in the 800m at a home meet with my friends and family watching." 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Distance
    6'1"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance
    6'0"