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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Ziyad Hassan

  • Height 5-9
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Ashburn, Va.
  • High School Broad Run
  • Event Distance
  • Major Computer Science and Engineering

Biography


Accolades (Indoor): 

  • NCAA Qualifier - 2024 (Distance Medley Relay - 5th)
  • All-New England D3 - 800m (2023) 
  • NCAA Qualifier - 2023 (800m – 15th) 
  • USTFCCCA East Region Men's Track Athlete of the Year (2025)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 800m (2023, 2024)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - DMR (2024)
  • USTFCCCA All-America First Team - 2024 (Distance Medley Relay)

Accolades (outdoor):

  • NEWMAC Track Athlete of the Week (4/15/24)
  • NCAA Qualifier - 2024 (800m – 17th)
  • New England D3 Champion - 4x800 (2022) 
  • NEWMAC Champion - 4x400 (2023) 
  • NEWMAC All-Conference First Team - 4x400 (2023) 
  • NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team - 800m (2023) 
  • NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2025)
  • USTFCCCA All-America First Team - Mile (2025)
  • USTFCCCA All-America Second Team - 800m (2025)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 800m (2023, 2024, 2025) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - Distance Medley Relay; 800m; Mile (2025)
  • All-New England D3 - 800m (2023)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2025)

Accolades: 

  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23)

2024-25:

  • Competed in 11 meets this Indoor and outdoor track season
  • Achieved career bests in the 800m, 1500m, and Mile
  • Competed at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field Championships in the 800m and placed 13th with a time of 1:52.52

2023-24:

  • Won the mile event at the Cardinal and Gray Alumni Meet
  • Won the distance medley relay at the Tufts National Qualifying Meet and 800m at the Amherst Spring Fling

2022-23: 

  • Competed in four meets during the indoor season and seven during the outdoor season 
  • Finished second in the 800m at the New England D3 Indoor Championship 
  • Finished second in the 800m at the NEWMAC Championship 
  • Finished third in the 800m at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship

2021-22: 

  • Competed in nine meets 
  • Placed fifth in the 800m at the NEWMAC Championship

Before MIT: 

  • Played recreational basketball, two-time winter league second place 

Personal: 

  • UberStar SWE Intern at Uber 
  • National Society of Black Engineers 
  • Muslim Student Association 
  • AWS Intern in the Summer of 2023 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: "Dancing with my teammates before the DMR at nationals." 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance
    5'9"