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2022-23 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

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Matthew Kearney

  • Height 5-9
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Austin, Texas
  • High School Westlake
  • Event Distance
  • Major Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Philosophy

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFFRS)
Indoor:

3,000m - 8:04.63
5,000m - 14:01.76

Outdoor:
5,000m - 14:24.30
3,000m Steeplechase - 9:37.18
10,00m - 29:13.69

2022-23:
- USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor: 3,000m, 5,000m; Outdoor: 5,000m, 10,000m)
- USTFCCCA All-American (Indoor: 5,000m; Outdoor: 10,000m)
- NCAA Qualifier (Indoor: 3,000m, 5,000m; Outdoor: 10,000m)
- NEWMAC Track Athlete of the Week (March 27)
- USTFCCCA National Track Athlete of the Week (March 28)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- CSC Academic All-District
- CSC First Team Academic All-America
- CSC Men's Cross Country/Track and Field D3 Team Member of the Year
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete
- NEWMAC Male Student-Athlete of the Year
- DIII Commissioner's Association (DIIICA) Region 2 Male Student-Athlete of the Year
- Competed in seven meets
- Finished sixth in the 5,000m and ninth in the 3,000m at the NCAA Indoor National Championship
- Finished eighth in the 10,000m at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship

2021-22:
- USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor: 3,000m, 5,000m; Outdoor: 5,000m, 3,000m Steeplechase)
- NCAA Qualifier (Indoor: 3,000m, 5,000m)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- NEWMAC Champion (5,000m)
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (5,000m)
- NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team
- CoSIDA Academic All-District
- CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Competed in nine meets
- Finished 11th in the 3,000m at the NCAA Indoor National Championship

2020-21:
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2019-20: 
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: DMR)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Competed in five indoor meets
- Placed fifth in the DMR and 11th in the 3,000m at the D3 New England Indoor Championship
- Outdoor season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2018-19:
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: 3,000m, DMR)
- Finished second in the DMR and fourth in the 3,000m at the D3 New England Indoor Championship
- Won the mile and the DMR at the Springfield College Triangle Classic
- Captured the 3,000m at the Bowdoin Invite II in 8:50.63

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Running with the team at XC Nationals 2021

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Running my first indoor meet at BU

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science, electrical engineering and philosophy
- Machine Learning Engineer at Argo AI
- Machine Learning Engineer at X
- Research in Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, and AI Ethics

Prior to MIT:
- Four-time letter winner in both cross country and track at Westlake High School
- 2014-2018 cross country and track team captain
- First Team All-Region in cross country from 2014-2017
- 2017 First Team All-State in cross country
- Four-time cross country MVP and 2017-18 Track MVP
- First Team All-Region in track from 2016-2018
- Member of the National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta
- Junior class vice-president and senior class president
- Presidential Volunteer Service Award winner for over 300 hours of volunteer work

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2021-22Junior

    Distance
    5'9"
  • 2022-23Senior

    Distance
    5'9"