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2025 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Ryan Boyles

Alex Naehu

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
  • High School Palos Verdes
  • Major Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making and Business

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

  • 2025 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference

2025: 

  • Made three appearances during the season
  • Opened the year by finishing 78th in 27:17.6 at the Cardinal Invitational on Sept. 20
  • Was 421st (28:00.5) at the Paul Short Run on Oct. 3
  • Recorded a season-best 8k of 27:11.1 to take 108th at the Connecticut College Invitational on Oct. 18

2024: 

  • Competed in three events 
  • Ran a career-best 26:39.8 8k to earn a 55th-place finish at the 2024 Connecticut College Invitational 
  • Competed at the 2024 NEWMAC Championships, placing 67th, running a 27:57.6 8k 

Before MIT: 

  • Graduated from Palos Verdes High School 
  • CIF Scholar Athlete of the Year 
  • Four-time CIF Finalist in the 800m
  • South Bay 800m record
  • Sixth at the 2024 CA State Championship in the 800m
  • Bay League Champion in the 800m and 1600m 
  • Two-time team captain
  • Four-time MVP
  • Four-time varsity letterwinner for cross country and track and field 
  • Also played basketball 
  • Science National Honor Society vice president of membership
  • Math National Honor Society
  • Chinese National Honor Society, National Honor Society 
  • Coca-Cola Scholar semifinalist
  • First Robotics Competition national finalist
  • Technology Student Association TEAMS national finalist
  • UCLA Model United Nations second place 
  • Conducted internships with Bank of America (New York)
  • Banyan Tree Asset Management, and NextGen Aeronautics 

Personal: 

  • Favorite Sports Memory: "120 mile week during Covid." 

Historical Player Information

  • 2024First Year

    6'0"
  • 2025Sophomore

    6'0"