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2017 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Brian Gilligan

  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Framingham, Mass.
  • High School Framingham

Biography

2017: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... Team captain... Did not race.

2016: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team... Team captain... Opened the season with a 74th-place finish at the Purple Valley Classic with a time of 27:05.4... Was 22nd in the sub-varsity race at the NEICAAA Championship at Franklin Park, running 26:25.9... Placed 67th at the Border Battle in 24:47.7 and was 17th at the NEWMAC Championship, crossing in 26:28.

2015: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... ran in one race as a sophomomre ... placed 82nd at the Connecticut College Invitational with a time of 26:57.0 (10/17) ... [SEASON RESULTS]

2014: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … competed in one race … concluded the NEWMAC Championship (11/1) with a time of 26:41.0.  

2013: Competed in four meets as a freshman … finished 20th in the 8k at the NEWMAC Championships (11/3) in 26:35.47 … completed the five mile sub-varsity course at the NEICAAA race in 26:50 finishing 50th … finished the Purple Valley Invitational (9/28) course in 27:54.4 … completed the five mile race at the Southern Maine Invitational (9/21) in 27:39.45.

Off the Cross Country Trail: Majoring in mechanical and ocean engineering with a minor in history … also competes on the MIT men’s track and field team … conducts UROP with MIT Sea Grant … earned the Alfred A.H. Keil Ocean Engineering Development Award, for excellence in broad-based research in ocean engineering. … interning at the Center for Innovation in Ship Design and Gilbert Associates Naval Architects... Doing research at the MIT Innovative Ship Design Lab... Tech Catholic Community President... Graduate research assistant at MIT Sea Grant modeling a state observer for cybersecurity of an all-electric ship... Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) student section chair.

High School: A 2013 graduate of Framingham High School … cross country captain … cross country and indoor track MVPs … Bay State Conference All-Star … Bay State Gams Future Leaders Scholarship winner … two mile indoor and outdoor school record holder … All-State qualifier … 10-time varsity letterwinner … National Honor Society … drummer in jazz band … president of the Quiz Bowl team … High Honor Roll … National Merit finalist … Framingham High School Leadership and Service Award.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013First Year

    5'6"
  • 2014Sophomore

    5'6"
  • 2015Junior

    5'6"
  • 2016Senior

    5'6"
  • 2017Graduate Student

    5'6"