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2024 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Jacob Hansen

  • Height 5-11
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Bountiful, Utah
  • High School Woods Cross

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

  • 2022 USTFCCCA All-Region
  • 4x NEWMAC All-Conference (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) 
  • 4x NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) 
  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022, 2023) 

2024: 

  • Competed in 3 events, earning one top-ten finish 
  • Ran a 25:01.6 8k to earn a 1st-place finish at the 2024 Connecticut College Invitational 
  • Competed at the 2024 NEWMAC Championships, placing 11th, running a 25:18.0 8k 

2023: 

  • Competed in four events with two top-15 finishes 
  • Finished sixth at the NEWMAC Championships in 25:16.8 
  • Placed 109th at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships with a time of 25:47.5 

2022: 

  • Competed in five meets 
  • Finished 11th at the NEWMAC Championship in 25:25.8 and 25th at the NCAA Regional with a time of 26:20.2 

2021: 

  • Competed in three meets 
  • Made his debut at the Purple Valley Classic, finishing 45th in 27:52.5 
  • Placed sixth in the White Race at the Connecticut College Invitational at 26:00.5 
  • Finished 12th at the NEWMAC Championship in a time of 25:48.5 

Before MIT: 

  • Holds the 3,200m school record in both indoor and outdoor track 
  • Placed 21st at Foot Locker West in 2017
  • Finished fifth in the 2018 3,200m Utah State Track and Field Championships
  • Three-time varsity letter winner in both cross country and track and field
  • Was also a member of the swim team 
  • Class valedictorian 
  • Member of the National Honor Society 
  • Cross country team captain 
  • Honor Roll student in every term 
  • School Sterling Scholar in Science 

Personal: 

  • Pursuing a master's degree in computer science with a concentration in artificial intelligence 
  • Graduated from MIT in 2024 with a degree in computer science 
  • Remote Internship with Bio1 Systems 
  • UROP in the lab of Dimitris Bertsimas 
  • MIT LDSSA (religious group for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: "Breaking my high school 3,200m record" 

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 

  • "My PR race!"

Historical Player Information

  • 2020First Year

    5'10"
  • 2021Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2022Junior

    5'11"
  • 2023Graduate Student

    5'11"
  • 2024Graduate Student

    5'11"