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2025 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Jake Cobb

  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 145
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown West Deptford, N.J.
  • High School West Deptford

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

  • 3x NEWMAC All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024) 
  • 2024NEWMAC Academic All-Conference 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region (2023) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2023) 
  • NEWMAC Rookie of the Year (2022) 

2024: 

  • Competed in six events, earning two top-ten finishes 
  • Ran a career-best 25:02.4 8k to earn a 77th-place finish at the 2024 NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships 
  • Competed at the 2024 NEWMAC Championships, placing 6th, running a 25:08.2 8k 

2023: 

  • Competed in five events with three top-15 finishes 
  • Finished 13th at the NEWMAC Championship in 26:05.0 and placed 29th at the NCAA East Regional in 25:42.0 

2022: 

  • Competed in four meets 
  • Placed 13th at the NEWMAC Championship in 25:37.3 to earn Rookie of the Year honors 

Before MIT: 

  • South Jersey Coaches Association Scholar Athlete Award 
  • Colonial Conference Scholar Athlete Award 
  • Lions Club Award 
  • Platinum Varsity Award, Four Letter Award (all four years of high school) 
  • School records in 5000m (Cross Country), 1500m (Outdoor), 1600m (Outdoor), 3000m Steeple (Outdoor), 3200m (Outdoor), 5000m (Outdoor), 1500m (Indoor), 1600m (Indoor), 1 mile (Indoor), 3000m (Indoor), 3200m (Indoor), 2 mile (Indoor) 
  • 16-time varsity letter winner between cross country, indoor and outdoor track and golf 
  • Class valedictorian 
  • Member of the National Honor Society and the Hispanic Honor Society 
  • National Honor Society (Secretary) 
  • World Language Honor Society and Club (Secretary)
  • Key Club (Member) 
  • Gifted and Talented (Member) 
  • Greater Philadelphia SeaGlide Competition (Member) 
  • Renaissance Club (Member) 
  • Outstanding Academic Achievement Award in Science, Health/Phys Ed, Mathematics, and Applied Technology 
  • Principal's List (14 Marking periods) 
  • Honor Roll (Two Marking Periods) 
  • Soaring Eagle Award 
  • Perfect Attendance (all four years of high school) 

Personal: 

  • Minoring in Statistics and Data Science and a concentration in Economics
  • Interned at Lockheed Martin, supporting systems engineering and technology integration
  • Biomedical Informatics & Machine Learning research intern at the University of Minnesota, working on predictive models for clinical outcomes
  • UROP in the Blainey Lab, focusing on pooled optical genetic screening in human cells
  • Intern at Sanofi’s mRNA Center of Excellence, applying data science to optimize mRNA manufacturing processes
  • Favorite Sports Memory: “Winning the East Coast Championships with my club cross country team.” 

Historical Player Information

  • 2022First Year

    6'0" 0 lbs
  • 2023Sophomore

    6'0" 145 lbs
  • 2024Junior

    6'0" 145 lbs
  • 2025Senior

    6'0" 145 lbs