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2017 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Jake Oeding

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Bloomington, Ind.
  • High School Bloomington South
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2017: NEWMAC Rookie of the Year... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... Ran a time of 28:11.2 in his collegiate debut at the Purple Valley Classic to finish 96th overall... Was 27th in the sub-varsity race at the NEICAAA Championship in 27:05.2 and 135th at the Cowbell Classic in a time of 27:00.57... Placed 17th at the NEWMAC Championship in 26:35 to finish as the meet's top rookie.

Off the Cross Country Trail at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering... Working with Harvard AXIS Center and MIT Camera Culture Group in design and development of a low-cost x-ray scanner for disease diagnoses in resource-poor nations.

High School: Ran cross country and track and was also a member of the swimming team at Bloomington High School... Won two letters each in cross country and swimming and one in track... 2012 USA Triathlon Youth Elite National Qualifier... 2014 USA Triathlon Junior Elite National Qualifier... Indiana Swimming Open Water State Qualifier... Indiana State Cross Country qualifier... Class valedictorian... National AP Scholar... Did research in computational neuroscience at Indiana University.