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2023 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Matthew Schofield

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 165
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Shorewood, Ill.
  • High School Minooka Community
  • Major Aerospace Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS) 
6K - 19:59.1 
8K - 25:02.8 

Accolades:  
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2023)  
- NEWMAC All-Conference (2023)   
- USTFCCCA All-Region (2023)  
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2023)

2023: 
- Competed in six events with three top-20 finishes 
- Placed 11th at the NEWMAC Championship in 25:40.7 
- Finished 30th at the NCAA East Regional in 25:44.6

Off the Trail at MIT:
- Pursuing his Masters in aerospace engineering with a concentration in hypersonics
- Married to Catherine Schofield
- Researcher in the Hypersonics Research Lab
- Engineering Intern at Aerospace Corporation (Summer 2020)
- MIT Hypersonics Research Lab and MIT ALDS Research Group (Summer 2021)
- AFROTC Type One Scholarship recipient
- Cadet Vice Wing Commander for AFROTC
- Involved in Air Force ROTC and Tech Catholic Community

High School:
- Five-time letter winner in soccer and track and field at Minooka Community High School
- All-State in track
- Has PR's of 1:57.44 (split) in the 800m, 1:24.26 in the 600m, 51.19 (split) in the 400m and finished seventh in the 4x800 with a time of 7:54.95
- President of the National Honor Society and a member of the Spanish National Honor Society
- Co-president of Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering
- Indian Athletic Leadership Club
- High Honor Roll
- National Merit Commended Scholar
- AP Scholar with Distinction
- Channahon-Minooka Rotary Club Student of the Month
- Received the Lyons Club Scholarship and the Booster's Club Scholarship