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2024 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Nicholas Medearis

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Palo Alto, Calif.
  • High School Crystal Springs Uplands School

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS)


Accolades:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2019, 2021)


2021:
- Competed in two meets
- Placed 41st at the Purple Valley Classic in 27:46.17
- Finished third in the White Race at the Connecticut College Invitational in a time of 25:47.5


2019:
- Competed in three meets
- Finished 21st at the NEWMAC Championship with a time of 27:10


2018:
- Competed in four races as a rookie
- Finished 51st at the Purple Valley Classic in a time of 27:15.4
- Placed 59th at the NEICAAA Championship in 26:12.22 and 174th in the UW-Oshkosh Kollege Town Sports Invitational in a time of 27:08.87
- Finished 17th in the NEWMAC Championship in 27:23


Favorite Sports Memory:
- The noise of the crowd when running at Pre-Nationals in Wisconsin during freshman cross country season


Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Cheering on my teammates at Indoor Track and Field Nationals in Boston


Off the Trail at MIT: 
- Pursuing a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science
- Graduated from MIT in 2022 with a bachelor's degree in computer science with a concentration in Mandarin
- Financial Analyst intern at Applied Underwriters
- Interned at Apple and Applied Underwriters Insurance
- Conducted research at CSAIL and MIT-Singapore Alliance for Research and Technology


High School:
- Ran cross country and track at the Crystal Springs Uplands School
- MVP of the cross country team as a senior and the track and field team as a junior
- San Mateo Journal Athlete of the Week once in 2017
- Finished second in the 2017 California Division 5 Cross Country State Championship
- Fifth in Central Coast Section 3,200m finals in 2017
- Senior Class president and Junior Class VP

Historical Player Information

  • 2019Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2021Senior

    6'0"
  • 2024Graduate Student

    6'0"