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2016 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Rory Beyer

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mateo, Calif.
  • High School Aragon
  • Major Mechanical Engineering & Electrical Engineering

Biography

2016: CoSIDA Third Team Academic All-America... USTFCCA All-New England... NEWMAC All-Conference... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... USTFCCCA All-Academic Team... Team captain... Placed seventh at the NEWMAC Championship in 26:07... Was 13th at the NCAA Regional in 25:03.48 and 43rd at the NCAA Championship in a time of 25:02.1.

2015: NEWMAC All-Conference ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... competed in four races ... finished 48th overall at the NCAA Championships in 25:10.00 (11/21) ... came in 14th at the NCAA Division III New England Regional Championship with a time of 25:14.8 ... placed second at the NEWMAC Championship at 25:37 (11/1) ... opened his junior campaign at the Connecticut College Invitational 15th overall with a time of 25:44.7 (10/17) ... [SEASON RESULTS]

2014: NEWMAC All-Conference … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … competed in six races … finished the 8k course at the NCAA Championships (11/22) in 25:49.4 … placed 19th at the NCAA Division III New England Regional Championship (11/15) with an overall time of 25:57.2 … placed fourth at the NEWMAC Championship (11/1) in 25:35.0 … recorded a time of 25:48 at the AAE Invitational (10/18) … clocked a time of 25:40.55 at the NEICAAA Championship (10/11) … finished the Purple Valley Classic (9/27) in 27:30 … commenced season in 6th place at the Alumni Cross Country meet (8/30) in 16:10. 

2013: NEWMAC Rookie of the Year … NEWMAC All-Conference … All-New England … competed in all six meets as a freshman … raced at the NCAA Championships (11/23) finishing the 8k course in 26:13.9 … came in 29th at the New England Division III Regional Championships (11/16) in a season best time of 25:21.88 … finished fourth at the NEWMAC Championships (11/3) in 25:38.96 … finished 5th at the Purple Valley Invitational (9/28) … completed the five mile race at the Southern Maine Invitational (9/21) in sixth place in a time of 25:37.88.

Off the Cross Country Trail: Majoring in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering with a concentration in economics … also part of the MIT men’s track and field team … Individual research creating "Gecko Gloves", which are a pair of gloves and shoes that a person can wear in order to climb up vertical surfaces … President of Phi Sigma Kappa.

High School: A 2013 graduate of Aragon High School … three-time cross country team MVP … two-time track team MVP … All-Section … All-League … state meet qualifier … captain … school record for the California state meet … six-time varsity letterwinner … also played baseball … first chair trombone in school jazz ensemble … valedictorian … National AP Scholar … Honor Roll.

Historical Player Information

  • 2013First Year

    5'9"
  • 2014Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2015Junior

    5'8"
  • 2016Senior

    5'9"