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2024 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

McKenzie Yi/Dartmouth Athletics

Sam Coutts

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Pacific Grove, Calif.
  • High School Pacific Grove

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

  • 2024 USTFCCCA All-America 
  • 2024 USTFCCCA All-Region 
  • 2024 USTFCCCA NEWMAC Athlete of the Year 
  • 2024 NEWMAC All-Conference 

2024: 

  • Competed in 6 events, earning two top-ten finishes 
  • Ran a career-best 24:32.4 8k to earn a 1st-place finish at the 2024 NEWMAC Championships 
  • Competed at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, running a 24:32.6 8k, placing 21st 

2023: 

  • Competed in two events 
  • Finished 15th at the NEWMAC Championships in 26:11.8 

2022: 

  • Competed in three events 
  • Finished 23rd at the Maribel Sanchez Invitational in a time of 26:40.75

2021: 

  • Competed in three meets 
  • In his debut, he placed 69th at the Purple Valley Classic in a time of 28:40.8 
  • Finished fifth in the White Race at the Connecticut College Invitational in 25:50.5 
  • Placed 26th at the NEWMAC Championship with a time of 26:50.4 

Before MIT: 

  • Five-time varsity letter winner between cross country and track and field 
  • Qualified for the 2019 California State Cross Country Championship 
  • Finished fifth in the 3,200m at the 2021 CCS track finals 
  • Was seventh in Arcadia seeded 3,200m in 2021 
  • Ranked fifth in his class 
  • President of Breaker Science 
  • Captain of the cross country team 
  • Vice President of Jazz Band 
  • Math club member 
  • Salt water aquarium projects 
  • CCS honor bands 
  • Next Generation Jazz Festival Honor Band

Personal: 

  • Researcher at the Qi Lab under Chemical Engineering and the Short Lab under Nuclear Engineering 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: "Attending the 2019 California State Cross Country Championships." 

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 

  • "Watching the men win Cross Country Nationals in 2022." 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021First Year

    5'11"
  • 2022Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2023Junior

    6'0"
  • 2024Senior

    6'0"