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2021 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Sanjay Raman

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Seattle, Wash.
  • High School Lakeside School

Biography

2021:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWMAC All-Conference
- Competed in four meets
- Finished 17th at the Purple Valley Classic in 27:09.7
- Placed 33rd at the Live in Lou Classic with a time 25:22.5
- Was fourth in the White Race at the Connecticut College Invitational in 25:48.4, followed by a 10th-place showing at the NEWMAC Championship in 25:40.9

2020:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2019:
- NEWMAC Rookie of the Year
- NEWMAC All-Conference
- USTFCCCA All-Region
- USTFCCCA All-American
- Competed in all six meets
- Finished fifth in 26:39.7 at the Purple Valley Classic
- Was 17th at the Greater Louisville Classic (24:51.74) and 15th at the Connecticut College Invitational (25:02)
- Finished as the runner-up at the NEWMAC Championship in 25:30
- Crossed 10th at the NCAA Regional in 25:08 and 30th at the NCAA Championship (24:52.7)

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Watching the first-ever marathon run in under two hours live

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Becoming an All-American at the 2019 NCAA DIII Cross Country Championships

Off the Trail at MIT:
- Majoring in physics and mathematics with a minor in computer science and a concentration in music
- Conducted research in both effective field theory and quantum computation

High School:
- Ran cross country and track and field at Lakeside School, where he won seven combined varsity letters
- Placed second in the 3,200m at the 2019 WIAA Track State Championship
- Finished ninth at the 2018 WIAA State Cross Country Championship
- Member of the 2018 USATF Junior Olympic Cross Country National Team
- Three-time USA Physics Olympiad Gold Medalist (2017-2019)
- Three-time member of the USA Junior Math Olympiad in 2016, 2017 and 2019

Historical Player Information

  • 2019First Year

    6'1"
  • 2020Sophomore

    6'1"
  • 2021Junior

    6'1"