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2023 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Vedang Lad

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Plainsboro, N.J.
  • High School West Windsor Plainsboro North

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS) 
8K - 24:20.5

Accolades:
- NEWMAC All-Sportsmanship Team (2023)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- NEWMAC All-Conference (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022, 2023)
- USTFCCCA All-Region (2019, 2021, 2023)

2023: 
- Competed in five events with three top-5 finishes 
- Finished fourth at the NEWMAC Championship in 25:04.4 and third at the NCAA East Regional in 24:39.8 
- Placed 41st at the NCAA DIII Cross Country Championship with a time of 25:10.9 

2022:
- Competed in five meets, including four top-20 finishes
- Placed 10th at the Maribel Sanchez Invitational in 25:48.40, as well as 10th at the Conn. College Invitational at 24:20.5
- Finished sixth at the NEWMAC Championship in 24:57.3 and 43rd at the NCAA National Championship in 25:39.3

2021:
- Competed in six meets
- Finished 12th at the Purple Valley Classic in 26:50.1 and 11th at the Live in Lou Classic with a time of 24:41.9
- Was 14th in the Blue Race at the Connecticut College Invitational (25:06.9), seventh at the NEWMAC Championship (25:29.5) and ninth at the NCAA Regional (25:49.7)
- Placed 48th at the NCAA Championship in a time of 24:27.3

2020:
- Did not compete as the season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2019:
- Competed in all six meets
- Finished 19th in his debut with a time of 27:14.7 at the Purple Valley Classic
- Placed sixth at the NEWMAC Championship in 25:53
- Finished 22nd at the NCAA Regional (25:31.5) and 225th at the NCAA Championship (26:17)

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Winning New Balance Nationals 4xMile in High School 

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Runner-up at cross country nationals in the 2021 season 

Off the Trail at MIT:
- Majoring in physics and computer science
- Intern at Cleanlab AI (MIT Startup)
- Researched Machine Vision in Brain and Cognitive Sciences 
- Peer mentor

High School:
- Ran cross country and indoor and outdoor track
- 2018 New Balance Outdoor National Champion
- Two-time All-American
- 3,200m All-State Indoor and Outdoor Track
- All-State in cross country
- 10-time varsity letter winner between the three sports and captain of all three
- AP Scholar
- Member of the National and Spanish Honor Societies 

Historical Player Information

  • 2019First Year

    5'9"
  • 2020Sophomore

    5'9"
  • 2021Junior

    5'9"
  • 2022Senior

    5'10"
  • 2023Graduate Student

    5'10"