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2025 MIT Men's Cross Country Roster

Yichen Sun

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 150
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Chapel Hill, N.C.
  • High School Chapel Hill

Biography

Collegiate Career Statistics (TFRRS)


Accolades: 

  • 2x USTFCCCA All-Region (2023, 2024) 
  • 2x NEWMAC All-Conference (2023, 2024) 
  • 2023 NEWMAC Rookie of the Year
  • 2024 NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2024)

2024: 

  • Competed in six events, earning two top-ten finishes 
  • Competed at the 2024 NEWMAC Championships, placing 9th, running a 25:12.4 8k 
  • Competed at the NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, running a 25:22.8 8k 

2023: 

  • Competed in six events with two top-10 finishes 
  • Made his debut in the 6k event at the Maribel Sanchez Souther Invite where he finished eighth in 19:43.7 
  • Finished ninth at the NEWMAC Championship in 25:31.0 and 18th at the NCAA East Regional in 25:10.5 
  • Placed 150th at the NCAA DIII Cross Country Championship with a time of 26:00.4 

Before MIT: 

  • All-State in cross country 
  • Cross country and indoor track and field Team MVP 
  • School record holder in 3,200m (indoor) and 5,000m (outdoor) 
  • Eight-time varsity letter winner between cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field 
  • Class Valedictorian 
  • Member of the National Honor Society 
  • Computer Science Club Founder 
  • Science Olympiad Club President 
  • Chapel Hill High School Athletic Booster Club Scholarship winner 
  • Eagle Scout 
Personal: 
  • UROP in the Economics Department 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: "Winning the team state championship for the second year in a row." 

Historical Player Information

  • 2023First Year

    5'10" 150 lbs
  • 2024Sophomore

    5'10" 150 lbs
  • 2025Junior

    5'10" 150 lbs