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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Andrew Spears

  • Height 6-0
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Albuquerque, N.M.
  • High School Albuquerque Academy
  • Event Sprints
  • Major Mathematics and Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS) 
Indoor: 
60m - 11.02  
200m - 23.48 
300m - 37.95 
400m - 51.87 
600m - 1:30.21
 
Outdoor: 
200m - 23.57 
400m - 51.68

Accolades: 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2023, 2024)

2023-24:
- Appeared in eight meets
- Finished third in the 300 meter at the Cardinal and Gray Alumni Meet
2022-23: 
- Competed in four meets during the indoor season and two during the outdoor season

2021-22: 
- Competed in four meets 
- Finished second in the 400m at the Springfield Triangle Classic

Favorite Sports Memory: 
- Winning the NM state championship 4x400 in my last high school meet

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
- Running a collegiate indoor 400m PR alongside two teammates at Boston University

Off the Track at MIT:  
- Majoring in mathematics and computer science with a concentration in economics 
- Software Developer at Marvess Tech-Centric Venture Firm 
- Internship: Machine Learning at Inkeep in Summer 2023  
- Mathematically verified algorithms in MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 
- Conducted image processing in MIT's nuclear research lab 
- Member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity

High School: 
- Sixth place in the state individual 400m 
- Three-time varsity letter winner in track and field and cross country 
- Also ran cross country and played soccer 
- Member of the Cum Laude Society 
- Go/Baduk Club Founder 
- Cross-Cultural Art Exchange Co-founder 
- Member of Varsity Chess Team 
- Received the Charles Wong Memorial Award and then Mathematics Book Award

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Sprints
    5'11"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Sprints
    6'0"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Sprints
    6'0"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Sprints
    6'0"