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2015-16 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

Benjamin Schreck

  • Height 5-10
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Sherman Oaks, Calif.
  • High School Oakwood School
  • Event Pole Vault
  • Major Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
PV - 16', 0.75" (4.90m)

Outdoor:
PV - 16', 0.75" (4.90m)

2015-16: USTFCCCA All-Region (Pole Vault) ... USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... competed in five outdoor meets ... registered a third place finish in the pole vault by clearing 15', 7.25" (4.76m - a season best) at the ECAC Division III Championship (5/18-19) ... also took eighth (14', 3.25" - 4.35m) in the pole vault at the New England Division III Outdoor Championship (5/5-7) ... opened the season with an eighth place performance in the pole vault (15', 1" - 4.60m) at the Aztec Open (3/25).

2014-15: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... competed in seven indoor meets ... took second place by clearing a season best height of 15', 9" (4.80m) in the pole vault at the NEICAAA Championship (2/27-28) ... won the pole vault with a mark of 15', 1" (4.60m) at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (2/14).

2013-14: All-American (pole vault outdoor) … All-American (pole vault indoor) … NEWMAC All-Conference (pole vault) … CoSIDA Academic All-American ... CoSIDA Academic All-District Team … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … (Outdoor): earned All-America accolades with a sixth place finish in the pole vault at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships (5/24) with a personal record 16-00.75 … finished second at the ECAC Championships (5/16) clearing 15-11.25 … earned All-Conference honors at the NEWMAC Championships (4/26), vaulting 15-07.00 to finish second … finished first or second in the first four contests of the season … (Indoor): finished eighth at his first NCAA Indoor Championships (3/15) clearing 15-07.00 … recorded a season best height at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (2/8) clearing 16-00.75 to win the event … finished first or second in six of his eight contests in the indoor season.

2012-13: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … (outdoor): finished in third place in the pole vault at the Engineer’s Cup (4/13) with a vault of 4.00m … came third in the pole vault in 4.30m at the NEWMAC Championships (4/27) … was sixth in pole vault at the New England Division III Championships (5/04) in 4.65m …came third in the event in 4.65m at NEICAAAs (5/11).

Off the Track: Majoring in computer science and electrical engineering with a concentration in music … pursuing his Masters degree in computer science at MIT ... worked in the department of Research and Development (WET Design) … MIT Media Lab Affective Computing Group … Live Music Connection … Creative Arts Prize for Soundspark.me startup … Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity Rush Chairman ... interned with TapTape, Nitrous.IO ... completed research on automating initial phases of the Data Science Pipelinea and scheduling for Liquid-Handling Robots ... earned the Northern Telecom/BNR Project Award in EECS for best undergraduate laboratory project

High School: A 2011 graduate of Oakwood School … first place in pole vault in California Interscholastic Federation southern section division four.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12First Year

    Pole Vault
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Pole Vault
    5'9"
  • 2013-14Junior

    Pole Vault
    5'9"
  • 2014-15Senior

    Pole Vault
    5'10"
  • 2015-16Graduate Student

    Pole Vault
    5'10"