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2015-16 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

Benji Xie

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown El Dorado Hills, Calif.
  • High School Oak Ridge
  • Event Distance
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
Mile - 4:17.49
3000m - 8:38.21
5000m - 14:30.08

Outdoor:
1500m - 4:02.92
5000m - 14:35.68
10,000m - 30:48.41

2015-16: New England Champion (Outdoor - 10,000m) ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete ... competed in eight outdoor meets ... had excellent postseason performances ... crossed the line first in the 10,000m at both the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship (5/13-14) in a career best time of 30:48.41 and at the New England Division III Outdoor Championship (4/30) in 31:25.09 ... the weekend before took fourth in the 1500m (4:03.47) at the NEWMAC Championship (4/30) ... closed the campaign with a second place performance in the 5000m (14:38.07 - a season best) at the ECAC Division III Outdoor Championship (5/18-19).

2014-15: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... competed in six indoor meets ... finished eighth in the 5000m (15:13.42) at the New England Division III Indoor Championship (2/20-21) and 13th in the same event (14:33.12) at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championship (3/6-8) ... opened the season with a first place finish in the 5000m (15:04.79) at the Bowdoin Invitational (1/17) and second place in the 3000m (8:47.11) at the MIT vs. Bates and Colby Meet (1/10).

2013-14:  NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete … (Outdoor): finished 14th at the IC4A Championships (5/16) in the 10000m crossing the line in 31:24.81 … claimed fifth place at the NEWMAC Championships (4/26) in the 5000m with a time of 15:17.39 … won the 10000m at Bates College (4/12) finishing in 32:20.19 … (Indoor): season best time in the 5000m of 14:40.42 at the David Hemery Invitational (2/8) …wrapped up indoor season with fifth place finish the 5000m in 14:47.96 at the Tufts Last Chance Qualifier (3/6) … crossed fifth at the New England Division II Championships (2/22)  in the 5000m in a time of 15:04.46 … recorded a season best time in the 3000m run at the Tufts Stampede Invite crossing in 8:46.36.

2012-13: (Indoor): came fifth in the 3000m at the Harvard Challenge (1/19) with a time of 8:38.21 … finished third in the 5000m with a 14:59.78 at the New England Division III Championships (2/16) … was fourth in the 5000m at NEICAAAs (2/23) in 14:35.68 … (outdoor): was third in the 5000m at the NEWMAC Championships (4/27) with a time of 15:28.93 … came in fourth place in the 10,000m with a 31:25.62 and third in the 5000m in 14:52.07 at the New England Division III Championships (5/04).

2011-12: Finished fourth in the 5000m (15:24.22) at the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference championships (outdoor) ... had a sixth-place finish in the 10,000 (31:34.91) at the New England Division III championships (outdoor) ... Division III All-New England in 10,000m.

Off the Track: Majoring in computer science with a concentration in education … also competes on the MIT cross country team … pursuing his Masters degree at MIT ... engineering intern at NovoEd ... technical intern at AppNexus … UROP at App Inventor, MIT Center for Mobile Learning …  technical intern for eBay, Inc. … exchange participant at Sports Technology Institute at Loughborough University, U.K. …  developer and project manager at Scheller Teacher Education Program (STEP) Lab … MIT EECS Google Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scholar … Student Ambassador … committee member for Undergraduate Association (UA) Committee on Public Relations … Technical Lead of EECScon … Associate Advisor to the class of 2016 … house manager for Phi Beta Epsilon … MIT UA Committee on Public Relations.

High School: A 2011 graduate of Oak Ridge High School … cross country league champion … cross country All-State and All-America in 2006 … Delta River League runner of the year … cross country team MVP … cross country team captain … National Honor Society … AP Scholar with Distinction.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12First Year

    Distance
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2013-14Junior

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2014-15Senior

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2015-16Graduate Student

    Distance
    5'7"