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2021-22 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

Brian Foley

Benton Wilson

  • Height 6-0
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Dublin, Ohio
  • High School Dublin Jerome
  • Event Sprints
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:

60m - 7.11
200m - 21.70
400m - 49.16

Outdoor:
100m - 10.82
200m - 21.56
400m - 48.11

2021-22:
- USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor: 200m, 400m, 4x400; Outdoor: 4x100, 4x400, 400m)
- Two-time NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week
- NEWMAC Champion (4x400)
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (4x400)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (400m, 4x100)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Competed in 15 meets, with nine victories
- Finished second in the 400m at the New England D3 Indoor Championship and seventh at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship
- Finished second in the 400m at the NEWMAC Championship

2020-21:
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2019-20: 
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: 200m, 400m, 4x400)
- New England D3 Champion (Indoor: 400m, 4x400)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Competed in 10 indoor meets
- Won the New England D3 Indoor Championships in the 400m and the 4x400 relay, while also finishing fourth in the 200m
- Outdoor season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2018-19:
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: 200m, 400m)
- New England D3 Champion (Indoor: 200m, 400m; Outdoor: 200m, 400m)
- USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor: 200m, 400m; Outdoor: 200m, 400m)
- NEICAAA All-Region (Outdoor: 200m)
- NCAA Qualifier (Indoor: DMR, 200m)
- All-American (Indoor: DMR)
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (100m, 200m, 4x100)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (4x400 - 4/8)
- Placed fourth in the 200m in 21.73 at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship
- Won the New England D3 Outdoor Championship in the 200m with a season-best time of 21.56, along with finishing third in the 400m at 48.62
- Placed second in the 100m and 200m, as well as second in the 4x100 relay at the NEWMAC Championship
- Was a member of the DMR that placed sixth in 10:04.82 at the NCAA Indoor National Championship
- Won the 200m and 400m titles at the New England D3 Indoor Championships, running times of 22.08 and 49.67, respectively

2017-18:
- All-New England (Indoor - 200m, Outdoor - 100m, 200m and 4x400)
- NEICAA All-Region
- NEWMAC Champion (100m and 200m)
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (100m and 200m)
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Competed in 16 meets
- Won the 200m at the MIT Final Qualifying Meet in a time of 22.01
- Finished sixth in the 200 at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship in 22.07
- Was fourth in the 100, fifth in the 200 and sixth in the 4x400 at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship
- Set season bests in both the 100 (10.83) and 200 (21.69) as he won both events at the NEWMAC Championship
- Also was fourth in the 4x100 at the NEWMAC Championship in 43.81
- Also ran 10.83 in the 100 as he won both that and the 200 in a dual meet with Williams
- Finished second in the 200 at the New England D3 Indoor Championship
- Ran a season-best 50.24 at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic
- In his first collegiate meet, he ran a season-best 7.21 in the 60

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in computer science with a concentration in philosophy 
- Worked on developing continuous blood pressure monitor in collaboration between Tufts University and MIT
- Interned at Footbar, Microsoft and Facebook
- Research in computer science and music visualization

High School:
- Ran track and field and played baseball and soccer at Dublin Jerome High School
- Three-year letter winner in track and field
- Has a personal best of 11.04 in the 100m and 22.03 in the 200m, both of which are school records
- Sixth place at the 2015 Ohio State meet in the 4x400m relay
- Class valedictorian
- Member of the National Honor Society

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Sprints
    5'11"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Sprints
    6'0"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Sprints
    6'0"
  • 2020-21Senior

    Sprints
    6'0"
  • 2021-22Graduate Student

    Sprints
    6'0"