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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Carlos Villa

  • Height 5-6
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Wadsworth, Ill.
  • High School Warren Township
  • Event Distance
  • Major Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS) 

2023-24:
- Appeared in seven meets
2022-23: 
- Competed in two meets during the indoor season and three during the outdoor season 
- Finished seventh in the 10,000m at the NEWMAC Championship

2021-22: 
- Competed in seven meets 
- Finished ninth in the 10,000m at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Ran a season-best time of 9:10.12 in the 3,000m at the Gordon Kelly Invitational

Favorite Sports Memory: 
- Running in Colorado with my high school teammates

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
- Racing an indoor 5k for the first time and PRing after the rest of my friends ran great races as well

Off the Track at MIT: 
- Majoring in electrical engineering and computer science 
- Full Stack developer with OUR Tech 
- Software developer for CRIPT with the Olsen Labs at MIT 
- HSF Scholar 
- Schuler Scholar 
- Member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee

High School: 
- All-Conference in cross country 
- Earned multiple All-Academic Awards for track and cross country 
- Seven-time varsity letter winner between cross country and track and field 
- Member of the National Honor Society and the Schuler Scholar Program 
- High Honor roll student

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Distance
    5'5"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance
    5'6"