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2017-18 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

Daniel Weiss

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.
  • High School Neuqua Valley
  • Event Distance
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
1000m - 2:41.16
Mile - 4:33.11
3000m - 8:48.62
5000m - 15:17.10

Outdoor:
800m - 2:00.43
1500m - 4:03.69
5000m - 15:11.09
10,000m - 31:31.47

2017-18: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... Competed in five meets... Finished second in the 10,000m at the Tufts Quad Meet with a time of 32:51.08... Was third in the 10,000 at the NEWMAC Championship and 11th at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship.

2016-17: NEWMAC Champion (5,000m)... New England All-Region (Outdoor - 10,000m)... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... Competed in 12 meets... Placed fourth at the D3 New England Outdoor Championship in the 10,000m in 31:46.73... Won the NEWMAC Championship in the 5,000m with a time of 15:30.71... Was third in the 5,000m at the Sean Collier Invitational and second in the 4x800 at the Williams dual meet, where the team ran 8:04.72... Placed 16th at the D3 New England Indoor Championship in the 5,000m at 15:37.11.

2015-16: Competed in six indoor meets ... finished 11th in the 5000m run (15:17.10 - an indoor personal best time) at the New England Division III Indoor Championship (2/19-20) ... aided the DMR team to first place (10:47.97) at the Bates Tri Meet (1/16) ... ran the 3000m for the first time in his collegiate career ending with a time of 8:48.62 for sixth place at the Bowdoin Invitational (1/23) and the 1000m for the first time yielding a time of 2:41.16 for fifth places at the Bates Tri Meet ... competed in five outdoor meets ... took eighth place in the 10,000m run (32:34.38) at the NEICAAA Championship (5/13-14) ... crossed the line fourth in the 10,000m run (31:39.25) and 11th in the 5000m run (15:19.33) at the New England Division III Outdoor Championship (5/5-7) ... notched personal best times in the 5000m (15:11.09) and the 10,000m (31:31.47) in back-to-back meets, the MIT Quad (4/9) and the Bridgewater State Invitational (3/26), respectively.

Off the Track at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in computer science and a concentration in Chinese … also a member of the MIT men’s cross country team... Worked as an intern at Kress Corporation using UG NX7 CAD software to draft and design parts for heavy machinery and gained experience working at a private business.

High School: A 2015 graduate of Neuqua Valley High School … seven-time letterwinner … earned the cross country Work Ethic Award and Leadership Award … Academic All-Conference … member of the Student Athletic Leadership Team … graduated Summa Cum Laude … National Commended Scholar … AP Scholar.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16First Year

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Distance
    5'7"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Distance
    5'7"