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2025-26 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

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Jackson Bliey

  • Height 6-1
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Talleyville, Del.
  • High School Brandywine
  • Event Jumps, Throws
  • Major Computer Science and Engineering

Biography


Accolades (Indoor): 
  • New England D3 Gordon Kelley Award (2024)
  • USTFCCCA East Region Men's Field Athlete of the Year (2024)
  • NCAA National Champion (2025)
  • New England D3 Champion - High Jump (2023) 
  • NCAA Qualifier - 2023 (High Jump - 7th) 
  • All-New England D3 - High Jump (2023) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - High Jump (2023, 2024) 
  • USTFCCCA All-American - High Jump (2023 2024)
Accolades (outdoor):
  • National Champion – High Jump (2024, 2025)
  • All-America First Team - High Jump (2024)
  • NEWMAC Champion - High Jump (2023, 2024, 2025) 
  • New England D3 Champion - High Jump (2023) 
  • NCAA Qualifier - 2023 (High Jump – 4th) , 2024 (High Jump - 1st)
  • NEWMAC All-Conference First Team - High Jump (2023, 2024, 2025) 
  • NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2025)
  • NEWMAC Rookie of the Year (2023) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - High Jump (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • All-New England D3 - High Jump (2023) 
  • USTFCCCA All-American - High Jump (2023, 2025)
  • CSC Academic All-District (2024)
Accolades: 
  • NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2024)
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2023)
2024-25:
  • Competed in seven meets
  • Jumped a career bests in the high jump, at the 2025 New England Division III Indoor T&F Championship jumping 2.18m 
  • Finished as the NCAA Champion in both indoor and outdoor high jump competitions
2023-24: 
  • Won the high jump in the NEWMAC, New England DIII, and NCAA Outdoor Championships
  • Finished runner-up in the Amherst Spring Fling
2022-23:
  • Competed in seven meets during the indoor season and seven during the outdoor season 
Before MIT:
  • Three-time First Team All-State in the high jump 
  • State Champion in the discus 
  • All-District Punter 
  • Holds the school record in the discus 
  • Holds the state record in javelin 
  • Six-time varsity letter winner between track and field, football, and basketball 
  • Five-time All-American in the javelin, discus, and high jump 
  • Member of the Math and Science Honor Societies 
  • Member of the Technology Student Association and the Math League 
  • Earned Distinguished Honors
Personal:
  • Majoring in computer science and engineering  
  • Research: CSAIL Causal Reasoning
  • Was a member of the MIT football team 
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
  • “All the fun team events."

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Jumps, Throws
    6'2" 175 lbs
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Jumps, Throws
    6'1" 175 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    Jumps, Throws
    6'1" 0 lbs
  • 2025-26Senior

    Jumps, Throws
    6'1" 0 lbs