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2013-14 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

Ken Leidal

  • Height 6-1
  • Year First Year
  • Hometown Downingtown, Pa.
  • High School Downingtown West
  • Event Mid-Distance
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

2014: (Indoor): finished third in the 3000m run at the Gordon Kelly Invitational (2/8) in a time of 8:56.04 … crossed third in the 1000m run in a time of 2:37.77 at the Tufts Stampede Invite (2/1) and finished seventh in the mile run with a time of 4:28.14 … recorded a season best mile time of 4:24.02 for an 81st place finish at the John Thomas Invitational (1/25) … finished sixth in the 3000m run at the Bowdoin Quad (1/18) in a season best 8:48.80. 

Off the Track: Majoring in computer science with a minor in mathematics and a concentration in German … also part of the MIT men’s cross country team … interned with PayPal Software Engineering … active with HackMIT.

High School: A 2013 graduate of Downingtown High School West … 12-time varsity letterwinner … National Honor Society treasurer … founder of the Secular Student Alliance … cross country and track captain … salutatorian … Distinguished Honor Roll … National Merit Scholarship … 6.470 JS Competition Winner.