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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Kenneth Wei

  • Height 6-1
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown Mount Sinai, N.Y.
  • High School Mount Sinai
  • Event Hurdles, Jumps
  • Major Medical Engineering and Medical Physics

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS) 
Indoor:  
60m Hurdles - 7.94 
LJ - 24' 5.75" (7.46m) 
TJ - 48' 2" (14.68m)
 
Outdoor: 
110m Hurdles - 14.05 
LJ - 25' 10.25" (7.88m)

Accolades (Indoor): 
- NCAA National Champion - Long Jump (2022-23) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump (2022-23) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 2024 (60m Hurdles - 9th)
- USTFCCCA All-American - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump (2022-23) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump (2022-23) 
- New England D3 Champion - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump (2022-23, 2023-2024) 
- All-New England D3 - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump (2022-23)  
- NCAA National Champion - Long Jump (2021-22) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump (2021-22) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 2024 (60m Hurdles, Long Jump)
- USTFCCCA All-America Second Team - 2024 (60m Hurdles)
- USTFCCCA All-American - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump (2021-22) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump, Triple Jump (2021-22) 
- USTFCCCA All-American - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump, Triple Jump (2019-20) 
- All-New England - 60m Hurdles (2019-20) 
- All-New England D3 - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump, Triple Jump (2019-20) 
- New England D3 Champion - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump (2019-20) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 60m Hurdles, Long Jump, Triple Jump (2019-20)

Accolades (Outdoor):
 
- All-America Second Team - 2024 (Long Jump, 110m Hurdles)
- NEWMAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/1/24)
- NCAA Qualifier -
100m Hurdles, Long Jump (2022-23) 
- USTFCCCA All-American - 110m Hurdles, Long Jump (2022-23) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 110m Hurdles, Long Jump (2022-23, 2024) 
- NEICAAA All-New England - 110m Hurdles, Long Jump (2022-23)  
- NCAA National Champion - 110m Hurdles, Long Jump (2021-22) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 110m Hurdles, Long Jump (2021-22, 2024) 
- USTFCCCA All-American - 110m Hurdles, Long Jump (2021-22) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 110m Hurdles, Long Jump (2021-22, 2024)
- USTFCCCA All-Region - Triple Jump (2024)

Accolades:
 
- NEWMAC Champion - 110m Hurdles, Long Jump (2022-23, 2024) 
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference - 110m Hurdles, Long Jump (2022-23, 2024)  
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2022-23, 2024) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23) 
- CSC Academic All-America First Team (2022-23, 2023-24) 
- CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team (2021-22) 
- CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team (2020-21)
- CSC Academic All-District (2022-23, 2023-24)
CoSIDA Academic All-District (2020-21, 2021-22)
- USTFCCCA Indoor National Scholar Field Athlete of the Year (2021-22) 
- USTFCCCA Outdoor National Scholar Track Athlete of the Year (2021-22) 
- NCAA Championship Record Holder in the Long Jump (No. 3 All-Time in Division III) (2021-22) 
- NEWMAC Champion - Long Jump (2021-22) 
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference - Long Jump (2021-22) 
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference - 110m Hurdles (2021-22) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2021-22) 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2021-22) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2019-20)

2023-24:
- Finished 13th in the long jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships
- Finished in first place 11 times on the season
- Won the 110 meter and long jump at the NEWMAC Outdoor Championships
- Won the 110 meter at the NEW England DIII Outdoor Championships
2022-23: 
- Competed in 13 meets 
- Finished sixth in the 60m Hurdles at the NCAA Indoor National Championship 
- Finished second in the long jump and third in the 110m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship

2021-22: 
- NEWMAC Field Athlete of the Week (Apr. 25)

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

2019-20: 
- Recipient of the 2020 Men's Varsity Club Award as the MIT Male Freshman Athlete of the Year 
- Set the MIT rookie and school record in the 60m Hurdles at the D3 New England Indoor Championship, where he won with a time of 8.10 seconds 
- Also won the long jump D3 Indoor title with a leap of 23 feet, 7.25 inches and placed third in the triple jump 
- Posted a season-best triple jump of 48 feet, two inches at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational 
- Finished third in the 60m Hurdles at the NEICAAA Indoor Championship with a time of 8.12 seconds 
- Outdoor season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Off the Track at MIT: 
- Pursuing a Ph. D. in medical engineering and medical physics 
- Conducted research with the Whitehead Institute and the Lourido Lab

High School: 
- Three-time County MVP 
- Six-time state champion in the long jump, high hurdles, and triple jump 
- US No. 1 Long Jumper for the 2018-19 Indoor Season 
- Three-time All-American for the High Hurdles and Long Jump 
- Posted high school PRs of 7.31 in the 55m Hurdles, 7.89 in the 60m Hurdles, 13.86 in the 110m Hurdles, 25 feet in the indoor long jump, 47 feet, 8.5 inches in the indoor triple jump, 24 feet, 4.25 inches in the outdoor long jump and 48 feet, five inches in the outdoor triple jump 
- Class salutatorian 
- Member of the National Honor Society and the Tri-M Music Honor Society 
- Student Council President 
- Named to the Superintendent's List 
- Department Award in Science, Social Studies, History and English

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Hurdles, Jumps
    6'1"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Hurdles, Jumps
    6'1"
  • C

    2021-22Junior

    Hurdles, Jumps
    6'1"
    C
  • C

    2022-23Senior

    Hurdles, Jumps
    6'1"
    C
  • 2023-24Graduate Student

    Hurdles, Jumps
    6'1"
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Hurdles, Jumps
    6'1"