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2019-20 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

Kent Slaney

  • Height 6-2
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Palo Alto, Calif.
  • High School Palo Alto
  • Event Distance
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
800m - 2:00.82
1,000m - 2:34.14
Mile - 4:14.86
3,000m - 8:58.19

Outdoor:
800m - 1:59.40
1,500m - 4:03.62
5,000m - 15:25.95

2019-20: 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Competed in six indoor meets
- Won the 1,000m in 2:37.12 at the Gordon Kelly Invitational
- Outdoor season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2018-19:
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: 4x800, DMR)
- NEWMAC Relay Team of the Week (4x400 - 4/8)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Ran a season-best time of 1:59.40 in the 800m in a quad meet with Bates, RPI and Tufts
- Was a member of the runner-up relay teams for the 4x800 and DMR
- Ran a season-best time of 4:14.86 in the mile at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational

2017-18: 
- All-New England (Indoor - DMR)
- Competed in 12 meets
- Was 25th in the 5,000m at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship and eighth in the 1,500m at the NEWMAC Championship with a season-best time of 4:03.62
- Finished third in the 1,500m at the Sean Collier Invitational
- Ran a season-best time of 2:04.99 in the 800m in the dual meet with Williams
- Was fifth in the DMR at the New England D3 Indoor Championship
- Ran a season-best indoor time of 4:19.39 in the mile at the BU David Hemery Valentine Invitational

Off the Track at MIT: 
- Majoring in computer science
- Has interned at Cruise and Apple

High School: 
- Four-year letter winner in both cross country and track and field at Palo Alto High School
- 11th at 2017 California Track State Finals
- Had PR's of 1:57.72 in the 800, 4:16.62 in the 1600 and 9:11.78 in the 3200

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Distance
    6'1"
  • 2019-20Junior

    Distance
    6'2"