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2021-22 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

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Nathan Basinger

  • Height 6-3
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Dalton, Ohio
  • High School Dalton
  • Event Throws
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor: 

SP - 51' 3.5" (15.63m)
WT - 55' 8.25" (16.97m)

Outdoor:
SP - 50' 1.25" (15.27m)
HT - 176' 2" (53.69m)
DT - 154' 8" (47.14m)

2021-22:
- USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor: Shot Put, Weight Throw; Outdoor: Shot Put, Discus, Hammer Throw)
- NEWMAC Champion (Shot Put, Discus, Hammer Throw)
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (Shot Put, Discus, Hammer Throw)
- NEWMAC Field Athlete of the Year
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Competed in 17 meets, with 13 victories

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

2019-20:
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: Weight Throw)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Placed sixth in the weight throw at 52 feet, 8.75 inches at the New England D3 Indoor Championship
- Won the shot put vs. Bates and Colby with a throw of 46 feet, 11.5 inches
- Outdoor season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2018-19:
- NEWMAC First Team All-Conference (Shot Put)
- All-New England D3 (Outdoor: Discus, Shot Put)
- Won the NEWMAC shot put title with a throw of 46 feet, 1.5 inches
- Posted a season-best throw of 143 feet, six inches in the hammer at the NEWMAC Championship

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in design
- Also a member of the MIT football team, where he was a NEWMAC First Team All-Conference performer as a rookie
- Nuclear Physics Researcher at Tel Aviv University
- Mechanical engineering intern at the SRT Group
- Juanes Research Group: Fluid Flow in 3D Porous Media
- SisuTerra Technologies: Developing plastic recycling for reuse
- Self-Assembly Lab: Investigated 3D printing liquid metal
- Member of Phi Beta Epsilon

Prior to MIT:
- Member of the football, wrestling and track and field teams at Dalton High School
- Was a four-time letter winner in wrestling, three-time in track and two-time in football
- First Team All-Ohio Division VII in football
- Threw 49 feet, 10 inches in the shot put and 149 feet, 10 inches in the discus
- Class valedictorian
- Class President
- National Honor Society member and President
- Member of the Honor Roll and a National Merit Scholar

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Throws
    6'2"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Throws
    6'2"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Throws
    6'2"
  • C

    2021-22Senior

    Throws
    6'3"
    C