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2017-18 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

Nathan Munet

  • Height 5-10
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Elkhart, Ind.
  • High School Elkhart Central
  • Event Distance
  • Major Brain and Cognitive Sciences

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
600m - 1:24.08
800m - 1:54.08
1000m - 2:33.74

Outdoor:
800m - 1:55.94

2017-18: All-New England (Indoor - 800m and 4x800, Outdoor - 4x800)... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... USTFCCCA All-Academic Team... Competed in 12 meets... Was a member of the 4x800 team that was second at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship... Finished fifth in the 800m at the NEWMAC Championship... Ran a season-best 1:54.08 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier in the indoor season... Was sixth in 4x800 and ninth in the 800m at the New England D3 Indoor Championship... Member of the 4x800 team that won at the Bowdoin College Invitational in a time of 8:00.24.

2016-17: New England All-Region (Indoor - 4x800; Outdoor - 4x800)... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference... Competed in 13 meets... Was a member of the fourth-place 4x800 team that ran 7:48.77 at the D3 New England Outdoor Championship... Was fourth in the 800m at the NEWMAC Championship in 1:56.86 and fourth in the 4x400 at 3:26.69... Placed 18th at the NEICAAA Indoor Championship in the 1:55.05 and third in the 4x800 in the D3 New England Indoor Championship... Was also 12th in the 800m at the D3 meet with a time of 1:57.96.

2015-16: Competed in seven indoor meets ... aided the DMR team to fourth place (10:31.28) at the New England Division III Indoor Championship (2/19-20) ... began collegiate competition with a first place finish in the DMR (10:47.97) and second place in the 800m (1:59.56) at the Bates Tri Meet (1/16) ... ran a personal best time of 2:33.74 in the 1000m at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/29-30) ... competed in five outdoor meets ... finished sixth with the 4x800m relay team (7:56.10) at the New England Division III Outdoor Championship (5/5-7) ... took fourth with the 4x400m relay team (3:26.19) and seventh in the 800m (1:59.25) at the NEWMAC Championship (4/30) ... registered a personal best time of 1:56.92 in the 800m at the Sean Collier Invitational (4/23).

Off the Track at MIT: Majoring in brain and cognitive sciences... UROP in the McDermott Lab studying auditory perception of the acoustic properties of rooms and objects... Received the Sheet Metal Workers International Scholarship... Neuroscience research intern at the Cajal Institute in Madrid, Spain during summer 2017 through MIT's MISTI Spain program... Has done research on mechanisms of synaptic plasticity in fruit flies in the Littleton Lab in MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory... Received the 2017 Hans Lukas Teuber Award for Outstanding Academics in Brain and Cognitive Sciences... Member of the Zeta Psi fraternity.

High School: A 2015 graduate of Elkhart Central High School ... eight time varsity letterwinner in track and cross country ... Elkhart Central Male Athlete of the Year ... Elkhart County Kiwanis Athlete of the Year ... Conference MVP ... Elkhart Central cross country and track Mental Attitude winner ... Elkhart Central cross country MVP ... finished fourth at the State Championships in the 800m with a time of 1:54.12 ... National Honor Society ... Student Council ... Riley Children's Hospital Dance Marathon Committee Vice President ...  Superintendent's Student Advisory Council ... Elkhart Student Hunger Drive ... student ambassador ... Valedictorian ... National Merit Scholarship winner ... National Hispanic Scholar ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... Elkhart Central Student of the Year in Honors English 10, Honors Chemistry, Honors Pre-Calculus, AP Literature, AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP Psychology, and AP Computer Science ... Elkhart Central Senior Science Award winner ... Principal's Honor Roll.

Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16First Year

    Distance
    5'10"
  • 2016-17Sophomore

    Distance
    5'10"
  • 2017-18Junior

    Distance
    5'10"