Ricardo Paez

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2014-15 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

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Height 5-9
Year Senior
Hometown Ontario, Calif.
High School Ontario
Event Mid-Distance
Major Chemical Biological Engineering

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2015: NEWMAC Academic All-Conference.

2014: (Outdoor): wrapped up season at the New England Division III Championships (5/3) finishing 12^th in the shot put by throwing 44-01.25, and 15^th in the discus clearing 122-11 … finished sixth in the hammer throw clearing 143-04 and ninth in the discus throw hitting 109-10 at the NEWMAC Championships (4/26) … season best distance in the hammer throw at the Sean Collier Invitational (4/19) clearing 150-09 to finish fifth … best shot put throw came at Bates (4/12) where he hit 45-01.50 … best discus throw was at the Engineer’s Cup (4/5) throwing for 136-11 … (Indoor): placed 12^th in the shot put at the New England Division III Championships (2/22) with a season best distance of 45-01.00 … finished fourth in the shot put with a distance of 45-00.25, and seventh in the weight throw clearing 45-04.25 at the Tufts Stampede Invite (2/1) … best weight throw of 46-09.00 came in a second place performance at the Art Farnham Invitational (1/25) where he also finished third in the shot put clearing 39-10.75.

2013: (Indoor): came in 16^th in the shot put with a throw of 11.20m and was 14^th in the weight throw with 12.00m at the Harvard Challenge (1/19) … improved to 12.04 in the weight throw at the Tufts Stampede (2/02), finishing in 20^th … (outdoor): was third in the discus with a throw of 39.34m at the Engineer’s Cup (4/06) … came in fifth in the shot put with a throw of 12.79m, third in discus in 39.68m and fifth in hammer with a throw of 40.02m against Bates, Colby and USM (4/13) … finished in fifth place in discus in 39.68m at the NEWMAC Championships (4/27).

Off the Track: Majoring in chemical biological engineering and biology with a concentration in women and gender studies … interned with the undergraduate training program at the Loma Linda Medical School … interned with the Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine Undergraduate Training Program … conducts research on Ca2++ signaling in pulmonary arterial hypertension … MGH Volunteer Program … worked in the Center for Perinatal Biology and Advanced Imaging Microscopy Core studying pulmonary hypertension … Dell Scholarship … Edison Scholar.

High School: A 2011 graduate of Ontario High School … league MVP as a junior and senior ... cross country captain as a senior ... National Honor Society … California scholarship federation ... AP Scholar … National Hispanic Heritage award … valedictorian.