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2020-21 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

Ryan Nall

  • Height 6-4
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Lafayette, Calif.
  • High School Acalanes
  • Event Throws
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:

SP - 47' 11.75" (14.62m)
WT - 58' 9.25" (17.91m)

Outdoor:
SP - 48' 7.25" (14.81m)
DT - 131' 10" (40.19m)
HT - 158' 5" (48.29m)

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

2019-20: 
- All-New England D3 (Indoor: Shot Put, Weight Throw)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Competed in 10 indoor meets
- Finished third in the weight throw with a season-best 58 feet, 9.25 inches at the D3 New England Indoor Championship, where he was also eighth in the shot put
- Picked up two victories indoors
- Outdoor season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2018-19:
- All-New England D3 (Outdoor: Shot Put)
- Placed fourth in the shot put with a season-best throw of 48 feet, 7.25 inches at the D3 New England Outdoor Championship
- Also posted a season-best throw of 158 feet, five inches in the hammer throw at that meet
- At the NEWMAC Championship, he was fifth in the hammer, sixth in the shot put and seventh in the discus
- Posted a season-best throw of 131 feet, 10 inches in the discus vs. Williams
- Competed in the shot put and weight throw at the D3 New England Indoor Championship

Favorite Sports Memory:
- Beating my hometown rival in football senior year

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Beating Springfield my sophomore year

Off the Track at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in energy studies
- Also a member of the MIT football team
- Interned at Cummins after sophomore year
- Interned at SpaceX Spring and Summer of junior year

Prior to MIT:
- Played football and basketball and was a member of the track and field team at Acalanes High School as he was a three-time letter winner in all three
- Football captain as a senior
- Defensive MVP as a junior and senior
- Placed 18th at the CIF State Finals in the shot put as a senior
- Was named the Acalanes Boosters Most Valued Student-Athlete

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    Throws
    6'4"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    Throws
    6'4"
  • 2020-21Junior

    Throws
    6'4"