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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Chris Aduama

Sam Coutts

  • Height 6-0
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Pacific Grove, Calif.
  • High School Pacific Grove
  • Event Distance
  • Major Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics

Biography


Accolades (Indoor): 

  • USTFCCCA All-Region (Distance Medley Relay; Mile; 3,000m )

Accolades (outdoor):

  • NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team - 1500m (2024)
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 1500m (2024, 2025)

2024-25:

  • Competed in 10 meets this indoor and outdoor track season 
  • Ran career bests in the 1500m, mile, and the 3000m 
  • Finished as runner-up in the 5000m at the NEWMAC Championships
  • Competed at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships, placing 18th in the mile, and 19th in the 3000m

2023-24: 

  • Competed in six outdoor and four indoor events
  • Finished as runner-up in the 1500m event in the NEWMAC Outdoor Championship

2022-23:

  • Competed in two meets during the indoor season and five during the outdoor season 
  • Finished third in the 5,000m at the NEWMAC Championship

2021-22:

  • Did not compete

Before MIT: 

  • Five-time varsity letter winner between cross country and track and field 
  • Qualified for the 2019 California State Cross Country Championship 
  • Finished fifth in the 3,200m at the 2021 CCS track finals 
  • Was seventh in Arcadia seeded 3,200m in 2021 
  • Ranked fifth in his class 
  • President of Breaker Science 
  • Captain of the cross country team 
  • Vice President of Jazz Band 
  • Math club member 
  • Salt water aquarium projects 
  • CCS honor bands 
  • Next Generation Jazz Festival Honor Band

Personal: 

  • Researcher at the Qi Lab under Chemical Engineering and the Short Lab under Nuclear Engineering 
  • Favorite Sports Memory: "Attending the 2019 California State Cross Country Championships." 

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 

  • "Watching the men win Cross Country Nationals in 2022." 

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Distance
    5'11"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance
    6'0"