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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

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS) 

Accolades (Outdoor):
- NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team - 1500m (2024)
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 1500m (2024)
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 in a meet 

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

Off the Track at MIT: 
- Majoring in mechanical engineering and mathematics with a concentration in economics
- Researcher at the Qi Lab under Chemical Engineering and the Short Lab under Nuclear Engineering

High School:
- 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

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Distance
    5'11"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance
    6'0"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance
    6'0"