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2019-20 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

Simon Alford

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Dublin, Ohio
  • High School Dublin Coffman
  • Event Mid-Distance
  • Major Mathematics

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
800m - 1:53.70
1,000m - 2:28.77
Mile - 4:26.20

Outdoor:
800m - 1:55.28

2019-20:
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- Ran a time of 4:26.20 in the mile at the MIT Alumni Meet indoors
- Outdoor season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2018-19:
- NEWMAC Second Team All-Conference (800m)
- New England D3 All-Region (Outdoor 4x800, Indoor 1,000m)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- All-American (Indoor DMR)
- NCAA Qualifier (Indoor DMR)
- USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor DMR)
- Member of the DMR team that placed sixth in 10:04.82 at the 2019 NCAA Indoor National Championship
- Finished third in the 1,000m at the 2019 New England D3 Indoor Championship

2017-18:
- Indoor New England D3 Champion in the 1,000 meters
- All-New England (Indoor - 1,000m and 4x800, Outdoor - 4x800)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
- Competed in 11 meets
- Ran a season-best 2:28.77 in the 1,000 at the BU John Thomas Terrier Classic
- Won the 800 at the Bates/Colby Tri-Meet and the 4x800 at the Bowdoin College Invitational
- Won the 1,000 at the New England D3 Indoor Championship in 2:30.20 and sixth in the 4x800
- Ran a season-best 1:53.70 in the 800 at the BU Last Chance Qualifier
- Was sixth in the 800 in 1:57.21 at the NEWMAC Championship and second in the 4x800 at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship in 7:50.66

2016-17:
- New England All-Region (Indoor - DMR)
- Competed in three meets
- In his collegiate debut at the Tufts Cupid Challenge, he was third in the 800m in a season-best time of 1:58.52
- At the D3 New England Championship, he finished 10th in the 1,000m in 2:33.27 and was a member of the fourth-place DMR team that finished in a time of 10:26.13

Favorite Sports Memory:
- All the good times spent training with my friends

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete
- Winning 2019 Indoor D3's

Off the Trackat MIT:
- Majoring in mathematics
- Plays the piano in the CMS Jazz Combo

High School:
- Ran track and cross country at Dublin Coffman High School
- Was a four-year track letter winner and earned three varsity letters in cross country
- Won both the Most Improved and Most Valuable Awards in track and field, along with the Most Dedicated Award for cross country
- Finished seventh in the Division I state championship in the 800 meters in 2016
- Has a PR of 1:52.99 in the 800, which is the second-fastest time ever at his high school
- Also has a PR of 4:22.11 in the 1600
- Honda Math Medal recipient
- Member of the robotics team, drama club, piano club, jazz ensemble and math team

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    Mid-Distance
    5'7"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
    5'7"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Mid-Distance
    5'7"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Mid-Distance
    5'7"