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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Frank Poulin

Simon Opsahl

  • Height 6-3
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Redlands, Calif.
  • High School Redlands East Valley
  • Event Distance
  • Major Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS) 

Accolades (Indoor): 
- All-New England D3 - 800m (2023) 
- NCAA Qualifier - 2023 (Distance Medley Relay – 11th)
- NCAA Qualifier - 2024 (800m - 17th)
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 800m (2024)

 
Accolades (Outdoor): 
- NEWMAC Champion - 1,500m (2023)
 
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team - 1,500m (2023) 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 1,500m (2023, 2024) 
- NEICAAA All-New England - 1,500m (2023) 
- All-New England D3 - 1,500m (2023)
- NCAA Qualifier - 2024 (1500m – 20th)

Accolades:
 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2023, 2024) 
- USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23)

2023-24:
- Won the 800m at the Tufts Cupid Challenge
- Finished runner-up four times (twice in the 800m and the 1500m)
2022-23: 
- Competed in six meets during the indoor season and six during the outdoor season 
- Finished sixth in the 800m at the New England D3 Indoor Championship 
- Finished sixth in the 1,500m at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship and the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship

2021-22: 
- Competed in six meets 
- Member of the winning 4x800 relay team at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Placed fifth in the 1,500m at the NEWMAC Championship

Favorite Sports Memory: 
- Walking out onto the line at Hayward Field

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
- Watching my teammate break 4 minutes in the mile

Off the Track at MIT: 
- Majoring in electrical engineering and computer science with a minor in brain and cognitive science
- Researcher at the Hrvatin Lab and ESI
- Project Manus Mentor

High School: 
- 10-time varsity letter winner between track and field, cross country, and soccer 
- Team MVP 
- All-League and League MVP 
- Three-time league champion (twice in the 1,600m and once in the 3,200m) 
- CIF runner-up in the 800m 
- All-American in the DMR 
- All-County 
- Received the Citrus Belt Athletic Directors' Award 
- Second in CIF in the 800m 
- Holds the school record in the 1,600m and the league record in the 800m and 1,600m 
- Vice-President of the Red Cross Club 
- Secretary of the Interact Club 
- Participated in the Science Olympiad with the Engineering Club 
- Honor Roll student 
- Received the Donald C. Anderson Rotary scholarship 
- National Merit finalist 
- AP Scholar with Distinction

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Distance
    6'3"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Distance
    6'3"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance
    6'3"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance
    6'3"