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2015-16 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

States Lee

  • Height 6-1
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School Charlotte Country Day School
  • Event Sprints
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
Indoor:
60m - 7.29
200m - 22.09
400m - 48.00

Outdoor:
100m - 10.88
200m - 21.82
400m - 47.53

2015-16: All-American (Indoor - 4x400m relay; Outdoor - 4x400m relay) ... NCAA Qualifier (Indoor - 4x400m relay; Outdoor - 400m, 4x400m relay) ... CoSIDA Academic All-American ... CoSIDA Academic All-District ... USTFCCCA All-Region (Indoor - 400m, 4x400m relay; Outdoor - 400m, 4x400m relay) ... New England Champion (Indoor - 4x400m relay; Outdoor - 4x400m relay) ... NEWMAC Champion (400m, 4x100m relay) ... Broke the MIT Varsity Indoor Record in the 400m (48.00) and the 4x400m relay (3:14.43) ... Broke the MIT Varsity Outdoor Record in the 4x400m relay (3:11.74) ... USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... competed in ten indoor meets ... aided the 4x400m relay team to fourth place (3:17.84) and crossed the line 14th in the 400m dash (50.06) at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship (3/11-12) ... notched a season best time of 48.00 when he crossed the line third in the 400m at the NEICAAA Championship (2/26-27) ... finished first in the 4x400m relay (3:22.30) and sixth in the 400m (50.57) at the New England Division III Indoor Championship (2/19-20) ... won the 400m dash at the Bates Tri Meet (1/16) in 50.35, at the Bowdoin Invitational (1/23) in 49.85 and at the Tufts Cupid Challenge (2/6) in 49.84 ... competed in ten outdoor meets ... took sixth with the 4x400m relay team (3:13.19) for All-America honors and crossed the line 18th (48.80) in the 400m at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship (5/26-28) ... began postseason competition with first place finishes in the 4x100m relay (42.11) and the 400m (48.62) at the NEWMAC Championship (4/30) ... went on to cross the line first in the 4x400m relay (3:17.40) and second in the 4x100m relay (42.45) at the New England Division III Outdoor Championship (5/5-7) and first in the 4x400m relay (3:13.32) at the ECAC Division III Outdoor Championship (5/18-19).

2014-15: NCAA Qualifier (Indoor - 400m, 4x400m relay) ... New England Champion (Indoor - 400m) ... NEWMAC Champion (200m, 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay) ... NEWMAC Track Athlete of the Week (4/6) ... USTFCCCA Scholar Athlete ... NEWMAC Academic All-Conference ... competed in nine indoor meets ... finished 11th with the 4x400m relay team (3:20.89) and 15th in the 400m (52.91) at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship (3/13-14) ... registered a first place finish in the 400m (49.88) at the New England Division III Indoor Championship (2/20-21) ... ran a season best time of 48.16 in the 400m when he placed second at the NEICAAA Championship (2/27-28) and 22.09 in the 200m at the David Hemery Invitational (2/13-14) ... competed in eight outdoor meets ... clinched NEWMAC titles in the 200m (22.12), the 4x100m relay (42.35) and the 4x400m relay (3:19.47), while also taking third in the 100m (10.88 - a career best) at the NEWMAC Championship (4/25) ... crossed the line first in the 400m (48.30) and second in the both the 4x100m relay (42.04) and the 4x400m relay (3:16.78) at the New England Division III Outdoor Championship (4/30-5/2) ... closed the season with a first place finish in the 400m (48.21 - a season best time) at the ECAC Division III Outdoor Championship (5/14-15).

2013-14: All-American (4x400m outdoor) … All-American (4x400m indoor) … NCAA Qualifier (400m) … NEWMAC Men’s Track Co-Athlete of the Year … NEWMAC All-Conference (4x100m, 4x400m, 400m, 200m) … CoSIDA Academic All-District Team … NEWMAC Academic All-Conference … (Outdoor): was member of fourth place finishing 4x400m relay at the 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships (5/24) that crossed in 3:12.28 … finished 10th individually in the 400m run at NCAAs in 48.16 … crossed second in the 400m in a personal record 47.53 at the NEICAAA Championships (5/10) … recorded a third place finish in the 200m with a season best 22.02 at the New England Division III Championships (5/3) … won four events at the NEWMAC Championships (4/26) including the 200m in 22.22, the 400m in 48.18, the 4x100m relay and the 4x400m relay … went undefeated in the 200 and 400 at the first five contests of the season … (Indoor): earned All-America accolades as a member of the fourth place finishing 4x400m relay at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships (3/15) that finished in 3:15.14 … placed 11th in the 400m individual race at the NCAA Championships in 49.20 … set a varsity record in the 400m at the Scarlett and White Invitational (2/15) finishing second in a time of 48.45 …  crossed the line in 48.58 in the 400m en route to a 17th place finish at the David Hemery Invitational (2/8) … posted his season best 200m time of 22.76 to finish 56th at the John Thomas Invitational (1/25).

2012-13: All-American (4x400 Relay) … NEWMAC All-Conference (4x100 Relay, 400m, 200m) … (indoor): finished  first in the 400m with a 50.96 and was part of the first-place finishing 4x400 record that crossed the line in 3:24.28, earning the MIT freshman record, at the Tufts Stampede (2/03) … was part of the 4x400 relay that came in second place at the New England Division III Championship (2/16) with a 3:23.97 … came 14th in the 400m at the NEICAAA Championship (2/23) with a time of 49.51, breaking the previous MIT freshman record … was part of the Distance Medley Relay that came in sixth place at NCAAs with a 10:03.97 … part of the MIT varsity record-holding 4x400 relay with a time of 3:14.64 … (outdoor): finished in second place in both the 400m with a time of 49.38 and the 200m in 22.24 at the Engineer’s Cup (4/06) … was second in both the 200m in 22.25 and the 400m with a 48.84 against Bates, Colby and USM (4/13) … came in second in the 200m in 22.38, first in the 400m with a 49.11 and was part of the winning 4x100 relay with its time of 42.52 at the NEWMAC Championships 94/27) … at the New England Division III Championships (5/04), he came in first place in the 400m with a 48.20 and was fourth in the 200m with a 22.22 … came in 12th place in the 400m in 48.34 and led off the 4x400 relay that came in eighth place  in 3:15.85 at NCAAs (5/25).

Off the Track: Majoring in mechanical engineering with a concentration in product design … interned at Origen Engineering Solutions in Cape Town, South Africa … held an internship with Duke Energy … UROP – CityHome, Media Lab … UROP – MIT QuitoLab … completing research on Anterior Eye Segment Imaging ... co-coordinator and counselor for freshman leadership program … Director of Community Outreach for Amphibious Achievement ... Chi Phi Fraternity.

High School: A 2012 graduate of the Charlotte Country Day School … MVP … 4x100, 400m and 200m state champion … All-Conference and All-State for soccer … school record in 400m … eight-time varsity letterwinner … captain of the track and field and soccer teams … National Honor Society … Cum Laude … president of Big Brother, Big Sister Club … president of Interact Club … president of Trivia Club.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13First Year

    6'1"
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Sprints
    6'1"
  • 2014-15Junior

    Sprints
    6'1"
  • 2015-16Senior

    Sprints
    6'1"