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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Ben Barnhart

Will Liu

  • Height 5-10
  • Year Graduate Student
  • Hometown San Marino, Calif.
  • High School Harvard-Westlake
  • Event Sprints
  • Major Computer Science and Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS) 
Indoor: 
60m - 7.15 
200m - 22.89

Outdoor:
 
100m - 10.93 
200m - 22.38

Accolades (Outdoor): 
- NEWMAC Champion - 4x100 (2024)
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team - 4x100 (2024)
- NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team - 4x100 (2023)
 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 4x100 (2023) 
- All-New England D3- 4x100 (2023) 
- NEICAAA All-New England- 4x100 (2023)
 
Accolades: 
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024)

2023-24:
- Was a part of the 4x100 winning team in the NEWMAC Outdoor Championships and and the 100m at the 2024 Snowflake Classic
2022-23: 
- Competed in seven meets during the indoor season and six during the outdoor season 
- Was a member of the 4x100 relay that finished second at the NEWMAC Championship, third at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship, and fifth at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship

2021-22: 
- Competed in five meets

2020-21: 
- Did not compete as the season was canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Favorite Sports Memory: 
- Running in a relay at the Arcadia Invitational during my freshman year of high school

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
- Running a huge 100m PR at the 2023 Amherst Spring Fling

Off the Track at MIT: 
- Majoring in computer science and engineering 
- UROP with CSAIL ArchSec Group 
- GPU Software Security Intern at NVIDIA 
- Club Officer for MIT TechSec

High School: 
- Posted PRs of 11.15 in the 100m and 22.88 in the 200m 
- Two-time varsity letter winner in track and field 
- Member of the Cum Laude Society 
- Founder and president of the Harvard-Westlake Cyber Security Club 
- Principal flutist of the Harvard-Westlake Symphony 
- National Latin Exam Summa Cum Laude 
- Harvard Westlake's School Prize for Excellence in Computer Science

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First Year

    Sprints
    5'10"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'10"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sprints
    5'10"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints
    5'10"
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Sprints
    5'10"