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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


Accolades (outdoor):
  • NEWMAC Champion - 4x100 (2024)
  • NEWMAC All-Conference First Team - 4x100 (2024)
  • NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team - 4x100 (2023, 2025) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 4x100 (2023, 2025) 
  • All-New England D3- 4x100 (2023) 
  • NEICAAA All-New England- 4x100 (2023)
  • NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2025)
  • NEWMAC Relay of the Week - 4x100m (March 31, 2025)
Accolades: 
  • NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2022, 2023, 2024)
2024-25:
  • Competed in 1 meets this Indoor and outdoor track season.
  • Achieved career bests in the 60m, 100m, and 200m, and 400m
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
Before MIT:
  • 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
Personal:
  • UROP with CSAIL ArchSec Group 
  • GPU Software Security Intern at NVIDIA 
  • Club Officer for MIT TechSec
Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
  • Running a huge 100m PR at the 2023 Amherst Spring Fling

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"