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2023-24 MIT Men's Track and Field Roster

Zac Nwogwugwu

  • Height 6-2
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown London, United Kingdom
  • High School Tonbridge
  • Event Sprints
  • Major Mathematics with Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS) 

Accolades (Outdoor): 
- USTFCCCA All-Region - 4x100 (2023) 
- All-New England D3 - 100m (2023) 
- NEICAAA All-New England - 4x100 (2023)
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team (2024)

2023-24:
- Competed in the 100m twice on the season
2022-23: 
- Competed in five meets during the indoor season and eight during the outdoor season 
- Finished fourth in the 100m at the NEWMAC Championship 
- Finished fifth in the 100m at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Was a member of the 4x100 that finished fifth at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championship

Favorite Sports Memory: 
- Making my first ESAA 100m final by a hair (literally)

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
- PRing after two years of thinking I was past it

Off the Track at MIT: 
- Majoring in mathematics with computer science 
- Software Engineering intern at Capital One
- Deep Reinforcement Learning at the Centre for Frontier AI Research in Singapore 
- Astrophysics UROP investigating the sensitivity of mass-wasting events on comet outburst plumes 
- Singapore International Pre-Graduate Award 
- Member of Black Students’ Union, National Society of Black Engineers, and MIT Cru 
- 2026 Class Council Secretary

High School: 
- Graduated as the school record holder in the 100m and 200m 
- National Bronze, England Athletics Indoor Championships, U15 60m 2018 
- National Bronze, England Athletics Indoor Championships, U17 60m 2020 
- Founder of the Afro-Caribbean Society 
- Received the Honorary Academic Scholarship and the Junior Foundation Scholarship

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Sprints
    6'2"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Sprints
    6'2"