Sports Short

Feb. 5, 2016

Sports Short

Men’s volleyball (7–2) defeated Newbury College in straight sets. Tom Leech ’18 and Skyler Kaufman ’19 each had 10 kills.

Men’s track and field: Jarod Wilson ’19 and Aidan Gilson ’19 set rookie records for MIT athletes, running 800 meters in 1:52.74 and 3000 meters in 8:28.85 respectively.

Women’s track and field: Maryann Gong ’17 recorded the second fastest time ever in NCAA Division III history when she ran a 16:32.44 (16:40.09 converted due to track) in the 5,000-meter. Cimran Virdi ’16 jumped a record height of 4.00 meters, 13–1 1/2” in pole vault.

Men’s basketball defeated Springfield College 53–43 to improve to 15–5 on the season. Justin Pedley ‘16 led the Engineers with 27 points.

Women’s basketball defeated Wellesley 52-38 to improve to 14–6 on the season. Kara Holinski ‘19 scored 17 points.

— Souparno Ghosh