Cambridge, Mass. (May 29) -- Eight members of the MIT men's and women's track and field/cross country programs have been named as Google Cloud Academic All-District selections, as announced by CoSIDA. On the men's side, senior Aidan Gilson (Florence, Mass.), senior Josh Rosenkranz (Glencoe, Ill.), sophomore Yorai Shaoul (Raanana, Israel) and junior Billy Woltz (Logan, Ohio) were all recognized. For the women, junior Katie Bacher (Macungie, Pa.), junior Jenna Melanson (La Center, Wash.), junior Margaret Trautner (Houston, Texas) and senior Leandra Zimmermann (Augsburg, Germany) were selected. Shaoul, a sophomore electrical engineering and computer science, has a perfect 5.0 GPA for his academic career. The 2019 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Triple Jump National Champion, he was also the NCAA Runner-Up outdoors in the long jump and as a first-year, he was the National Runner-Up both indoors and outdoors in the triple jump. A seven-time New England Division III Champion between the long jump and triple jump, he has also won the NEWMAC Championship twice in both the long and triple jumps. In addition, he was recently named as the USTFCCCA Field Athlete of the Meet for his performance at the NCAA Outdoor National Championship.  

                       Daniel Cukierman, University of Southern California

ORLANDO, FLA. May 21, 2019 — USC junior Brandon Holt will be the lone Trojan soldier engaged in NCAA action from here, after another hot and busy day out at the USTA National Campus for NCAA Round of 32 competition. Holt opened his day with a powerful singles win, but fell in doubles with partner Riley Smith later in the day. Senior Tanner Smith and sophomore Daniel Cukierman (Tel Aviv, ISRAEL), meanwhile, both had their debut NCAA Singles runs cut short with Round of 32 losses today in Orlando, Fla.   In his Round of 32 singles match, sophomore Daniel Cukierman clashed with an upset-minded Sam Riffice of Florida. Ranked #54 in the nation, Riffice had dispatched #20 Johannes Schretter in yesterday's opening round. Up against #24 Cukierman, the Gator kept up his momentum and captured a 6-3, 6-2 win over the Trojan. That loss capped Cukierman's sophomore season and NCAA Singles debut run with the sophomore gripping a powerful 34-11 overall singles record.

Adva Cohen Qualifies for 2 Races in NCAA Track Championships

SACRAMENTO, Calif.  MAY 25, 2019 — On the final day of the NCAA West Preliminary and in the final event scheduled for The University of New Mexico track and field team, the Lobos had three runners qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 5000-meters.

Under the format of the top-five finishers from each of the two heats and the next two best times advancing to the championships in Austin, Texas, Weini Kelati and Adva Cohen (Jerusalem, ISRAEL) claimed their spot through finishing in the top five, while Charlotte Prouse advanced on time.

As a result of Saturday's finish, Cohen, Kelati and Prouse qualified for the NCAA championships in multiple events, with Prouse and Cohen qualifying in the 5000-meter and the 3000-meter steeplechase and Kelati in the 10,000-meter and the 5000-meter.