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Patrick Haertel

  • Height 5-11
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Cumming, Ga.
  • High School Forsyth Central
  • Event Sprints
  • Major Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Biography


Accolades (Indoor): 
  • New England D3 Champion - 60m (2023, 2024) 
  • NCAA Qualifier - 2024 (60m - 7th)
  • All-New England D3 - 60m (2023) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 60m (2023, 2024)
  • USTFCCCA All-America First Team - 60m (2024)
Accolades (outdoor):
  • NEWMAC Champion - 4x100 (2024)
  • NEWMAC All-Conference First Team - 4x100 (2024)
  • NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team - 100m (2024)
  • NEWMAC All-Conference Second Team - 4x100 (2023, 2025) 
  • USTFCCCA All-Region - 4x100 (2023, 2024, 2025) 
  • All-New England D3 - 4x100 (2023) 
  • NEICAAA All-New England - 100m (2023) 
  • NEICAAA All-New England - 4x100 (2023) 
  • NEWMAC Academic All-Conference (2023, 2024, 2025)
  • NEWMAC Relay of the Week - 4x100m (March 31, 2025)
Accolades: 
  • USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete (2022-23)
2024-25:
  • Competed in 14 meets this indoor and outdoor track season
  • Achieved career bests in the 100m running a 10.64 at the 2025 NEWMAC Championships
2023-24:
  • Won the 60m at Cardinal and Gray Alumni Meet and at the New England DIII Indoor Championship
  • Was part of the winning 4x100 teams at the Amherst Spring Fling and the New England DIII Outdoor Championship
2022-23: 
  • Competed in seven meets during the indoor season and three during the outdoor season 
  • Was a member of the 4x100 that finished third at the New England D3 Outdoor Championship
Before MIT:
  • 2021-22 Student Athlete of the Year  
  • 2020 Football Region 6-7A Honorable Mention 
  • 2021 Football Team All Region 
  • Two-time Forsyth Central Sprinter of the Year 
  • Four-time School Record Holder Track and Field 
  • Seven-time varsity letter winner between football and track and field 
  • Was also a sprinter on the track and field team 
  • Member of the National Honor Society 
  • Member of the TSA (Technology Student Association) and the STEM Academy 
  • AP Scholar with Distinction 
  • Georgia Merit Scholar 
  • Jacque Bobst Scholarship Winner 
  • Forsyth Central STEM Academy Graduate
Personal:
  • Majoring in electrical engineering and computer science  
  • Internships: Oculo Health  
  • Research: InfraredTags with HCIE in MIT CSAIL 
  • Was a member of the MIT football team

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    Sprints
    5'11" 200 lbs
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'9" 200 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    Sprints
    5'11" 0 lbs
  • C

    2025-26Senior

    Sprints
    5'11" 0 lbs
    C