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2023 Men's Cross Country Roster

Micah Benson

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Lexington, Conn.
  • High School Lexington

Biography

PERSONAL-BEST 8K: 25:42.6 - Gil Dodds Invitational (9/16/23)

2023: Competed in five events ... Earned a personal-best time of 25:42.6 at the Gil Dodds Invitational ... Took 35th at the UAA Championships with a mark of 26:21.2

2022: Competed in five meets … Posted a PR in the 8k with a time of 25:56.8 … Recorded a PR in the three-mile with a mark of 15:17.1 … Registered a 6k PR with a finish of 19:32.6.


2021-22
Cross Country:
Competed in four meets for the Bears...Academic All-UAA selection...collected PR best 26:57 in 8K at the Dan Huston Invite...posted PR of 15:21.9 at the Three Mile North Central Invite.

HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letter winner in cross country and indoor track at Lexington High School … team captain in cross country … All-Conference in cross country in 2019 and indoor track & field in 2019-20 … All-Conference All-Star in cross country and outdoor track & field in 2017 and 2019 … earned the Team Outstanding Performer award in indoor track & field for the 2018-19 season and in cross country in 2019 … team conference champions in cross country in 2016 and 2019 and in indoor track & field in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons … personal-best times of 4:29.44 in the 1,500m, 9:27.96 in the two-mile and 16:03.22 in the 5k.

PERSONAL: Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences … son of Timothy and Erika Benson.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022Junior

  • 2023Senior