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2020 Men's Cross Country Roster

Ben Aberson

Ben Aberson

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Paullina, Iowa
  • Highschool:
    South O'Brien H.S.

Summary

Biography

2020: competed in two races

2019: competed in all six races; finished 67th at GPAC Championship; one of the team's top seven runners in three meets.

2018: competed in five races.

Prior to Northwestern: competed one year for the Dordt College cross country and track and field teams. 

Academic: Business major; Accounting minor. Personal: son of Tim and Michelle; sister to Kate; also a member of the Red Raider track and field team; earned all-conference in the steeplechase.

    Best 8K Time: 27:27 - @ Dordt (2019); Best Finish: 32nd - @ Defender Classic

    Career Results |

High School: three-time state qualifier in cross country for South O'Brien High School; placed 38th at the state meet as a senior (2015); claimed the War Eagle Conference title in 2014 in the 3,200 meters and helped the Wolverines to a conference track and field title in 2015; personal bests of 16:32 in 5K, 2:04 in 800m and 4:59 in the 1,600m.  

Season Results:
2020: Dordt Invite (8K) - 82nd: 29:44 (122 runners)
          Morningside (8K) - 76th: 29:07 (120 runners)

2019: Auggie Twilight (4 miles) - 130th: 21:18 (321 runners)
          SDSU Classic (8K) - 64th: 30:11 (91 runners)
          Dean White (8K) - 46th: 28:32 (105 runners)
          *Dordt Invite (8K)- 41st: 27:27 (95 runners)
          Mount Marty (8K) - 34th: 28:39 (92 runners)
          GPAC (8K) - 67th: 29:15 (94 runners) 

2018: Auggie Twilight (7K) - 139th: 24:37 (266 runners)
          Defender Classic - 32nd: 28:52 (54 runners)
          Dean White - 68th: 29:0558 (123 runners)
          Briar Cliff - 74th: 28:01 (145 runners)
          Seminole Valley - 128th: 28:45 (276 runners)

*denotes personal best

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