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2018 Men's Cross Country Roster

Caleb Benzing

Caleb Benzing

  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Gilman, Iowa
  • Highschool:
    East Marshall H.S.

Summary

Biography

2018: NAIA Scholar Athlete; earned all-conference w/ 5th place finish at GPAC; national qualifier; two top 10 finishes, five top 20 finishes.

2017: NAIA Scholar Athlete in both cross country and track; competed in three races; best 8K time / top finish: 26:51 / 29th (GPAC)

2016: competed in four meets; best 8K time-26:36 (GPAC); top finish-21st (Herb Blakely / DSU)

2015: competed in four meets; one of the Red Raiders top 10 runners in four meets. 

Academic: Accounting major; Business Administration minor. Personal: son of Kevin and Karen; brother to Stephani, Nolan, Josh and Sam; also a letterwinner for the Red Raiders track and field team; earned all-conference honors as a member of the 4x800 relay (indoor/outdoor).

High School: lettered seven years running for the East Marshall High School cross country and track and field teams; qualified for the state cross country meet three times and helped lead his team to the class 2A state championship in 2014; placed fourth individually with a time of 16:15; qualified for state 7x in track and field; placed seventh as a member of the 4x800 relay team as a senior; qualified in the 1600m and the distance medley and has personal bests of 51.68 in the 400m, 1:58 in the 800m and 4:34 in the 1600m; earned all-conference honors eight times.

Season Results: 
2018:
Auggie Twilight (7K) - 46th: 22:56 (266 runners)
          Defender Classic - 3rd: 26:36 (54 runners)
          Dean White - 11th: 27:05 (123 runners)
          *Briar Cliff - 11th: 26:04 (145 runners)
           Seminole Valley - 18th: 26:40 (276 runners)
           GPAC - 5th: 26:22 (92 runners)(All-Conference)
           
NAIA - 164th: 26:07 (330 runners)

2017: Briar Cliff -99th: 29:33 (8K)(153 runners)
          NAIA Seminole Valley-68th: 27:42 (285 runners)
          GPAC -29th: 26:51 (87 runners)

2016: Herb Blakely: 21st-28:16 (8K)(79 runners)
           Briar Cliff-88th: 28:25 (8K, 157 runners)
           Mount Marty-28th: 27:28 (8K, 103 runners)
           GPAC-26th: 26:36 (8K, 89 runners)

2015: Augustana - 147th-22:09 (4 miles)(266 runners)
           Herb Blakely - 39th-28:51 (8K)(99 runners)
           Mount Marty - 53rd-27:46 (8K)(132 runners)
           GPAC - 59th-28:22 (103 runners)

*denotes personal best
Bold denotes top 25

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