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2020 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Ben Cignarale

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Greer, S.C.
  • High School Riverside

Biography

PRs:
Cross Country: 6.4K - 21:18.0...8K - 24:53.8...10K - 32:07.3
Indoor: 3,000m - 8:50.01...5,000m - 15:15.96
Outdoor: 1,500m - 4:03.91 3,000m - 8:41.49...5,000m - 15:01.60...10,000m - 31:50.59
2020-21
Cross Country
  • Competed in all four meets during the season, finishing in the top-30 in each meet
  • Clocked a PR at the Louisville Cross Country Classic with a 30th place finish in 24:53.8
  • Was 18th at the Sun Belt Championships with a time of 25:53.6
2019-20
Cross Country
  • Posted four top-20 finishes on the season
  • Was fourth at the Mountains to Sea Open (25:52.8), 11th at the HPU VertCross Invitational (25:35.8), 17th at the Sun Belt Championships (25:27.8) and 20th at the Covered Bridge Open (26:28.3)
  • Posted an 8K PR at the Louisville Classic with a time of 25:12.2
  • Ran a 10K PR at the NCAA Southeast Regionals, placing 9th with a time of 32:07.3
Indoor
  • Competed in four meets during the season
  • Clocked a PR in the 5,000-meter run at the VMI Team Challenge, placing fourth in 15:03.50
  • Ran a PR in the 3,000-meter run at the Sun Belt Championships, finishing 12th in 15:17.51
Outdoor
  • Season canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
2018-19
Cross Country
  • Ran in six races during the season, finishing in the top-30 in five
  • Recorded a season-best finish of seventh at the USC Upstate Invitational in 26:11.5
  • Ran a PR in the 8k at the VertCrosse Invitational, placing 13th overall with a time of 25:59.9.
  • At the NCAA Southeast Regionals, posted a 10k time of 32:43.2, which was a new PR
  • Was 15th at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational (26:22.7) and 16th at the Covered Bridge Open (26:06.5)
Indoor
  • Was a member of the DMR team at the Sun Belt Championships that was fourth with a time of 10:20.51
  • Placed 12th in the 5,000-meter run at the Sun Belt Championships in 15:19.45
  • Was third in the 5,000-meter run at the VMI Team Challenge with a PR time of 15:15.96
  • Clocked a PR in the 3,000-meter run at the Darius Dixon Invitational in 8:50.01
Outdoor
  • Ran a new PR in the 10,000-meter run at the Sun Belt Championships with a time of 31:50.59
  • Was second in the 10,000-meter run at the 49er Classic in 32:16.47
  • Ran a season-best 15:19.32 in the 5,000-meter run at the Virginia Grand Prix, finishing seventh
2017-18
Cross Country
  • Ran in six races, posting five top-50 finishes
  • Posted a new PR in the 6.4 K at rhe Mountain to Sea Open, finishing in a season-best 29th place in 27:05.7
  • Set a PR in the 8K, crossing the tape in 26:24.9 at the High Point Vertcross Invitational
  • Placed 44th at the Sun Belt Championships in 27:14.0
  • Ran a PR in the 10K at the NCAA Southeast Regionals with a time of 32:13.4
Indoor
  • Posted a PR in the 5,000-meter run in his first race of the season, finishing second at the ETSU Invitational in 15:38.01
  • Competed in the Buccaneer Track & Field Invitational in the 3,000-meter run, recording a second place finish in a PR time of 8:51.15
  • Finished 15th at the Sun Belt Championships in the 5,000-meter run in 15:55.50
Outdoor
  • Was sixth at the Sun Belt Championships in the 5,000-meter run in 15:16.75
  • Turned in a PR in the 5,000-meter run at the Duke Invitational in 15:01.60
  • Notched a second place finish in a PR time of 32:01.34 in the 10,000-meter run at the 49er Classic
  • Won the 5,000-meter run at the Charlotte Invitational in 15:32.56
  • Ran a 8:41.39 in the 3,000-meter run at the Weems Baskin Invitational, which sits as the 10th fastest time in the event in program history

High School PR's: 800m - 2:01.86...1600m - 4:28.77...Mile: 4:36.96...3200m - 9:41.86...5000m (XC) - 15:37.00...10000m (XC) - 32:13.40.

High School
  • Helped team win two state championships in XC
  • Owns school record in mile, 3200m and 5000m

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior