2021 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Isaac Benz

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Appleton, Wis.
  • High School Kimberely

Biography

PR's
Cross Country: 8k - 24:19.6...10k - 31:59.3
Indoor: Mile - 4:22.83...3,000m - 8:24.55...5,000m - 14:39.89
Outdoor: 1,500m - 3:57.81...5,000m - 14:32.27...10,000m - 29:39.31
2020-21
Cross Country
  • Competed in all four meets during the season
  • Earned First Team All-Sun Belt honors with a second place finish in 24:33.7
  • Clocked an 8K PR at the Louisville Cross Country Classic with a time of 24:19.6
  • Won the Blue Ridge Open individual title with a time of 25:57.0
Outdoor
  • Scored points at the Sun Belt Championships with a sixth-place finish in the 10,000-meter run in 31:05.09
  • Shattered the school record in the 10,000-meter run at the Virginia Challenge, crossing in 29:39.31 and bettering the school record of 29:52.1 set in 1984
  • Clocked a PR in the 5,000-meter run at the Wendy's Teal Seahawk Invitational, crossing first with a time of 14:32.27
  • Ran a PR in the 1,500-meter run at the Chanticleer Challenge with a time of 3:57.81
2019-20
Cross Country
  • Earned First Team All-Sun Belt honors with a fourth place finish in 24:21.6
  • Ran a 8K PR at the Louisville Classic, placing 26th in a field of over 300 runners in 24:20.7
  • Named Sun Belt Cross Country Runner of the Week after placing second at Covered Bridge Open in 25:06.3
  • Ran a 10K PR at the NCAA Southeast Regional, crossing in 31:59.3
Indoor
  • Earned two all-conference honors at the Sun Belt Championships. Was second in the 3,000-meter run for Second Team honors in a PR time of 8:24.55 (10th all-time) and placed third in the 5,000-meter run for Third Team honors in 14:39.89 (7th all-time)
  • Clocked a PR in the mile at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic in 4:22.83
  • Was second in the 3,000-meter run (8:35.83) at the ETSU Track & Field Invitational and in the 5,000-meter run at the VMI Team Challenge (14:45.60)
Outdoor
  • Season canceled due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
2018-19
Cross Country
  • Participated in six races on the season
  • Clocked a PR in the 8k at the Covered Bridge Open, placing sixth overall in 25:43.6
  • Recorded another top-10 finish at the Lenoir-Rhyne Invitational, crossing eighth with a time of 25:58.5
  • Set a new PR in the 10k at the NCAA Southeast Regionals with a time of 32:31.7
Indoor
  • Scored points at the Sun Belt Championships with PR times in the 3,000-meter run (8:28.82) and 5,000-meter run (14:56.89)
  • Placed third in the 5,000-meter run at the ETSU Track & Field Invitational with a time of 15:20.72
  • Was sixth at the VMI Team Challenge in the 3,000-meter run in 8:48.29
Outdoor
  • Posted a PR in three events in three straight weeks in the 5,000-meter run at the 49er Invitational (14:50.55), the 10,000-meter run at the Raleigh Relays (30:18.29) and the 1,500-meter run at the Charlotte Invitational (3:58.74)
  • His 10,000-meter run mark ranks ninth in program history
  • Placed sixth at the Sun Belt Championships in the 10,000-meter run with a time of 31:11.27
Before App State
  • Joined the Mountaineers after competing at South Dakota
  • Turned in an 18th place finish at the Summit League Cross Country Championships in a PR time of 25:51.50
  • Finished eighth at the Summit League Indoor Track & Field Championships in the 5,000-meter run in a PR time of 15:36.06. Also was a member of the DMR team that took third in 10:35.08
  • Was second in the outdoor 5,000-meter run at the South Dakota Invite in 15:17.92
  • Finished sixth at the Summit League Outdoor Championships in the 10,000-meter run in 32:27.47

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior

  • 2021Senior