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2019 Men's Cross Country Roster

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Benjamin Allen

Benjamin Allen

  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-11 / 145
  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    North St. Paul, Minn.
  • High School:
    North St. Paul HS

Summary

Biography

CAREER STATS

Concordia Career:
2019:
Named NSIC First Team All-Conference ... earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors ... ran in all six races for the Golden Bears ... finished 2nd in the Bulldog Open with a 7k time of 24:07 ... secured the best individual finish in program history at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/28) with a 9th place finish ... finished 1st in the Trent Smith Invitational (10/11) with an 8k time of 26:15.5 ... finished 10th in the NSIC Championships (10/26) with an 8k time of 26:19.1 ... finished 44th at the NCAA DII Central Region Championships with a 10k time of 32:04.2

2018: Was named to the USTFCCCA All-Central Region Team, was named CSP Male Athlete of the Year … named NSIC Second Team All-Conference  … ran in all six races for the Golden Bears … finished 12thand set a CSP school record in the 10k during the Central Region Championships (11/17) with a time of 30:47.4 … finished 16 out of 121 competitors in the 8k, posting a personal best of 24:50.2, finished in 12th place with a time of 21:14.9 during the 4 mile Oz Memorial race (9/07) … finished sixth in the 8K with a time of 26:19.8 in the Bob Waxlax Invitational (10/19) ... finished 70th posting a time of 24:50.2 for the third fastest in school history at the NSIC Championship (11/03).

2017: NSIC Second Team All-Conference … named NSIC Cross Country Male Athlete of the Week on September 12 after placing ninth overall in a field of 167 runners and third among non-DI competition while running the fastest NSIC time through two weeks with a school record 26:55.3 at the Vic Godfrey Open (9/9) hosted by Wisconsin-Parkside … also named DII HERO of the week on September 15 based on the same performance … ran in all six races for the Golden Bears  … set a CSP school record in the NSIC Championships (10/21) with a time of 25:20.7, finishing 16th and beating his own school record … ran the 5th fastest 5k race in program history, finishing with a time of 16:39, also finishing fifth in the race of 91 competitors at the Crown College Invite (9/1). … finished 70th at the NCAA Regional Championships (10/4), posting a time of 33:39.4 for the 7th fastest 10k time in school history.

2016: Competed in six races for the bears … finished 8th in the Ken Weidt Classic with a time of 27:32.2 … set a PR in the NSIC Cross Country Championships (25:58.6) which is the 3rd fastest race by a Concordia runner in school history … recorded a time of 33:36.3 in the 10K Central Region Cross Country Championships … finished all 8K races under 29 minutes.


North St. Paul High School:
An All-Metro East Conference performer in cross country and track & field for the Polars ... a team captain of the track team and MVP of the cross country team ... helped the Polars program continue its tradition of Metro East Conference championships for 11 years in a row ... set the following PRs: 1600-4:33; 3200-10:03; 800-2:00.

Personal:
Has two older sisters ... will major in sport communication ... his father played football at MSU Moorhead.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    5'10" 130 lbs
  • 2017Sophomore

    5'10" 130 lbs
  • 2018Junior

    5'11" 145 lbs
  • 2019Senior

    5'11" 145 lbs