Oklahoma State University Athletics
2010-11 Men's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Jacob Benn
- Weight:
- 0
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- High School:
- John Paul Stevens HS
Personal Bests
1 mile - 4:20.35
1,000 meters - 2:35.17
3,000 meters - 8:22.76
3,000 meter steeplechase - 9:28.49
5,000 meters - 14:41.70
2012 Indoors: Suited up three times for the Cowboys during the 2012 indoor season ... Placed seventh in the mile run at the season-opening KSU All Comers meet, posting a time of 4:20.35 ... Came in 10th in the 1,000 meters at the KSU Invitational after running a 2:35.17 ... Ran an 8:22.76 in the 3,000 meters at the Razorback Invitational to place 11th.
2011 Cross Country: Did not compete.
2011 Outdoors: Suited up for three meets during the regular season, highlighted by a trip to the John McConnell Invitational, where he set a personal best in the 5,000 meters with a 14:41.70 ... Clocked a 9:28.49 in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational and recorded a 6:01.44 in the 2,000 meter steeplechase at the Tulsa Duals ... Finished 14th in the 3,000 meter steeplechase during the Big 12 Outdoor Championships with a time of 9:49.14.
2011 Indoors: Set a season-best in the mile with a 4:13.73 at the Kansas State Invitational ... Represented Oklahoma State at the Big 12 Championships, logging a 4:13.80 in the mile to place 12th in the prelims and an 8:28.03 in the 3,000 meters to place 21st.
2010 Cross Country: Did not compete.
High School: Attended John Paul Stevens HS in San Antonio, Texas, where he was coached by Tracy Hesson ... 2009 San Antonio Express-News boys cross country runner of the year ... Earned all-state honors his junior and senior year ... Sixth-place finisher at the Texas class 5A state cross country meet his senior year ... Region and district cross country champion as a senior ... Won the Six Flags Fiesta Texas/Ricardo Romo UTSA Classic, the Northside ISD Invitational and North East Invitational in 2009 ... Won the regional title in the 3,200 meters and was the regional runner-up in the 1,600 meters his senior year ... Won both of those races at the district level ... Fourth-place finisher in both the 1,600 meters and the 3,200 meters at the 2010 Texas state championships ... National Honor Society chair of the Ronald McDonald Committee ... Won his school's Falcon Honor Student Award ... Organized and donated the proceeds from the Aztec Indoor Soccer 5K for Hope to SAMMinistries.
Personal: Jacob Benn was born March 17, 1992 in Hiedelberg, Germany ... Son of Diane and Jose Benn.
