Bloomsburg Men's Cross Country
Ben Holmes

Ben Holmes

Sport: Cross Country/Track

Class: Junior

Hometown: Waynesboro

High School: Waynesboro

Major: Engineering


2007 Track: Finished eighth (9:26) in the 3000 meters at the ESU All-American Meet... Ran a personal-best time of 16:08.03 in the 5K at the Bucknell Bison Outdoor Classic... Took fifth out of 15 competitors, finishing in a PSAC qualifying time of 32:58.20 in the 10K at the Jim Taylor Invitational... Took fifth place in the 5,000-meter event at the Radford Invitational... At the DeShriver Invitational, ran a lifetime personal record of 16:13 in the 5K, winning his heat.

2006 Cross Country: Placed 55th at the PSAC Championships... Too 38th place at the Slippery Rock Invitational... Finished 17th at the Huski Invitational.

2005 Track: Placed 8th in 17:14.84 in the 5000 at the East Challenge Meet... Qualified for the PSAC's in the 10,000 meters in a time of 33:16.32 at the Bucknell Distance Carnival...Was a 12th place finisher in the 5000 meters at the Bison Open at Bucknell in a time of 16:39.64...Took fourth in the 1500 at Susquehanna in 16:44.39.

2004 Cross Country: Turned in an impressive performance at the East Stroudsburg Invitational finishing in sixth place in a time of 16:52...Came in 198th at the Penn State National Race in a time of 28:36 to help the Huskies finish 26th overall...Finished 18th at the Husky Invitational with a time of 29:01.60.


2006 Cross Country Finishes

EventTimePlace
Bucknell Bison Open15:5235
Husky Invitational28:1417
PSU Spiked Shoe28:41106
Penn State Nat'l Inv.28:1678
Slippery Rock28:0238
PSAC Championships28:2655

2005 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

Bison Open

Lock Haven Inv.

Penn State National Invitational (B Race)

(54) 16:50

(62) 35:41

(78) 31:16

2004 Cross Country Finishes

(Place) Time

Bison Open

Spiked Shoe

SRU Quad

Gulden Inv.

Husky Inv.

Penn St..

ESU Inv.

PSAC Champ.

NCAA Reg.

(198) 28:36

(18) 29:01

(132) 28:55

(6) 16:52