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2014-15 Men's Track and Field Roster

Eric Benny

  • Position Sprints/Hurdles
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Emerson, N.J.
  • Highschool Emerson

Biography

Benny's CAA Scoring
        Benny's Personal Bests
200-meter run - 24.59
400-meter run - 53.20
500-meter run - 1:08.80
400-meter hurdles - 58.62
2013-14                                                                                                                                                                            
OUTDOOR
•  Took eighth place in the 400-meter hurdles at the CAA Championship, finishing with a time of 59.31 (May 2).
• Set a personal-best mark on three different occasions in the 400-meter hurdles, closing the regular season with a personal-best time of 58.02 seconds at the Brown Springtime Open (April 27).
• Opened the outdoor season with a seventh-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles at New Hampshire with a time of 1:00.46 (April 5).

INDOOR
• Recorded a personal best in the 500-meter dash, finishing at 1:08.80 at the BU Valentine Invite (Feb. 7-8)
• Ran a personal-best time of 53.2 in the 400-meter dash at the Joe Donahue Games (Jan. 24).
• Also competed at the BU Opener, the Jay Carisella Invitational, the Harvard Open, and the Scarlet & White Invitational.
 
2012-13
OUTDOOR
• Ran a personal best time of 59.47 seconds in the 400-meter hurdles at the UMass Pre-Conference Meet (Apr. 27).
 
BEFORE NORTHEASTERN
• Four-year member of the track & field team, serving as captain during his senior season.
• Holds the school record in the 400-meter hurdles (55.60)
• Two-time team MVP (2011 and 2012)
• Two-time First Team All-League in the 400m Hurdles (2011 and 2012)
• Country Group Champion - 400m Hurdles (2012)
• State Sectional Champion - 400m Hurdles (2012)
• Also played soccer for four seasons.
 
PERSONAL
• Born March 27, 1994
• Plans to major in Engineering
• Class of 2017

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Sprints/Hurdles
  • 2014-15Junior

    Sprints/Hurdles