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2009-10 Men's Track and Field Roster

Justin Benjaminsen

  • Position Jumper/Multi
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Mansfield, Mass.
  • Highschool Mansfield

Biography

2009-10: Tied for fifth with a leap of 1.95m in the high jump at the Harvard Open…Finished third in the 60-meter run with a mark of 9.34 and hurdled to fifth-place tie in the high jump (1.90m) at the Harvard Invitational.

2008-09: Ninth in the high jump (6'2) and 17th in the long jump (20'11.25) to open the indoor season at the Husky Winter Carnival...placed second in the heptathlon with a score of 4,466 at the Dartmouth Relays...15th in the triple jump (43'2.25) at the Great Dane Classic...placed eighth in the high jump (6'4) at the Boston Indoor Games...placed second in both the high jump (6'4.25) and triple jump (43'2.25) and ran on the third-place 4x400 relay at the Battle of Beantown...outdoors, competed in the decathlon at the CAA Championship.

2007-08: Indoors, cleared 6'0 to place eighth in the high jump at the Husky Winter Carnival...took sixth in the heptathlon (4,149 points) and fourth in the triple jump (42'7) at the Dartmouth Relays...took eighth in the triple jump (43'0.25) at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games...took third in the triple jump (43'5), sixth in the long jump (20'11.75) and seventh in the 60 hurdles at the Battle of Beantown...opened the outdoor season at the Seahawk Invitational, placing ninth in the javelin, 11th in the high jump and 15th in the 100 hurdles...placed 12th in both the long jump (20'3), triple jump (42'11) and ran on the 13th-place 4x400 relay (3:20.41) at the Florida State Relays...took third in the high jump (6'2), fifth in the pole vault (10'0) and sixth in the 100 hurdles (16.57) at the Solomon Husky Invitational...placed sixth in the decathlon with a score of 5,855 at the CAA Championship.

2006-07: Placed third in the 200 (23.92) at the Harvard Select meet...outdoors, finished third in the triple jump (41'7.25) and in a tie for seventh in the long jump (19'11) at the Husky Spring Open...finished fifth in the triple jump (43'9.25) at the Snowflake Classic at Tufts...took third in the triple jump (40'6.75) and seventh in the long jump (19'9.75) at the Solomon Husky Invitational...ninth in the triple jump with a leap of 44'6 at the CAA Championship.

High School: Competed in track & field all four years and played varsity basketball for two years at Mansfield High...captained the track team as a senior...All-League selection in track & field in 2005 and '06...named Sun Chronicle All Star in track in 2006...track and field team was Div. III state champion in 2004 and Div. II state champion in 2006....named basketball team MVP.

Personal: Born Oct. 23, 1987...Entrepreneurship major...Class of 2011.