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Northeastern Huskies

2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

Jim Pierce

Benjamin Godish

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Highland Park, N.J.
  • Highschool Highland Park High School

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Result
800m 1:57.64
1500m 3:42.02
Mile 3:57.43
3000m 7:51.52
5000m 13:36.82
8K (XC) 23:50
10K (XC) 29:51

Awards:
  • 2021 Cross Country All-CAA Team: seventh place (8k)
  • 2022 Track & Field All-CAA Honoree: 5000m (third)
  • 2022 Cross Country All-CAA Team: second place (8K)
  • Spring 2023 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023 CAA Cross Country Runner of the Year
  • 2023 CAA Cross Country Individual Champion
  • Fall 2023 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • 2023 NCAA Northeast All-Region Honoree: seventh (10k)
  • 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships Qualifier
  • 2024 CAA Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet
  • Spring 2024 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
  • 2024 CAA Cross Country Individual Champion
  • 2024 CAA Cross Country Runner of the Year
  • 2024 NCAA Northeast All-Region Honoree: 14th (10k)
  • 2025 CAA Indoor Track Athlete of the Meet
Career Highlights:
  • Record Holder, Men's All-Time Indoor Performance List: 3000m (7:51.52) 
  • Record Holder, Men's All-Time Indoor Performance List: 1-mile (3:57.43)
  • Record Holder, Men's All-Time Indoor Performance List: 5000m (13:53.03)
  • Record Holder, Men's All-Time Outdoor Performance List: Mile (3:59.18) 
  • Ranks second, Men's All-Time Outdoor Performance List: 5000m (13:36.82) 
  • Ranks third, Men's All-Time Outdoor Performance List: 1500m (3:43.60) 
  • Ranks second, Men's XC All-Time Top 10 Performers: 8k (23:55.7)
  • Ranks fourth, Men's XC All-Time Top 10 Performers: 10k (29:51.7)
  • 2022 CAA Outdoor Bronze Medalist: 5000m (14:30.71)
  • 2023 CAA Outdoor Championships Gold Medalist: 1500m (3:43.60) and 5000m (14:08.00)
  • 2024 CAA Indoor Gold Medalist: Mile (4:03.80) and 3000m (8:14.84)
  • 2024 CAA Outdoor Gold Medalist: 5000m (14:39.62)
  • 2025 CAA Indoor Gold Medalist: Mile (4:04.80), 3000m (8:09.96) and 5000m (13:57.24)
2024-25
INDOOR
  • Finished 20th at the BU Valentine Invitational, running a personal best 7:51.52 in the 3000m
  • Earned three gold medals at the CAA Indoor Championships (2/25-2/26), winning the mile (4:04.80), 3000m (8:09.96) and the 5000m (13:57.24). His three top finishes earned him the Track Athlete of the Meet for the second straight year
CROSS COUNTRY
  • Ran a personal best of 23:50.4 in the 8k at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (10/5)
  • Took first place at the CAA Cross Country Championship (11/1), running a 24:11.4 to become the back-to-back champion. He was named Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet and was an All-CAA selection.
  • Finished 14th at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships with a time of 30:17.5 and was named to the All-Region Team
  • Named CAA Cross Country Runner of the Year
2023-24
OUTDOOR
  • Finished seventh in the 5000m at the Raleigh Relays (3/28-3/30), setting a personal best of 13:36.82
  • Won gold in the 5000m at the CAA Outdoor Championships (5/10-5/11), clocking a 14:39.62
INDOOR
  • Took 11th in the 3000m at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/26) with a time of 8:01.96
  • Set personal bests in the 1500m (3:42.02) and mile (3:57.43) at the BU Valentine Invitational (2/9-2/10)
  • Earned gold medals in the mile (4:03.80) and 3000m (8:14.84) at the CAA Indoor Championships (2/25-2/26); was named Most Outstanding Track Performer 
CROSS COUNTRY
  • First place finish at the Shawn M. Nassaney XC Invitational (9/9) with a 15:06.7 mark
  • Named the Men's CAA Men's Runner of the Week (10/3) 
  • Won the IC4A/ECAC XC Championship (10/13), running the 8k in 23:55.7
  • Took first place in the CAA Cross Country Championships (10/27), finishing the course in 24:06.1; named to All-CAA Team and was selected as CAA Most Outstanding Performer
  • Finished seventh at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships (11/10), running a personal best time of 29:51.7 in the 10k; named to All-Region Team
  • Finished in the top 150 at the NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships (11/18), recording a time of 30:45.6
  • Named CAA Cross Country Runner of the Year
2022-23:
CROSS COUNTRY
  • Started the year with a third-place finish at the Suffolk Short Course Classic, running a 15:29 in a 5K (9/2)
  • Followed that up with a 24:58 in his first 8K race of the season at the Coast to Coast Battle in Beantown (9/23)
  • Championed the Penn State National Open with a 24:54.8 8K time (10/14)
  • Was the runner-up at the CAA Championsips with a 24:10.9 8K time, a personal best, making him the second-best 8K performer in program history (10/28)
  • Ran a 30:00.9 in the 10K at the NCAA Northeast Regionals, qualifying him as the fourth-best performer in the event in Northeastern history (11/11)
INDOOR
  • Finished first in the 1-mile run with a time of 4:01.23 which ranks sixth all-time in Northeastern history, at the Battle in Beantown (1/21)
  • Earned gold for the distance medley relay with a time of 9:56.51 at the CAA Indoor Championships (2/22)
  • Won the 3000m with a time of 8:13.54 at the CAA Indoor Championships (2/23)
OUTDOOR
  • Named the Men's CAA Co-Track Athlete of the Week (3/28) 
  • Named the Men's CAA Track Athlete of the Week (4/18)
  • Named the CAA Track Performer of the Meet (5/6)
2021-22:
OUTDOOR
  • Ran a personal-best time of 14:21.01 in the 5,000 meters at the Raleigh Relays (3/24-3/26)
  • Placed seventh in the 5,000 meters with the 10th best outdoor time in school history (14:13.95, PB) at the Friar Invitational (4/8)
  • Won the 1,500 meters with a career-best time of 3:53.26 at the Jay Carisella Invite (4/22)
  • Placed third in the 5,000 meters (14:30.71) at the CAA Championships (5/6-5/7)
  • Finished eighth in the 5,000 meters (14:20.18) at the IC4A/ECAC Championships (5/14-5/15)
INDOOR
  • Ran a personal-best time of 8:21.71 in the 3,000 meters at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/30)
  • Recorded a new personal-best time in the 5,000 meters (14:25.70) at the David Hemery Valentine Invite (2/12)
  • Recorded a new personal record in the mile (4:09.96) at the BU Last Chance Meet (2/27)
  • Finished 24th in the 3,000 meters with a career-best time of 8:20.49 at the ECAC/IC4A Championships (3/4-3/6)

CROSS COUNTRY
  • Placed first in his collegiate debut with a time of 25:06.80 in the 8k race at the Vermont Invitational (9/4)
  • Earned the fourth-place spot on NU's Men's XC All-Time Top 10 list with an 8k time of 24:25.20 at the Pre-National Invitational, (10/15)
  • Received All-CAA honors after placing seventh in the 8k at the CAA Championships with a time of 25:24.70 (10/30)
  • Competed in the NCAA Northeast Regionals, finishing the Huskies' second-best time of 32:17.80 (11/12)

Before Northeastern: Four-year letterwinner in track and field at Highland Park High School (New Jersey) ... one-year letterwinner in cross country ... one-year letterwinner in soccer ... GMC Country Champion in the 1600 meters ... three-time All-Division honoree ... two-time All-County honoree ... holds the school record in the 3200m (9:05.62) ... 

Personal: Born in New Brunswick, N.J. ... Parents are James Godish and Daryl Browe ... Has a sister, Bella Godish who is a member of the cross country and track and field team at Rutgers University (2019-2023)

Why NU? Co-op opportunities, location and academic prestige.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023Junior

  • 2024Senior