Ben Ewert

Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Beavercreek, Ohio
High School:
Beavercreek

Ben Ewert TFRRS Profile

CAREER HONORS
• ACC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)
• USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (2022)

2021-22
Indoor: Competed in five meets in the 3000m and the mile… Won the 3000m at the Louisville Cardinal Classic with a personal-best time of 8:24.86… Ran a personal-best mile of 4:15.40 to place 11^th at the Tiger Paw Invite… Finished third at the UAB Blazer Invitational with a 3000m time of 8:26.44… Competed in the 3000m at the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championships.
Outdoor: Competed in six meets in the 3000m steeplechase and 5000m… Clocked a personal-best time of 14:44.70 to place sixth in the 5000m at the Clark Wood Invitational… Opened the outdoor season with a fourth place finish in the Texas State Bobcat Invitational after a time of 14:47.34 in the 5000m… Recorded a personal-best 3000m steeplechase time of 8:56.21 in a 16^th place finish at the ACC Outdoor Championships… Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the 3000m steeplechase and finished 27^th with a time of 8:59.82… Named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll and the USTFCCCA Academic Team.

Cross Country: Earned personal bests in the 4M, 8K and 10K … Concluded his career competing in all but one event … Scored in all five meets this season … Set a personal-best 10K time of 31:24.7 and placed 89th in his final collegiate cross country meet at the NCAA Southeast Region Championships … Crossed in 25:33.3 to place 95th at the ACC Cross Country Championships … Finished 58th with a 24:44.4 8K at the Arturo Barrios Invitational … Recorded a personal-best 8K time of 24:37.2, 37.4 seconds faster than his previous best, to finish 68th at the Live in Lou Classic … Ran a personal-best four-mile time of 20:49.6 in a ninth-place finish at the Tennessee Dual.

2020-21
Indoor: Recorded season-best time of 8:41.09 in the 3000m at the McCravy Green Invitational…Made his distance medley relay debut at the Notre Dame Invitational, serving as a lead leg of a team that crossed the line with a 10:53.52 mark... ACC Academic Honor Roll.
Outdoor: Qualified for the ACC Outdoor Championships in the 1500m placing 38^th with a 4:00.05 mark…Recorded top-10 finishes in three of five regular season competitions… Followed a personal-best 4:00.71 in the 1500m at the Tennessee Relays with a personal-best 14:56.99 time in the 5000m at the Clark Wood Invitational…Took home fifth in the 3000m at the Louisville Invitational.

2020: Competed in five meets during the indoor season … Finished eighth in the mile run at the Gene Edmonds Open with a time of 4:21.16 … Ran a season-high time of 8:32.20 at the Notre Dame Invitational in the 3000 meters.

2018-19: Did not compete.

2017-18: Competed in four indoor events and four outdoor events … posted season-best time of 8:41.49 in 3,000m at Illini Classic and season-best mile time of 4:19.04 at Notre Dame Invitational … finished fourth in 2,000m steeplechase at Vanderbilt Black and Gold Invitational.

Prep: Lettered all four years in track and cross country while at Beavercreek HS ... earned four USATF Junior Olympic national championships in 2000m steeplechase ... career-best time in event is 5:54 ... finished third at 2017 New Balance Nationals in 2000m steeplechase ... reached Ohio state championships in all four years as individual in cross country and as team in track... placed second at Ohio indoor states in 1600m ... holds Ohio state record in 2000m steeplechase ... holds school records in 1600m, 2000m steplechase and 3200m ... named Greater Western Ohio Conference Cross Country Athlete of the Year in 2016 ... helped team finish as regional runner-up in cross country

Personal: Son of Brian and Teri Ewert ... Parents both ran track and cross country at Syracuse ... Birthday is November 29, 1998 ... Has a sister, Taylor, and a brother, Connor ... Majoring in Computer Engineering