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2009-10 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Matthew Bennett
- Position:
- Distance
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Columbia, Mo.
- High School:
- Rock Bridge
Sophomore Year
Outdoor: Finished sixth in his heat and 30th overall in the 800m run with a time of 2:00.63 at the Cornell Big Red Invitational … Placed 18th in the 800m run at the Cornell Upstate Challenge with a time of 1:59.75 … Competed in the Cortland Classic Invitational, placing 22nd overall with a time of 4:13.23 … Ran 4:04.02 in the 1,500m run at the Cornell Spring Invitational … Placed 28th at the Sam Howell Invitational in the 1,500m run with a time of 4:09.51.
Indoor: Finished seventh in the 800m run against Binghamton meet with a time of 2:03.18 … Placed 11th in the mile run (4:27.92) at the Cornell Upstate Challenge ... Named to the Fall 2010 Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Freshman Year
Outdoor: Claimed third-place at the Cortland Classic in the 3,000m steeplechase (9:56.55) ... Finished in fifth-place at the Cornell Big Red in the 5,000m (15:23.19).
Indoor: Finished 11th in the mile run at the Syracuse Invite with a time of 4:28.24 ... Competed in the mile event at the Upstate Challenge, where he placed ninth with a time of 4:40.43
High School: Three-time All-District selection ... Named All-Sectional his junior year ... Earned All-Sectional and All-State his senior season ... Voted Most Valuable Player in track his senior year ... Team captain senior year ... Also a member of the cross country team ... Top Times: 4:20 (1600), 9:38 (3200), 16:11 (5-kilometer cross country), fifth place All-State track (1600), 23rd place All-State cross country (5-kilometer).
Personal: Born in November 1990 ... Son of Matthew and Karen Bennett ... Two sisters ... Dual majoring in english education and psychology.
