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2021 Men's Cross Country Roster

Claire Leger

Ben Woodward

  • Height 5-8
  • Weight 130
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Blackwood, NJ
  • Highschool Highland Regional

Biography

2020-21
- IC4A qualifier in the 10,000-meters.
- Finished fifth in the 10,000-meters at the MAAC Outdoor Championships with a collegiate-best time of 30:22.55, third-fastest in program history.
- Finished 20th at the MAAC Cross Country Championships with a collegiate-best time of 25:39.7.
- Ran a collegiate-best 26:21.3 in the 7.6K at the Jasper Invitational.
- Ran a collegiate-best 3:58.72 in the 1,500-meters at the Rider 5-way.
- Ran a collegiate-best 8:34.64 in the 3,000-meters at the Rider vs. Monmouth dual meet.
- Ran a season-best 15:05.20 in the 5,000-meters at the Monmouth Spring Invitational.
- Member of the MAAC All-Academic team.

2019-20
- Placed 9th in the 5000 and 11th in the 3000 at MAAC Indoor Championships
- Took 3rd with the DMR team and 10th in the mile in a PR of 4:29.66
- Finished 6th in the 3000 at the NYC Gotham Cup, finishing in a PR of 8:40.45
- Finished 4th at the Siena Cross Country Invitational
- Set a 5 mile PR of 27:04.9 at the Henry Mercer Monmouth University Cross Country Invitational
- Also set an 8K PR of 25:43.5 at the Princeton Cross Country Invitational
- Competed at the NCAA Division I Mid-Atlantic Region Championships, setting a 10K PR of 32:53.4
- MAAC All-Academic Team honoree

2018-19
- Ran a season-best time of 32:16.29 to finish 12th in the 10,000 at the MAAC Outdoor Championships.
- Ran a season-best time of 4:00.10 in the 1500 at the Widener Invitational.
- Ran a season-best time of 8:48.57 in the 3,000 to finish 14th at the MAAC Indoor Championships.
- Part of the DMR that finished fourth at the MAAC Indoor Championships.
- Finished 67th at the MAAC Cross Country Championships.   

BEFORE RIDER
Was a four-year member of the cross country and track and field teams at Highland Regional High School…ran the second-best time in the 1600m in his high school’s history at 4:15.

PERSONAL
Son of Deborah Eng and Charles Woodward…has one brother…plays the tenor saxophone…hobbies include: poetry, guitar hero, frisbee, volleyball and table tennis.

Ben Woodward TFRRS bio -> https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/6874587/Rider/Ben_Woodward.html

Historical Player Information

  • 2018Freshman

    5'8" 130 lbs
  • 2019Sophomore

    5'8" 130 lbs
  • 2020-21Junior

    5'8" 130 lbs
  • 2021Senior

    5'8" 130 lbs