Ben Bumgarner Season 2017-18

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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BEST: Mile – 4:12.64, 3000m – 8:15.22, 5000 – 14:20.44, 10,000m – 30:36.96, XC 8k - 24:47.9, XC 10k - 31:45.9

ON A NATIONAL STAGE
Cross Country
Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (11/15/19): Set a personal best for 53rd (31:45.9).
Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (11/9/18): Finished 69th (34:48.9).
Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships (11/10/17): Ran 32:00.8 for 78th.

AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Track and Field
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-29/20): Ran in 5000m final.  
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/22-23/19): Competed in 3000m final.

Cross Country
Big Ten Championships (11/3/19): Finished 32nd with collegiate personal-best of 24:47.9 in 8k.  
Big Ten Championships (10/28/18): Ran then-collegiate-best 25:04.4 for 59th.
Big Ten Championships (10/29/17): Finished 97th (26:40.1).

TRACK & FIELD
2020 Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 Indoor
Season: Clocked personal-best mark in 5000m race.

2020 Husky Classic (2/14-15): Ran 14:20.44 to set a personal-best in 5000m.

2019 Outdoor
Season: Ran in two meets and set personal best in 10,000m at Raleigh Relays.

Raleigh Relays (3/29-30): Registered a personal-best 30:36.96 in 10,000m.

2019 Indoor
Season: Set collegiate personal bests in 3000m and 5000m races...Competed in 3000m final at Big Ten Championships.

Husky Classic (2/8-9): Ran personal best 14:25.65 in 5000m. Penn State Tune-Up (2/16): Ran personal-best 8:15.22 in the 3000m.

2018 Outdoor
Season: Ran unattached.

2018 Indoor
Season: Set personal-best mark of 4:25.36 in mile...Placed in the top 10 in four events.

Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Set a personal-best time of 4:25.36 in mile. Penn State National (1/26-27): Finished third in 3000m (8:29.08). Penn State Tune-Up (2/17): Finished second in 3000m (8:29.71).

CROSS COUNTRY
2019
Season: Clocked personal-best times in 10k and 8k races, accomplishing both in postseason competition.

2018
Season: Ran a season best at Big Ten Championships for 59th.

2017
Season: Set personal best marks in 6k and 8.4k...Turned in season-best performance at OSU Cowboy Jamboree...Ran 78th at NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional.

OSU Cowboy Jamboree (9/30): Ran season-best 25:29.1 for 27th.

BEFORE PENN STATE
HIGH SCHOOL PRs: 1,600m - 4:17.55, 3,000 - 8:33.86, 3,200 - 9:10.58, 5K - 15:16, XC (5K) - 15:41
Earned four varsity letters at Waynesburg Central....Won 2016 PA AA cross country State Championship…Earned all-state honors in cross country…Won 2017 PA AA 3200m state championship…Set school record in 3200m...Named team MVP in cross country three times and twice in track...Finished 17th at 2016 NE Footlocker…Finished 11th at 2017 New Balance Indoors in the 5000m and eighth at 2017 Penn Relays in 3000m.

PERSONAL
Full name is Benjamin Arthur Bumgarner...Son of Walt and C.A. Bumgarner...Majoring in kinesiology...Born on February 20, 1999, in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.