| Andrew Benford |
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 | Class: Sophomore
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 | Hometown: Ravenswood, W.Va.
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 | High School: Ravenswood
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 | Event: Distance
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2006-07
Cross Country: Represented the United States at the World Mountain Running Championships in Bursa, Turkey where he placed 12th overall which is the highest ever placing for a US Junior (under 20)... Also led Team USA to their highest ever team finish... Named Atlantic 10 Conference Rookie of the Year and led the Spiders at the Championships with a eighth-place finish to earn All-Conference honors... Placed fifth in the Spider Alumni Open 5K... At the Winthrop Fall Classic he placed seventh... Named Co-Rookie of the Year for the Spiders program.
Indoor: First ever indoor season... Placed 3rd in the 3000M at the Atlantic 10 Championships (8:35.59)... Finished second at Mid-Atlantic Track Clash 3,000 race (8:43.13) in his first collegiate race... Named the Rookie of the Year for the Spiders indoor program.
Outdoor: Took ninth in the 3,000 at the Duke Invitational (8:28.62)... Lapped the field at the Legacy Invitational in Baltimore, Md. in the 5K (14:46.42) to win the event... Won the 5,000 a the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 14:50.68... Named Rookie of the Year for the Spiders during the outdoor season making it a clean sweep over the three seasons.
High School
Capped a stellar prep career with the coveted High Point Trophy for the AA classification at the West Virginia State Track & Field Championships ... defended his state titles in the 3,200 (9:30.47) and 1,600 (4:29.52), placed second in the 800 and ran on the championship 4x400 relay team scoring 28 points for his team ... has personal best marks of 9:30.47 (3,200), 4:26.20 (1,600) and 1:59.97 (800) ... won the 2005 and 2004 AAA WVSSAS State Cross Country titles and placed second in 2003 to his brother ... while a member of the Red Devils team they won four consecutive state cross country championship titles ... he was also a starter for the boys' basketball team that won the 2006 WVSSAC State Basketball Championship.