Ben Veatch

Ben Veatch at 2021 Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Championships

BLOOMINGTON, IN - 2019.08.22 Track Photo Day

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Position:
Distance
Year:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Carmel, Ind.
High School:
Carmel

2021-22
Cross Country:
Academic All-Big Ten honoree...saw 30^th and time of 30:36.5 at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional…captured 34^th in the Big 10 Championship, completing the race in 25:47.8…opened the season at the Joe Piane Invitational where he placed 40^th and had a time of 24:18.5 in the five mile...nabbed a time of 24:26.9 at the Nuttycombe Invitational.

Indoor:
Second Team All-American in the 3000m and with the distance medley relay squad…took 10^th with the DMR team and 16^th in the 3000m at NCAA Indoor National Championships…All-Big Ten Second Team…saw three silver medal at Big Ten Indoor Championships—the mile, 5000m, and with the DMR team…part of the distance medley relay squad that set a new program record of 9:22.78…set the school record in the 3000m with a time of 7:45.36 at Windy City Invite…clocked first sub-4 mile with a time of 3:59.73 to win the mile at the Gladstein Invitational…crossed first in the mile at the Hoosier Open in a time of 4:05.46…was the runner-up in the mile with a personal record of 4:01.42 at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational…also placed third in the 800m with a time of 1:52.54…part of the distance medley relay team that placed first at IU Relays.

Outdoor:
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Academic All-Big Ten honoree...saw the chance to compete in the 5000m at NCAA East Prelims…advanced to the final of the 1500m at Big Ten Championships…clocked a time of 13:43.59 in the 5000m to finish third collegiately and fifth overall at Raleigh Relays… competed with the 4xMile relay and distance medley relay squads at Penn Relays.

2020-21
Cross Country:
All- Big Ten Second Team selection…competed in the NCAA National Championships 10K…crossed eighth and had a time of 24:18.2 in the Big Ten Championship 8K.

Indoor:
First team All-American in the 5000m… All-Big Ten First Team selection…recorded a personal best time of 13:33.50 in the 5000m at NCAA National Championships to place eighth…pulled off the distance double by capturing the Big Ten Indoor Championship in the 3000m and 5000m…won the 3000m in a time of 8:02.27 at the Gladstein Invitational…crossed second in the 5000m with a time of 13:57.98 at the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Invitational…captured fourth in the mile at the Big Ten Simmons Harvey Invitational with a time of 4:10.66.

Outdoor:
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree… Academic All-Big Ten Honoree…Big Ten All-First Team selection…competed in the 5000m at NCAA National Championships…advanced to the national meet after capturing a time of 13:48.87 and fifth place finish in the 5000m at NCAA East Prelims…became the 10000m Big Ten Champion…won with the 4x1600 meter relay and distance medley relay squad at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays…finished in the fifth in the 5000m and recorded a time of 13:52.44 at the Big Ten Indiana Invite No. 3…ran a time 3:44.69 to place fifth in the 1500m at the Big Ten Indiana Invite No. 4/Billy Hayes Invite.

2019-20
Cross Country:
Ran at NCAA Championships…was an individual qualifier with a fourth-place finish in a time of 30:14.6 at NCAA Great Lakes Region Championships…led the Hoosier at Big Ten Championships by finishing in fourth overall with a time of 30:14.6…opened the season at the Commodore Open where he placed fourth and clocked a time of 24:35.1…secured 11^th in the Joe Piane five mile with a time of 23:33.7…notched a time of 23:57.1 and finished in 17^th at Nuttycombe Invitational.

Indoor:
CoSIDA Academic All-American Third Team...Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…named an Academic All-Big Ten Honoree…tabbed for USTFCCCA All-Academic…Brought home silver in both the 3000m (8:13.95) and 5000m (13:50.44) at Big Ten Championships…won the prestigious meyo mile in a time of 4:04.21 at Meyo Invitational…was runner-up in the 5000m at Hoosier Open and clocked a time of 13:56.51…placed second in the 3000m with a time of 8:00.02 at Indiana Relays…clocked a personal best time of 7:53.75 in the 3000m at Hoosier Hills.

2018-19
Cross Country:
Did not compete in a meet.

Indoor:
Became an All-American in the 5000m at NCAA Championships in a time of 13:49.50… raced to gold in the 3000m (8:26.03) and solver in the 5000m (13:40.58) at Big Ten Championships... began the 2018-19 indoor season with a fourth place finish in the 5000m with a time of 14:03.84 at the 2018 Hoosier Open… At the 2019 Indiana vs. Tennessee Duals, secured second in the mile with a time of 4:09.82, and first place in the 3000m with a time of 8:21.66… Finished fourth in the mile with a time of 4:05.65 at the 2019 Jim Green Track and Field Invitational… Took to the podium for a first place finish in the 4x800m with a time of 7:33.42 at the 2019 Gladstein Invitational… Ended in third place for the 3000m at the 2019 Indiana University Relays… Appeared at the podium for a first place finish in the 3000m with a time of 8:26.03 and a second place finish in the 5000m with a time of 13:53.81 at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Outdoor:
Competed at NCAA Championships in the 10K… topped the podium in the 5000m in a time of 14:35.45 at Big Ten Championships… took silver in the 10K at Big Ten Championships with a time of 29:26.29… opened the 2019 outdoor season with a third place finish in the 5000m at the 2019 Stanford Invitational… At the 2019 Tennessee Relays, captured third in the 1500m with a time of 3:44.17 and secured first in the 4x800m… Appeared on the podium twice at the 2019 Big Ten Championships with a second place finish in the 10,000m with a time of 29:26.29, and a first place finish in the 5000m with a time of 14:35.45.

2017-18
Cross Country:
Earned all-region honors after finishing fourth in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional 10K (31:01.3)… Snagged All-Big Ten First Team honors with a fourth place at Big Ten Championships, clocking a time of 24:13.6…competed at Nuttycombe and was the first Hoosier to cross the finish line and 28^th overall in a time of 24:07.0… saw a third place finish in a time of 24:40.62 during the Sam Bell Invitational… crossed sixth at Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (24:22)… topped the podium with a time of 24:54.4 at the IU Open.

Indoor:
Had a pair of top-three finishes at Big Ten Championships, placed second in the 5000m (15:09.09) and third in the 3000m (8:12.56)… took fourth in the mile at the Power 5 Invite with a time of 4:07.75… snagged second in the 3000m at the Gladstein Invite in a time of 7:58.63…nabbed first in the 5000m at the Hoosier Open (13:57.27).

Outdoor:
Placed 16^th at NCAA Championships in the 5000m with a time of 14:06.4… competed in two events at Big Ten Championships, snagged second in the 5000m (14:23.24) and 10,000m (30:26.98)… set a personal record in mile at Penn Relays (4:01.95)… saw two second place finishes at Tennessee Relays, in the 1500m (3:45.80) and distance medley relay (9:57.70)… set a PR in the 5000m at the Stanford Invitational with a time of 13:50.49.

2016-17
Cross Country:
Unanimously named Big Ten Freshman of the Year as well as Second-Team All-Big Ten after an eighth place finish at the conference meet… All-Region runner following a 19^th place effort at the Great Lakes Regional… crossed 38^th at the Pre-National Invitational… placed fourth at the Indiana Intercollegiate, his first collegiate cross country meet... was fifth at the Rim Rock Farm Classic.

Indoor:
Redshirted.

Outdoor:
Redshirted.