Indiana University Athletics
2021-22 Track and Field Roster
Kenny Benton
- Position:
- Sprints
- Year:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Sweetwater, Tenn.
- High School:
- Sweetwater
2021-22
Indoor:
Second-team All-American with the distance medley relay after finishing 10th at NCAA Indoor National Championships…helped the 4x400m relay team to a bronze medal at Big Ten Championships…also placed seventh in the 400m and eighth in the 200m at Big Ten Indoor Championships…part of the distance medley relay squad that set a new program record of 9:22.78…captured first place in the seeded 400m at the Music City Challenge in a time of 47.04…won the 400m at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational with a time of 47.96…saw second in the 200m (21.34) and with the 4x400m relay team at the same meet…helped the 4x400m relay squad to first place at the Hoosier Open…took the bronze medal at the Hoosier Open in the 300m with a time of 48.31…captured first with the 4x400m relay team on two occasions, at the Gladstein Invitational and IU Relays…won the 400m with a personal best time of 47.12 and took in the 60m (6.81) at the IU Relays…aided the distance medley relay to gold at the same meet…was second with the 4x400m relay team at the Meyo Invitational…crossed third in a time of 1:21.08 at the Gladstein Invitational.
Outdoor:
Helped the sprint medley relay team to a relay wheel at Penn Relays with a time of 3:17.39…helped the 4x100m relay squad to the bronze medal at Big Ten Championships…advanced to the final of the 200m and 400m at Big Ten Championships...was the runner-up in the 400m at Raleigh Relays with a personal best of 46.50…also aided the 4x400m relay squad fourth…went 20.97 in the 200m at Florida Relays for a personal best…saw gold with sprint medley relay and 4x400m relay team at Tennessee Relays…also at Tennessee, took second in the 100m with a time of 10.37…won the 400m and with the 4x400m relay squad at the Louisville Invitational...had a trio of third place finishes at the Indiana Invitational, the 200m, and with the 4x100m and 4x400m relay squads…helped the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams to the final at Penn Relays.
At Tennessee Wesleyan
60m – 6.80
100m – 10.65
200m – 21.19
400m – 47.40
8x NAIA All-American
Indoor:
Second-team All-American with the distance medley relay after finishing 10th at NCAA Indoor National Championships…helped the 4x400m relay team to a bronze medal at Big Ten Championships…also placed seventh in the 400m and eighth in the 200m at Big Ten Indoor Championships…part of the distance medley relay squad that set a new program record of 9:22.78…captured first place in the seeded 400m at the Music City Challenge in a time of 47.04…won the 400m at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational with a time of 47.96…saw second in the 200m (21.34) and with the 4x400m relay team at the same meet…helped the 4x400m relay squad to first place at the Hoosier Open…took the bronze medal at the Hoosier Open in the 300m with a time of 48.31…captured first with the 4x400m relay team on two occasions, at the Gladstein Invitational and IU Relays…won the 400m with a personal best time of 47.12 and took in the 60m (6.81) at the IU Relays…aided the distance medley relay to gold at the same meet…was second with the 4x400m relay team at the Meyo Invitational…crossed third in a time of 1:21.08 at the Gladstein Invitational.
Outdoor:
Helped the sprint medley relay team to a relay wheel at Penn Relays with a time of 3:17.39…helped the 4x100m relay squad to the bronze medal at Big Ten Championships…advanced to the final of the 200m and 400m at Big Ten Championships...was the runner-up in the 400m at Raleigh Relays with a personal best of 46.50…also aided the 4x400m relay squad fourth…went 20.97 in the 200m at Florida Relays for a personal best…saw gold with sprint medley relay and 4x400m relay team at Tennessee Relays…also at Tennessee, took second in the 100m with a time of 10.37…won the 400m and with the 4x400m relay squad at the Louisville Invitational...had a trio of third place finishes at the Indiana Invitational, the 200m, and with the 4x100m and 4x400m relay squads…helped the 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams to the final at Penn Relays.
At Tennessee Wesleyan
60m – 6.80
100m – 10.65
200m – 21.19
400m – 47.40
8x NAIA All-American
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