Ben Hibbert

Position:
Sprints/Hurdles
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Bakersfield, Calif.
High School:
Frontier

2021
Indoor:
Competed in the 60m hurdles at the Big Ten Indoor Championships…won the 60m hurdles at the Big Ten Open with a time of 8.13…had the second fastest prelim time in the 60m hurdles on two occasions, at the Gladstein Invitational and Hoosier Hills Invitational.

Outdoor:
Helped the 4z100 meter relay team to a eighth place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships…also saw the chance to compete in the 110m hurdles at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships…saw second at the Big Ten Indiana Invite No. 4/Billy Hayes Invite with the 4x100 meter relay…aided the 4x100 meter relay team to third place at the Big Ten North Florida Invitational…secured fourth in the 110m hurdles at the Big Ten Indiana Invite No. 2 with a time of 14.79…locked down fourth with the 4x100 meter relay squad at the Fighting Illini Big Ten Relays.

At Cal State University - Northridge
2020
Outdoor:
Ran on the CSUN 4x100m relay at the Mar. 7 San Diego Collegiate Challenge...the team finished fifth by running a time of :42.25...selected Academic All-Conference.

Indoor:
Placed fourth in the 60m hurdles in the season opening Lumberjack Challenge Jan. 17, by running :8.03, a new career best...the time tied him with Michael Woodham for the sixth fastest time in school history...also ran a career best :21.76 in the 200m at the Lumberjack Challenge...was sixth in the 60m hurdles (:8.07) at the Feb. 1 New Mexico Team Open...placed third in the 60m hurdles (:8.28) at the Husky Classic Feb. 14...was the runner-up in the 60m hurdles at the NAU Tune Up Feb. 21 after running :8.07 in the finals...placed 10th in the preliminaries of the 60m hurdles at the MPSF Championship Feb. 28 (:8.25)...came in 22nd in the 200m at the MPSF's, going :22.46...named Academic All-MPSF.

2019
Outdoor
Competed in the 100m, 200m, and 110m hurdles…tied his career best in the 100m by going :10.84 during the preliminaries of the Big West Championship May 10…his season best in the 200m, :21.89, came during the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Apr. 18…career best in the 110m hurdles of :14.48 was recorded during the USC Invitational Mar. 16…a member of the CSUN 4x100m relay that finished second during the Big West Championship (:40.91) May 11...named Academic All-Conference.

Indoor:
Ran the eighth fastest time in the 60m hurdles in school history, :8.10 during the preliminaries of the MPSF Championship Feb. 22…finished second in the 60m hurdles Feb. 9 during the University of New Mexico Don Kirby Invitational...named Academic All-MPSF.

2018
Outdoor:
Finished fourth in the 110m hurdles by running a career-best time of :14.52 at the Big West Championship…ran a season-best time of 100m of :10.84 during the Big West preliminaries…also ran a season-best time in the 200m (:21.89) during the Big West meet…was a member of the 4x100m (4th) and 4x400m relays (6th) at the Big West’s that both scored...named Academic All-Conference.

Indoor:
Finished 15th in the 200m at the MPSF Championship (:22.16)…a member of the CSUN 4x400m relay that came home seventh at the MPSF’s (3:17.16)…ran a season best time of :8.19 in the 60m hurdles during the preliminaries of the MPSF Championship…saw action in the 60m at the Feb. 9 Husky Classic and ran :7.12...named Academic All-MPSF.

2017
Outdoor:
Placed 13th with a season-best run of 15.21 in the 110 hurdles at the Big West Championship...finished sixth in the 110m hurdles with a run of 15.28 at the Fresno State Invitational.

High School:
A 2016 graduate of Frontier High School...ran four years of track, specializing in the hurdles...earned multiple All-Area and All-League honors, including league Co-MVP honors as a senior ...won the Central Section 110m hurdles as a junior and senior...member of 2014 league champions.

PERSONAL: Son of Erika Ballance-Clark and Philip Hibbert...a Kinesiology Sport Studies major...has two brothers, Alex and Nate...Alex also competes on the CSUN Track team.