Ben Burchstead
2018 OUTDOOR (Sr.)
Utilized redshirt season.
2018 INDOOR (Jr.)
Did not compete.
2017 CROSS COUNTRY (Sr.)
Started off the season with a second-place finish at the Bob Timmons Dual Classic (9/2) where he finished with a 6K time of 19:10.2 … Recorded a time of 25:27.7 in the 8K at the Pre-National Invitational (10/14) to finish in 223rd place … Took 62nd at the Big 12 Cross Country Championship (10/28) with an 8K time of 25:48.7.
2017 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Competed in the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championship (5/12-14) and placed 12th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 9:22.24 … Recorded a season-best mark of 9:11.70 in the 3,000 steeple at the Stanford Invitational (3/31-4/1), good for a ninth-place finish.
2017 INDOOR (So.)
Finished a season-best effort in the 3,000-meter run at the Bill Easton Classic (1/6), with a recorded time of 8:35.85, good for a fourth-place finish … Placed 13th in the mile at the Husker Invitational (2/3-4) with time of 4:15.38.
2016 CROSS COUNTRY (Jr.)
Opened his season with an 18th-place finish at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1) and an 8K run of 25:25.9 … Tallied a 53rd-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) by way of his 8K time of 27:00.6 … The Jayhawks’ fifth scorer at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15) with his 8K time of 26:37.9 and 239th-place finish.
2016 OUTDOOR (So.)
Qualified for his first NCAA West Preliminary (5/28), where he claimed 17th in the 3,000-meter steeplchase with his clocking of 9:00.49 … Finished fourth in the steeplechase at the Big 12 Outdoor Championship (5/15) with a personal-best time of 8:51.94 … Placed fourth in the 1,500 meters at the Rock Chalk Classic (4/30) after crossing the finish in 3:55.5 … Earned the bronze in the steeple with a time of 9:19.92 at the Kansas Relays (4/23) … Completed the steeplechase in 9:01.75 at the San Francisco Distance Carnival, good enough for sixth place.
2016 INDOOR (R-Fr.)
Won the 3,000 meters at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/4) with a time of 8:46.18 … Helped the distance medley relay (10:34.44) to a victory at the Bob Timmons Challenge … Placed 11th in the 3,000 meters at the Jayhawk Classic (1/29) with a time of 9:04.21.
2015 CROSS COUNTRY (So.)
Competed in four of the Jayhawks’ five meets in his second season … Member of the Jayhawk squad that ran at the Big 12 Championship (10/31), where he finished the 8K in 26:35.7 for a 62nd-place finish … Opened his season with a 35th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/1) by way of his 6K clocking of 21:15.3 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
2015 OUTDOOR (Fr.)
Claimed first collegiate victory in the steeplechase at the Kansas Relays (4/17) with a season-best clocking of 9:23.15 … Was the 10th runner to cross the steeplechase finish at the Big 12 Championship (5/17) with his time of 9:49.92 … Season’s top 1,500-meter time came in a 17th-place finish at the John McDonnell Invitational (4/11) when he crossed the finish in 3:59.52.
2015 INDOOR (Fr.)
Utilized redshirt season.
2014 CROSS COUNTRY (Fr.)
Saw action in two races in his first season for the Jayhawks … Was the third KU runner to cross the tape at the Rim Rock Classic (10/4) via his 20th-place finish and 8K clocking of 25:34.7 … Tallied a 230th-place finish at the ISU-Pre National Invitational (10/18) after completing the 8K in 26:22.7.
HIGH SCHOOL
Nine-time letterwinner in cross country, track and swimming at Shawnee Mission North High School … Helped team to regional cross country title in 2013 … Claimed all-state cross country accolades in 2012 and 2013 … Took second in the 1,600 meters at the state championships in 2014 … Was named to the All-Metro Honorable Mention track team in 2014 … Personal bests on the track include 4:19 for the 1,600 meters and 9:18 for the 3,200 meters.
PERSONAL
Son of Brad and Nancy Burchstead … Has three siblings: Nick, Gretchen and Olivia … Mother, Nancy, and uncle, Steve, attended KU … Aspires to work at a news station after college … Majoring in broadcast journalism.