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Ben Burchstead - Track & Field - Kansas Jayhawks

Ben Burchstead

Position Distance
Class Senior
Hometown Overland Park, Kan.
High School Shawnee Mission North HS
Position Distance

CAREER RESULTS

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.