Woodberry Forest rising senior Kevin Bennert (pictured above by John Herzog) clocked a significant personal best at 5000 meters on Thursday at the USATF National Junior Olympic Championships in Sacramento, California with his third place finish of 15:01.08 in the young men's division. Bennert now has the fastest 5K personal best among all returnees in Virginia for the upcoming cross country season.
Competing for his summer club team Track Eastern from his hometown of New Bern, NC (attends boarding school at Woodberry Forest School in Woodberry Forest, VA), Bennert dropped a total of 20 seconds from his cross country 5K best last fall this morning. One of arguably the top five returning distance runners in the state for this fall, Bennert concluded his outdoor season at Woodberry Forest on a high note running personal bests of 4:18 in the 1600 at the VISAA State Championships then running 9:23 for full two miles at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals.
5000 Meter Run Young Men
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Nat'l Youth: N 14:27.14 7/28/2001 Yong-Sung Leal, San Leandr
JO Meet: J 14:27.14 7/28/2001 Yong-Sung Leal, San Leandr
Name Year Team Finals
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Section 1
1 McCormack, Raymond Lanier Runni 14:45.40
2 Jackson, Todd 13 Unattached 15:00.89
3 Bennert, Kevin Track Easter 15:01.08
4 Welday, Petros 03 Hummingbird TC 15:03.00
5 MacDonald, Joshua 16 Castro Valley TC 15:03.44
6 Smith, Jacob 13 Unattached 15:03.98
7 Aboukhadijeh, Amjed 16 Unattached 15:17.72
8 Borg, Christian 13 Unattached 15:17.91
9 Wong, Daniel 10 Pops TC 15:19.15
10 Bowen, Khari 02 Juventus 15:24.11
11 Thompson, Robert 15 Ps Vegas Flyers 15:48.85
12 Connor, Josh 08 Unattached 15:52.80
13 Moult, Taylor 09 Unattached 15:53.50
14 Slavik, Kenneth Lanier Runni 15:54.02
15 Harwood, Ray Personal Best At 16:01.63
16 Schankel, Austin Northwest Flyers 16:02.37
17 McCreary, James So Cal Roadrunne 16:05.38
18 Greene, Carl 15 Ps Vegas Flyers 16:10.97
19 Lange, Oliver Beast Athletic P 16:21.24
20 Gutierrez, Christopher 12 The Wings Tc Inc 16:21.45
21 Rose, Jordan 12 The Wings Tc Inc 16:29.15
22 Almo, Dante South East Miss 16:29.24
23 Greenwood, Paul 08 Unattached 16:37.54
24 Burnette, Joseph 08 Bellevue Breeze 16:39.32
25 Gayten, Trevor United Southern 17:03.57
26 Cross, Cahron 07 Illinois Stealth 17:32.04