Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

2018 Men's Track and Field Roster

Ben Reed

  • POSITION Distance
  • HEIGHT 5-11
  • CLASS Junior
  • HOMETOWN Highland Village, Texas
  • HIGHSCHOOL Flower Mound Marcus HS

Biography

Nursing major … Veteran who provides quality depth in the OC lineup and who knows the system well after three years in the program … Could make a run at starting lineup … Product of a traditionally successful prep program … Has personal-best times of 34:03.10 in the 10,000 meters, 27:26.31 in 8,000-meter cross country, 16:42.78 in the 5,000 meters and 9:56.6 in the 3,200 meters … 2017-18: Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (fall semester) … Ran in two cross country meets … Placed 61st in the Heartland Conference Championship in Wichita, Kan., covering the 8,000 meters in 29:16.1 … Did not compete during the indoor or outdoor track seasons … 2016-17: Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (spring semester) … Did not compete during the cross country or indoor or outdoor track seasons … 2015-16: Ran in five cross country meets … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (spring semester) … Opened cross country season by placing 51st in the Central Oklahoma Land Run, covering the four miles in 23:35.66 … Placed 191st in the Missouri Southern Stampede with time of 27:54.48 … At Oklahoma State Cowboy Jamboree, posted time of 30:27.3 to place 110th … Was OC’s top finisher in the Oklahoma Baptist Bison Invitational, placing 38th in 27:26.31 … Finished 41st in the Heartland Conference Championship in Laredo, Texas, with time of 28:41.8 … Did not race during indoor track season … During outdoor track season, competed in two events, both in the 10,000 meters … At the Great American Conference Championships in Shawnee, placed 10th in the 10K in 34:03.10 … 2014-15: Redshirted during cross country and indoor track seasons … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List … During outdoor track season, ran in a pair of 5,000-meter races … Posted season-best time of 16:42.78 at Wichita State’s K.T. Woodman Distance Carnival … Also ran in the Cowley Tiger Invite, posting 5,000 time of 17:58.90 … Previous school: Attended Flower Mound Marcus High School in Lewisville, Texas, where he ran on one of the top squads in Texas Class 5A.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2017Sophomore

    Distance
    5'6"
  • 2018Junior

    Distance
    5'11"