2015 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Ben Thiel
- Position:
- Hurdles
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Celina, Texas
- High School:
- Celina
NCAA Champion
Pac-12 Champion
All-American
2015-16: Outdoor - Competed in the 400H at the NCAA Championships… Second in the 4x100 (40.55) and third in the 400H (51.80) at the Pac-12 Championships… Third at Oregon Relays in both the 400H (52.64) and the 4x100 relay (40.90)... Indoor - Ran the 400m leg on the NCAA Championship distance medley relay team (9:27.27)... Won the distance medley relay (9:29.89) and was third in the 4x400 relay (3:09.45) at the MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championships… Won the distance medley relay (9:30.95) at the Razorback Invitational… Season Bests - Outdoor - 400 Hurdles - 51.25, NCAA West Preliminary Round, Lawrence, Kan., (5/28/16); Indoor - 200 Meter - 21.41, Don Kirby Elite, Albuquerque, N.M., (2/13/16); 400 Meters - 48.52, Razorback Invitational, Fayetteville, Ark., (1/30/16)
2014-15: Outdoor – Member of the 4x100 and 4x400 teams which competed at the NCAA Championships…ran 3:05.39 at the national meet which ranks eighth in school history…4x100 team ran 39.56 which is third-fastest in school history…Pac-12 winner in the 400 hurdles in a personal best time by more than two seconds (50.32)…time ranks fourth in the Oregon record book…was a member of the 4x400 team which won at the Pac-12 Championships in 3:05.84…4x100 team finished second at the pac-12 Championships in 39.64…competed in the 400 hurdles at the USA Championships…won the 400 hurdles at the Pepsi Invitational and OSU High Performance meet…4x400 team ran 3:05.14 at the NCAA West Regionals which is eighth in school history and the best of the season…Indoors – Ran 21.43 200 meters at the Don Kirby Elite which is a personal best and eighth in school history…part of the winning 4x400 team at the Don Kirby Elite with a time of 3:08.99…Season Bests: 400 hurdles – 50.32, Pac-12 Championships, Los Angeles, Calif. (5/17/15); Indoors – 200 – 21.43, Don Kirby Elite, Albuquerque, N.M. (2/14/15).
2013-2014: Outdoor – began the outdoor season with a first-place finish in the 400 hurdles at the Oregon Preview with a 53.43...the following week at the Aztec Invitational he took fourth in the 400 (49.51) and sixth in the 400 hurdles (55.09)...snagged the 400 hurdles title at the Pepsi Dual (53.47)…he claimed a PR in the 400 at the Oregon Relays with a 48.67, claimed fifth place…placed first in back-to-back weeks in the 400 hurdles at the OSU High Performance Meet (53.86) and the Oregon Twilight (53.57)…capped off a successful outdoor season with a PR in the 400 hurdles at the Pac-12 Championships (52.70)…Indoor – ran in three meets during the indoor season…notched a second-place finish with the 4x400 team at the UW Preview with a 3:17.07…recorded a PR at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational in the 400 with a time of 49.32…wrapped up the indoor season at the Husky Classic and placed 16th in the 400 (49.88)…Season Bests – Indoor – 60 Meters – 7.11, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash., (2/15/14); 400 Meters – 49.32, Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational, Lexington, Ky., (1/25/14); Outdoor – 200 Meters – 21.66, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore., (5/9/14); 400 Meters – 48.67, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore., (4/19/14); 400 Meter Hurdles – 52.7, Pac-12 Championships, Pullman, Wash., (5/18/14).
Prep: Was the Texas 3A State Champion in the 300 meter hurdles in both 2012 and 2013...His best time of 36.76 ranked ninth nationally among high schoolers in 2013…part of the 4x400 relay teams which won state championships as a sophomore, junior and senior…was a member of two Celina High School state championship track teams (2012, 2013) and was also an all-state honorable mention selection in football…prep bests: 300 hurdles - 36.76.
Personal: Major is general social sciences.
Personal Bests
400 hurdles – 50.32,
Pac-12 Championships,
Los Angeles, Calif., 5/17/15
NCAA Outdoor Championships
2016 - 400 Hurdles, 21st, 52.82
2015 – 4x400, s-9th, 3:05.39
2015 – 4x100, s-7th, 39.55
NCAA Indoor Championships
2016 - Distance Medley Relay, 1st, 9:27.27
Pac-12 Championships
2016 - 400 Meter Hurdles, 3rd, 51.80
2016 - 4x400, 5th, 3:11.13
2015 – 400 Meter Hurdles, 1st, 50.32
2015 – 4x400, 1st, 3:05.84
2015 – 4x100, 2nd, 39.64
2014 – 400 Meter Hurdles, 5th, 52.7
