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UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER YELLOWJACKETS

2024 Women's Cross Country Roster

Rochester Athletics
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Christopher Cecere
Christopher Cecere
Christopher Cecere

Kat Benninger

Kat Benninger

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Highschool:
    Newton North
  • Hometown:
    Newton, MA

Summary

Biography

At UR 2024: Graduate student ran in six meets...Scored USTFCCCA All-Region honors with a 29th-place finish and 23:24.3 time at the NCAA DIII Niagara Regional...UR's second-place finisher at UAAs...Placed in the top-50 in all six meets, earning a pair of top-25 results...Opened the year with a 4k PR of 15:15.8 and a 10th-place finish at the Hamilton Short Course on Sept. 14...Ran to a season-best 7th-place result (23:21.2) at the Kara Hall Memorial Invitational on Oct. 5...Average finish of 27.83 was the third-best on the team...Beat nearly 85 percent (84.93%) of opposing runners...Recognized as UAA All-Academic for the fourth-straight year...USTFCCCA All-Academic selection.

At UR 2023: Competed in six meets as a senior...USTFCCCA All-Region honoree, finishing 30th at the NCAA DIII Niagara Regional with new, 6K PR of 22:41.1...Scored four Top-50 finishes and a Top-25 result...Season-best third-place finish at the Highlander Short Course on Sept. 1, coming in with a 3K PR of 10:49.8 to help the 'Jackets win the even for the second-straight year...Added two more Top-50 finishes at the Yellowjacket Invitational (41st) and the UAA Championships (42nd)...Beat 75.97 percent of opposing runners, a Top-3 mark on the team...Earned third-straight UAA All-Academic honor...Awarded USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.

At UR 2022: Ran in five meets...Earned USTFCCCA All-Region honors with a 34th-place (23:59.4) finish at the NCAA DIII Niagara Regional...Turned in four Top-50 finishes and one Top-25 result...Ran a 4k PR of 15:47.7 at the Highlander XC Short Course, scoring a season-best 12th-place finish...Set a new personal best at the Oberlin College Inter-Regional Rumble, coming in 46th with a time of 23:28.9...USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree...Also named UAA All-Academic

At UR 2021: Sophomore runner took to the course in three meets during 2021...Had a 6k best time of 25:21.5 at the Rowan Border Battle, finishing 19th of 166 runners in the open race...Competed at the UAA Championships for Rochester and was 137th of 322 at the SUNY Geneseo Mike Woods Invitational...UAA All-Academic.

HS: Attended Newton North HS...Lettered for four seasons in cross country and indoor and outdoor track & field...Named indoor track team captain as a senior...Cross Country Bay State Honorable Mention honors as a senior...Personal best 5K time of 20:16 and 11:47 in 2-mile distance...3-time team qualifier for state meet in cross country...Won two state relay titles during indoor track career...Career and Technical Education Student of the Year in 2020.

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