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2025 Men's Cross Country Roster

Ben Smith

  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Spokane, Wash.
  • High School Mount Spokane High School
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2024 (Sophomore):

  • NAIA All-American
  • Finished 33rd at the 2024 NAIA Cross Country National Championships
  • GSAC All-Conference
  • NAIA Daktronics Scholar Athlete
  • Finished 6th at GSAC Conference Championships
  • Finished 10th at The Master's University Cross Country Invitational
  • Came in 3rd at the Embry-Riddle AZ Invitational

2023 (Freshman):

  • Ran in all six events for Embry-Riddle this season
  • 1st Team All-Cal Pac
  • Finished 2nd at the Embry-Riddle AZ Invitational
  • Ran a season best 8K time of 25:20.1 at the Cal Pac Conference Championships
Off the Field at ERAU:
  • Chi Alpha 
  • Cubing Club
Career Highs:
 
Event Mark Meet
4.5 Mile 23:36.3 George Kyte Classic  (Aug. 31st, 2024)
8K 24:35.1 NAIA Cross Country Championships (Nov. 22nd, 2024)

High School:

  • 2021 XC MVP Award
  • 2022 Track Most Inspirational Award
  • 2022 XC Best Teammate Award
  • 2022 XC 13th in State
  • 2023 Track Most Improved Award
  • 2021 XC 6th team in state
  • 2022 Track 4th team in State
  • 2022 XC 3rd team in State
  • 2023 Track 2nd Team in State
  • National Honor Society
  • AP Scholar with Honors 2022
  • Boy Scouts of America (Eagle Scout)

Personal:

  • Why did you choose to attend ERAU? "I chose to attend ERAU because of the amazing options it gave me in both athletics, where I could continue the sport I love, and academics, where I can continue my passion for engineering."

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2024Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2025Junior

    5'10"