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2020-21 Men's Track and Field Roster

Jean-Benoit Merte

Jean-Benoit Merte

  • Position:
    Mid-Distance
  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-11 /
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Munster, Germany
  • Highschool:
    Annette-von-Droste-Hulshoff Gymnasium
  • Major:
    Sport Management

Summary

Biography

2021 (Outdoor): MIAA Academic Excellence Award … Set a personal and season best in the 1500-meter run, finishing with a time of 4:06.07 at the ORU Invite … Set a personal and season best in the 5000-meter run, finishing with a time of 15:55.80 at the David Suenram Gorilla Classic … Set a personal and season best in the 800-meter run, finishing with a time of 2:03.29 at the ORU Invite … Member of relay team that earned a fourth-place finish in the 4x800-meter relay at the Emporia State Midwest Classic with a time of 8:40.04 ...
 
2020-21 (Indoor): MIAA Academic Excellence Award … Set a personal and season best in the 3000-meter run, finishing with a time of 9:24.89 at the Wendy's/PSU MIAA Challenge … Set a personal and season best in the 600-yard run, finishing with a time of 1:18.32 at the 6th Annual Indoor Gorilla Classic … Earned a seventh-place finish in the 600-yard run at the Wendy's/PSU MIAA Challenge with a time of 1:18.91 ... Set a personal and season best in the 800-meter run, finishing with a time of 2:10.58 at the MIAA Rust Buster … Set a personal and season best in the mile, finishing with a time of 4:37.21 at the MIAA Rust Buster …
 
2020 (XC): MIAA Academic Excellence Award … 2020 season was condensed with no official championship events due to COVID-19 Pandemic … Competed in three events on the season … Finished as a scoring runner for the team one time … Had a best finish of second on the season among team runners … Averaged a 5.00 finish among team runners … Had an overall best finish of 10th on the season … Averaged a finish among all competitors of 27.00 … Ran a season best 8K time of 26:57.1 and averaged a time of 27:40.2 in 8K events for the season …
 
Prep: Attended school at Annette-von-Droste-Hulshoff Gymnasium ... Ran for the club LG Brillux Münster ... Won several championships at the regional youth level, including a first in the federal state indoor championships in 2017 and 2019 in the 800m event ... Also claimed a second-place finish at the 2019 indoor championships in the 2,000-meter Steeplechase and a third in the same event at the outdoor championships in 2019 ... He also won the 2,000-meter Steeplechase event in 2016. At the national championships in 2019, placed ninth overall in the 1500-meter event ... In 2020, Set personal bests at various events in Germany, including a 54.06 in the 400-meter, a 1:59.73 in the 800-meter and a 4:09.84 in the 1500-meter events ... In the 2000-meter Steeplechase, Ran a personal best of 6:27.30 in 2019 ... In the summer of 2020, with competitions resuming in Germany, placed in the top five in three regional competitions in the 400-meter, 1500-meter and 2000-meter Steeplechase events ... Helped his club claim the 2020 national cross country championship ... 

Personal: Son of Ralph and Wilma ... Has one brother, Nicolas ...Majoring in Sport Management ...

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