2023-24 Men's Track and Field Roster
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Perrin, Ben
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Ben Perrin
- Event(s):
- Distance
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kalispell, MT
- High School:
- Flathead HS
- Major:
- Political Science
Bio
Perrin's Performance History & Personal Bests
2023-24 Season:
Cross Country (Junior): Helped lead Montana State to second consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championships, the first back-to-back trips to the national meet in program history ... Finished 53rd overall and No. 2 for the Bobcats at the NCAA Championships in Charlottesville ... Became one of seven Bobcats ever to run at multiple NCAA Championships ... Earned All-Region honors with a tenth place finish at the NCAA Mountain Regional meet and was the first Bobcat across the finish line, helping the Cats book an at-large bid to the national meet with a fifth place team result at regionals ... Earned All-Conference honors by finishing third overall at the Big Sky Championships in the snow in Missoula ... Finished as the top MSU runner at three meets, including the Joe Piane Invite, the Big Sky Championships, and the NCAA Mountain Regional ... Placed 11th overall at the Joe Piane Invite ... Finished 16th overall at Pre-Nationals in Virginia
Indoor (Senior): Finished second in the 3,000 meters and third in the 5,000 meters at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, scoring 14 points for the Bobcats as the men finished runner-up on the team podium ... Broke the school record in the indoor 5,000 meters with an altitude-converted time of 13:29.16 at the season-opening Bobcat Preview, eclipsing the record by five seconds ... Mark was the 28th-fastest time in NCAA Division I during the season ... Won the mile at the Big Sky Tuner ... Won the 3,000 meters at the Bobcat Challenge ... Placed second in the mile at the Spokane Sports Showcase
Outdoor (Senior): Qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, placing 21st in the 10,000 meters ... Placed 18th in the 10,000 meters and 19th in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA West First Rounds in Arkansas, narrowly missing on qualification to the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Delivered one of the all-time clutch performances in both the 5,000 and 10,000 at the Big Sky Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Bozeman, placing second in the 5,000 and third in the 10,000 to deliver 14 points for the Cats as Montana State upset No. 11 Northern Arizona by a single point (186-185) to win their first team title since 2005 ... Going 2-3 with Matthew Richtman in the 5,000 meters broke up a Lumberjack contingent and opened the door for the Cats to win the conference title with the 4x400 meter relay ... Moved up to No. 2 all-time at MSU in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters ... Placed fourth at the Bryan Clay Invitational in the 5,000 in a personal-best time of 13:30.73 ... Placed sixth at the Stanford Invitational in the 10,000 in a personal-best time of 28:09.73 ... Held the eighth-fastest time in the country in the 10,000 meters and the 11th-fastest time in the 5,000 meters entering the NCAA regional rounds
2022-23 Season:
Cross Country (Sophomore): Established himself as a key contributor for the Bobcats, as he finished anywhere from first through fourth for MSU ... Competed in all seven races, including the NCAA National Championships, where he was MSU's #4 runner ... Placed 34th overall and third for the Bobcats at the NCAA Mountain Regionals with a 10-kilometer time of 28:42.9 to help the Bobcats place fourth ... Earned All-Big Sky Conference honors for the second time in his career by placing sixth at the conference championships with an 8-kilometer time of 23:23.9 ... Had a top-10 finish at the Weis-Crockett/Pre-Nationals Invitational by placing eighth in 23:46.3 ... Led the way for MSU at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational by placing 20th in 23:47.0 ... Earned his first Big Sky XC Athlete of the Week award for leading the Bobcats at Notre Dame ... Placed second at the MSU Cross Country Classic and the MSU Bobcat Twilight races to open the season.
Indoor (Junior): Competed in five indoor track meets ... Placed second in the 3,000 meters at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships with a personal best time of 7:59.35 ... Placed third in the 5,000 meters at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships (13:53.03) ... Finished as the runner-up in the 5K at the Husky Classic ... Placed third in the mile at the Big Sky Tuner ... Opened season with a third place showing in the 3,000-meters at the Bobcat Challenge in Bozeman
Outdoor (Junior): Competed in seven outdoor track meets, including the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas ... 2023 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track and Field Champion in the 10,000 meters, crossing the finish line in 29:46.51 ... Placed 22nd in the 10,000-meters at the NCAA Championship meet ... Earned spot thanks to 11th place showing in the 10,000-meters at the West Regional while also finishing 15th in the 5,000-meters ... In addition to winning the 10,000-meters at the Big Sky Championships, also finished third in the 5,000-meters to help Bobcats to a runner-up finish on the team podium ... Set a personal best in the 10,000-meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational to finish tenth (28:25.24), the second-fastest time in school history and the fastest since Shannon Butler in 1991 ... Finished second in the 1,500-meters and fourth in the 5,000-meters at the Griz-Cat Duel
2021-22 Season
Cross Country (Redshirt Freshman): Competed in five races and was in MSU's top four in each one ... Was the runner-up at the Bobcat Time Trials with a 15:03.9 5K ... Placed eighth at the MSU Cross Country Classic with an 8K time of 24:36.50 ... Was MSU's No. 2 runner at the FSU/Pre-National Invitational by covering the 8K course in 23:48.3 ... Led the Bobcats at the Big Sky Championships by placing sixth in 23:26.4 and earning All-Conference honors ... Placed 17th at the Mountain Regional race by covering the 10-kilometer course in 30:15.4.
Indoor (Sophomore): Had a breakout indoor track season in which he earned All-Big Sky honors twice and broke the school record in the 5,000 meters (13:39.56) ... Competed in seven indoor track meets, in which he focused on the 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs, but ran the mile twice ... Won the Bobcat PReview 5,000 meter run in a time of 14:14.28 ... Took second in the mile at the Bobcat Challenge by running a 4:10.32 ... Was the runner-up in the 3,000 meters at the Bobcat Performance meet ... Ran the fifth-fastest mile in school history at the WSU Invitational with a 4:01.35 ... Took second in the 3,000 meters at the WSU Open with an 8:01.31 — the fourth-fastest time in program history ... Broke the school record in the 5,000 meter run with a 13:39.56 at the 2022 Husky Classic ... Was the Big Sky Conference runner-up in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:17.89 ... Earned All-Big Sky honors by placing third in the 3,000 meter run with an 8:15.48.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Competed in nine outdoor track meets, including the NCAA West Preliminary ... Ran every distance event from the 800 meters up to the 10,000-meter run ... Won the Al Manuel Invitational 1,500 meter run with a 3:51.05 ... Ran in the invitational heat of the 5,000 meters at Bryan Clay Invitational and took 20th overall with a 14:03.98 ... Also ran his lifetime-best 1,500 meter time at the same meet with a 3:50.36 ... Ran the second-fastest 5K time in program history with a 13:36.99 at the Payton Jordan Invitational to finish in 13th place ... Set a collegiate personal-best in the 800 meters with a 1:53.87 at the Tom Gage Classic ... Won a Big Sky title in the 10,000 meters with a 30:00.95, becoming the first Bobcat to win a conference title in the event since 2005 ... Was also the Big Sky runner-up in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:01.55 ... Placed 14th in his heat of the 5K and was 27th in the NCAA West Preliminary with aa 13:53.28.
2020-21 Season: Contributor towards two Big Sky Championship team performances … Opened year with a third-place finish in a cross country dual versus Idaho … Placed 24th overall at the Big Sky, and fourth in the Bobcat lineup, with a time of 25:18.4 at the Big Sky Winter Cross Country Championships … Ran in all three of MSU’s indoor meets, taking first in two events … Participated in six outdoor meets and ended year with a seventh-place finish in the 5,000 and 16th-place showing in the 10,000 … Time of 31:52.53 in the 10,000 at the meet was a lifetime best … Took first in the 5,000 at the Hornet Invitational to open outdoor schedule … Time of 13:57.03 in the 5,000 ranked among the top 10 in program history ... Named a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
2019-20 Season
Cross Country (Redshirt): Did not compete in any meets.
Indoor (Freshman): Had two strong showings at the Big Sky Conference Championships … Time of 14:19.19 in the 5,000 was the eighth best in program history en route to a fourth-place finish … Placed ninth in the 3,000 with a personal-best time 8:25.16 … Participated in four meets for the Bobcats … Set his collegiate nonconverted best in the mile of 4:14.41 at the Husky Classic in Seattle on Feb. 15 … Took second in the mile at the MSU Indoor Open on Feb. 7 and in the 3,000 at the MSU Dual Meet Invitational on Jan. 24 … Named to the Big Sky Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams … Selected as a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
Background: Graduated from Flathead High School in 2019 … Won multiple individual state titles in both cross country and track and field … Took first in all 15 individual distance races for the Braves as a senior in track and field … Repeated as the Class AA state champion in the 3,200 and claimed gold in the 1,600 … Took fourth as a junior in the 1,600 … Finished third in the 3,200 as a sophomore and eighth in the 1,600 as a freshman … Placed first in both events three consecutive seasons at the divisional meet and earned 36 first-place finishes during his career … He earned personal bests in the 800 (2:00.12), the 1,600 (4:18.49) and the 3,200 (9:04.56) during his junior campaign … Closed out his cross country prep career by winning the 2018 AA State Championship with a time of 15:43.7 … Took first in all eight meets he ran for the Braves in as a senior … Recorded his personal best time in the 5K race while taking first at the Butte Invitational on Sept. 20 by recording a mark of 15:25.2 … Took 42nd overall at the 2018 Nike Cross Northwest Regional Championships … Previously took a personal-best seventh at the Nike Cross Regionals as a junior … That season he finished sixth at the Class AA State meet … Made trips to state meets every season of prep career … Was named the 2018-19 Gatorade Montana Cross Country Runner of the Year … His oldest brother, Zach, completed his eligibility as a distance runner for Colorado … Oldest brother, Jake, is currently a member of the Gonzaga distance program … Plans to major in film.
2023-24 Season:
Cross Country (Junior): Helped lead Montana State to second consecutive appearance at the NCAA Championships, the first back-to-back trips to the national meet in program history ... Finished 53rd overall and No. 2 for the Bobcats at the NCAA Championships in Charlottesville ... Became one of seven Bobcats ever to run at multiple NCAA Championships ... Earned All-Region honors with a tenth place finish at the NCAA Mountain Regional meet and was the first Bobcat across the finish line, helping the Cats book an at-large bid to the national meet with a fifth place team result at regionals ... Earned All-Conference honors by finishing third overall at the Big Sky Championships in the snow in Missoula ... Finished as the top MSU runner at three meets, including the Joe Piane Invite, the Big Sky Championships, and the NCAA Mountain Regional ... Placed 11th overall at the Joe Piane Invite ... Finished 16th overall at Pre-Nationals in Virginia
Indoor (Senior): Finished second in the 3,000 meters and third in the 5,000 meters at the Big Sky Indoor Championships, scoring 14 points for the Bobcats as the men finished runner-up on the team podium ... Broke the school record in the indoor 5,000 meters with an altitude-converted time of 13:29.16 at the season-opening Bobcat Preview, eclipsing the record by five seconds ... Mark was the 28th-fastest time in NCAA Division I during the season ... Won the mile at the Big Sky Tuner ... Won the 3,000 meters at the Bobcat Challenge ... Placed second in the mile at the Spokane Sports Showcase
Outdoor (Senior): Qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, placing 21st in the 10,000 meters ... Placed 18th in the 10,000 meters and 19th in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA West First Rounds in Arkansas, narrowly missing on qualification to the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Delivered one of the all-time clutch performances in both the 5,000 and 10,000 at the Big Sky Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Bozeman, placing second in the 5,000 and third in the 10,000 to deliver 14 points for the Cats as Montana State upset No. 11 Northern Arizona by a single point (186-185) to win their first team title since 2005 ... Going 2-3 with Matthew Richtman in the 5,000 meters broke up a Lumberjack contingent and opened the door for the Cats to win the conference title with the 4x400 meter relay ... Moved up to No. 2 all-time at MSU in both the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters ... Placed fourth at the Bryan Clay Invitational in the 5,000 in a personal-best time of 13:30.73 ... Placed sixth at the Stanford Invitational in the 10,000 in a personal-best time of 28:09.73 ... Held the eighth-fastest time in the country in the 10,000 meters and the 11th-fastest time in the 5,000 meters entering the NCAA regional rounds
2022-23 Season:
Cross Country (Sophomore): Established himself as a key contributor for the Bobcats, as he finished anywhere from first through fourth for MSU ... Competed in all seven races, including the NCAA National Championships, where he was MSU's #4 runner ... Placed 34th overall and third for the Bobcats at the NCAA Mountain Regionals with a 10-kilometer time of 28:42.9 to help the Bobcats place fourth ... Earned All-Big Sky Conference honors for the second time in his career by placing sixth at the conference championships with an 8-kilometer time of 23:23.9 ... Had a top-10 finish at the Weis-Crockett/Pre-Nationals Invitational by placing eighth in 23:46.3 ... Led the way for MSU at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational by placing 20th in 23:47.0 ... Earned his first Big Sky XC Athlete of the Week award for leading the Bobcats at Notre Dame ... Placed second at the MSU Cross Country Classic and the MSU Bobcat Twilight races to open the season.
Indoor (Junior): Competed in five indoor track meets ... Placed second in the 3,000 meters at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships with a personal best time of 7:59.35 ... Placed third in the 5,000 meters at the Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships (13:53.03) ... Finished as the runner-up in the 5K at the Husky Classic ... Placed third in the mile at the Big Sky Tuner ... Opened season with a third place showing in the 3,000-meters at the Bobcat Challenge in Bozeman
Outdoor (Junior): Competed in seven outdoor track meets, including the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas ... 2023 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track and Field Champion in the 10,000 meters, crossing the finish line in 29:46.51 ... Placed 22nd in the 10,000-meters at the NCAA Championship meet ... Earned spot thanks to 11th place showing in the 10,000-meters at the West Regional while also finishing 15th in the 5,000-meters ... In addition to winning the 10,000-meters at the Big Sky Championships, also finished third in the 5,000-meters to help Bobcats to a runner-up finish on the team podium ... Set a personal best in the 10,000-meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational to finish tenth (28:25.24), the second-fastest time in school history and the fastest since Shannon Butler in 1991 ... Finished second in the 1,500-meters and fourth in the 5,000-meters at the Griz-Cat Duel
2021-22 Season
Cross Country (Redshirt Freshman): Competed in five races and was in MSU's top four in each one ... Was the runner-up at the Bobcat Time Trials with a 15:03.9 5K ... Placed eighth at the MSU Cross Country Classic with an 8K time of 24:36.50 ... Was MSU's No. 2 runner at the FSU/Pre-National Invitational by covering the 8K course in 23:48.3 ... Led the Bobcats at the Big Sky Championships by placing sixth in 23:26.4 and earning All-Conference honors ... Placed 17th at the Mountain Regional race by covering the 10-kilometer course in 30:15.4.
Indoor (Sophomore): Had a breakout indoor track season in which he earned All-Big Sky honors twice and broke the school record in the 5,000 meters (13:39.56) ... Competed in seven indoor track meets, in which he focused on the 3,000- and 5,000-meter runs, but ran the mile twice ... Won the Bobcat PReview 5,000 meter run in a time of 14:14.28 ... Took second in the mile at the Bobcat Challenge by running a 4:10.32 ... Was the runner-up in the 3,000 meters at the Bobcat Performance meet ... Ran the fifth-fastest mile in school history at the WSU Invitational with a 4:01.35 ... Took second in the 3,000 meters at the WSU Open with an 8:01.31 — the fourth-fastest time in program history ... Broke the school record in the 5,000 meter run with a 13:39.56 at the 2022 Husky Classic ... Was the Big Sky Conference runner-up in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:17.89 ... Earned All-Big Sky honors by placing third in the 3,000 meter run with an 8:15.48.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Competed in nine outdoor track meets, including the NCAA West Preliminary ... Ran every distance event from the 800 meters up to the 10,000-meter run ... Won the Al Manuel Invitational 1,500 meter run with a 3:51.05 ... Ran in the invitational heat of the 5,000 meters at Bryan Clay Invitational and took 20th overall with a 14:03.98 ... Also ran his lifetime-best 1,500 meter time at the same meet with a 3:50.36 ... Ran the second-fastest 5K time in program history with a 13:36.99 at the Payton Jordan Invitational to finish in 13th place ... Set a collegiate personal-best in the 800 meters with a 1:53.87 at the Tom Gage Classic ... Won a Big Sky title in the 10,000 meters with a 30:00.95, becoming the first Bobcat to win a conference title in the event since 2005 ... Was also the Big Sky runner-up in the 5,000 meters with a time of 14:01.55 ... Placed 14th in his heat of the 5K and was 27th in the NCAA West Preliminary with aa 13:53.28.
2020-21 Season: Contributor towards two Big Sky Championship team performances … Opened year with a third-place finish in a cross country dual versus Idaho … Placed 24th overall at the Big Sky, and fourth in the Bobcat lineup, with a time of 25:18.4 at the Big Sky Winter Cross Country Championships … Ran in all three of MSU’s indoor meets, taking first in two events … Participated in six outdoor meets and ended year with a seventh-place finish in the 5,000 and 16th-place showing in the 10,000 … Time of 31:52.53 in the 10,000 at the meet was a lifetime best … Took first in the 5,000 at the Hornet Invitational to open outdoor schedule … Time of 13:57.03 in the 5,000 ranked among the top 10 in program history ... Named a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
2019-20 Season
Cross Country (Redshirt): Did not compete in any meets.
Indoor (Freshman): Had two strong showings at the Big Sky Conference Championships … Time of 14:19.19 in the 5,000 was the eighth best in program history en route to a fourth-place finish … Placed ninth in the 3,000 with a personal-best time 8:25.16 … Participated in four meets for the Bobcats … Set his collegiate nonconverted best in the mile of 4:14.41 at the Husky Classic in Seattle on Feb. 15 … Took second in the mile at the MSU Indoor Open on Feb. 7 and in the 3,000 at the MSU Dual Meet Invitational on Jan. 24 … Named to the Big Sky Winter and Spring All-Academic Teams … Selected as a letterwinner by the coaching staff.
Background: Graduated from Flathead High School in 2019 … Won multiple individual state titles in both cross country and track and field … Took first in all 15 individual distance races for the Braves as a senior in track and field … Repeated as the Class AA state champion in the 3,200 and claimed gold in the 1,600 … Took fourth as a junior in the 1,600 … Finished third in the 3,200 as a sophomore and eighth in the 1,600 as a freshman … Placed first in both events three consecutive seasons at the divisional meet and earned 36 first-place finishes during his career … He earned personal bests in the 800 (2:00.12), the 1,600 (4:18.49) and the 3,200 (9:04.56) during his junior campaign … Closed out his cross country prep career by winning the 2018 AA State Championship with a time of 15:43.7 … Took first in all eight meets he ran for the Braves in as a senior … Recorded his personal best time in the 5K race while taking first at the Butte Invitational on Sept. 20 by recording a mark of 15:25.2 … Took 42nd overall at the 2018 Nike Cross Northwest Regional Championships … Previously took a personal-best seventh at the Nike Cross Regionals as a junior … That season he finished sixth at the Class AA State meet … Made trips to state meets every season of prep career … Was named the 2018-19 Gatorade Montana Cross Country Runner of the Year … His oldest brother, Zach, completed his eligibility as a distance runner for Colorado … Oldest brother, Jake, is currently a member of the Gonzaga distance program … Plans to major in film.
Big Sky Preview
Friday, February 11
Track and Field Big Sky Championships
Monday, February 18
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 11, 2013
Tuesday, February 12
Coach Kennedy - Feb. 4, 2013
Tuesday, February 05
