2024 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
SPU: Three-year letterwinner, four years with the program. ... GNAC All-Academic in 2023 and 2024.
Senior (2024): Ran in four of the five meets, scoring in two of them. ... Was No. 5 for team and 94th overall at the Green River Invitational on Sept. 14. His time of 20:24.9 for 6 kilometers bettered his previous 6K Fort Steilacoom Park course best of 21:13.0 from his freshman year in 2021. ... Was the No. 4 Falcon and 120th overall at the Bill Roe WWU Classic on Sept 28. ... Finished No. 6 for the team and 77th overall at the GNAC Championships on Oct. 26 at Sudden Valley.
Junior (2023): Missed most of the season with an injury, but did run at the GNAC Championships in Anchorage on Oct. 21. Was No. 7 for the Falcons and 77th overall.
Sophomore (2022): Did not compete due to injury.
Freshman (2021): Ran in five of the seven meets, scoring in all of them. ... Finished No. 3 for SPU in the first two meets of his career, placing 26th overall at the Puget Sound Invitational, and 34th at the Ash Creek Invitational. ... Scored No. 4 for the Falcons at the PLU Open (44th overall) and at the Chambers Creek College Open (34th). ... Was the No. 5 SPU runner across the finish line (68th overall) at the GNAC Championships. His time of 27 minutes, 33.60 seconds was his collegiate best for 8 kilometers.
Personal: Benjamin Robert Sheirbon. ... Physiology major.
Wilsonville High School: Ran in the Oregon Class 5A (large school) state meet twice, placing 50th as a sophomroe in 2018 and 28th as a junior in 2019. ... Helped team win the Northwest Oregon Conference title all four years and place 4th at state in 2019. ... All-State honorable mention in 2019. ... All-League 1st team in 2020 and 2nd team in 2019.
Fun facts: Initially tried cross country in 6th grade, drifted away from it, then returned to it as a high school freshman, primarily to get in shape for basketball. ... Also enjoys playing golf. ... If not for cross country, would focus on basketball. ... Favorite sport to watch is basketball. ... Dumbest movie he has ever seen is "Shazam." ... Book he just couldn't put down was "The Perfect Mile" by Neal Bascomb. ... Favorite junk food is Takis. ... Favorite healthy food is roasted zucchini. ... Favorite TV program is SportsCenter. ... His dream car is an all-white Toyota 4Runner with blacked-out tires and rims. ... Loves to shop for running shoes and unique running shorts. ... Favorite sports team is the Portland Trail Blazers. ... Favorite athlete is LeBron James. ... If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be Dutch motivational speaker / extreme athlete Wim Hof "because he has done some incredibly difficult things ... and I think I could learn a thing or two from him about having a strong mind." He would serve pepperoni pizza and Sprite. ... If he could be any action hero, would be Aquaman because "I don't really like heights and he seems like he has a fun time underwater -- plus, I'm jealous of his hair." ... His friends call him Ben. ... In 10 years, hopes to be part of a team environment in a health care field. ... Is fluent in Spanish, and wants to travel through Latin America in a van, learning more about Spanish culture.
PRs ON ALL COURSES
(All 8 kilometers unless otherwise noted)
Puget Sound Invitational @ Fort Steilacoom (6K) 20:24.9 (2024)
Bill Roe WWU Classic @ Hovander Homestead Park 26:56.4 (2024)
Emearld City Open @ Lower Woodland Park 30:13.0 (2024)
PLU Open @ Pacific Lutheran Cross Country Course 27:41.80
Chambers Creek College Open @ Chambers Creek Regional Park 28:10.1 (2021)
Ash Creek Invitational @ Ash Creek Preserve (6K) 19:55.4 (2021)
GNAC Championships @ Kincaid Park 29:02.9 (2023)
GNAC Championships @ Saint Martin's 27:33.60 (2021)
GNAC Championships @ Sudden Valley 29:02.5 (2024)
CAREER RESULTS
