SPU: Four-year letterwinner. ... GNAC All-Academic (2023, 2024, 2025).
Senior (2025): INDOOR – Ran in one meet. ... Placed 24th in the 3000 at the GNAC Championships in 9:35.41.
OUTDOOR – Did not compete due to injury.
Junior (2024): INDOOR – Ran in one meet, doing his first indoor mile on Dec. 9 at the Spokane Invitational, finishing in 4:58.15.
OUTDOOR – Ran in seven meets. … Won his heat of the 1500 at the Wildcat Invitational in Ellensburg on April 20 in a season-best 4:13.53. It was his first college victory of any kind and placed him 10th overall. … Focused primarily on the 1500. … Ran the 800 twice, with a season-best 2:10.60 at the PLNU Invitational on March 23 in San Diego.
Sophomore (2023): INDOOR – Did not compete (injury).
OUTDOOR – Ran in seven regular-season meets. ... Set a personal-best 2:06.87 in the 800 meters at the Doris Heritage Track Festival on March 18 in Renton. ... At that same meet, ran an outdoor mile for the first time, clocking 4:35.45. ... Posted a PB of 15:33.09 in the 5000 at the Mangrum Invitational in San Marcos on March 24. ... Did his first 10,000 on April 29 at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational in Bellingham, finishing 7th in 35:20.08.
Freshman (2022): INDOOR – Ran in one meet, doing the 3000 at the UW Indoor Preview, and finishing in 9:19.77.
OUTDOOR – Raced in six meets, focusing primarily on the 1500. Clocked a personal-best 4:07.66 at the Portland Twilight. ... Highest placing was 5th at the Peyton-Shotwell Invitational. ... Also ran the 800 once and the 5000 once.
Personal: Benjamin Robert Sheirbon. ... Physiology major.
Wilsonville High School: Placed 11th in the Oregon Class 5A (large school) state meet as a senior in 2021, going a personal-best 9:11.39. ... That same year, won the 1500 once (in a personal-best 4:24.54) and the 3000 once in dual-meet competition. ... As a sophomore in 2019, made the district meet in the 800, finishing 13th. ... Ran in the Oregon Class 5A (large school) state cross country meet twice, placing 50th as a sophomore 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.
INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
Mile: 4:58.15 (12/9/2024)
3000: 9:19.77 (1/15/2022)
OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
800: 2:06.87 (3/18/2023)
1500: 4:07.66 (5/7/2022)
Mile: 4:35.45 (3/18/2023)
5000: 15:33.09 (3/24/2023)
10,000: 35:20.09 (4/29/2023)
CAREER RESULTS
