2024 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Benjamin Kirk
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Denver East HS
- Hometown:
- Denver, Colo.
TFRRS Profile
2025
Competed at six meets over the course of the year, five during outdoor season and one during indoor season ... Had a PB of 21.84 in the 200m during the USC dual meet on May 4 ... Fourth-place in the 200m (21.87) at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite on April 5 ... Made his season debut at the Spokane Sports Showcase on Jan. 17, setting a PB in the 60m at 7.01 ... Named to the UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll for fall and spring quarters.
2024
Did not compete during the indoor season โฆ Ran the 100m and 200m events during his sophomore outdoor campaign โฆ Placed second in the 100m event at the Rafer Johnson-Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite behind teammate Sam Herenton โฆ Posted a season-best mark in the 200m (21.90) at that same home meet โฆ Finished 16th in the Conference in the 100m race (10.72).
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2023 ย
Appeared in four races for the Bruins during the indoor season, running 60m and 200m events โฆ Debuted at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational in the 60mโฆ ran a season-best 7.02 at the Don Kirby Invite on Feb. 11 โฆ Ran 22.58 in his lone 200m race at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invitational โฆ Did not compete during the 2023 outdoor campaign.
High School
Was a two year letter winner at Denver East High School in track and field and three year letter winner in football โฆ Earned Football All-American Honors during his freshman and sophomore years โฆ Competed in the 100m and 200m dash at 5A state championship and was a two-time first team all-state track and field โฆ Ran club track with Hustle Denver โฆ Competed at the New Balance Indoor nationals 2022 and Nike Outdoor Nationals 2022.ย
Personal
Born in Denver, Colo. to parents Shana and Greg Kirk โฆ Has a younger brother, Henry โฆ Chose UCLA because itโs the โbest combination of top-notch academics and athletics in the countryโ โฆ Describes his greatest athletic thrill as winning twoย state titles after having only done track for less than a year โฆ Admires Demaryius Thomas and Von Miller โฆ He is the first person in his family to ever compete in any athletics in high school or college.
