2016 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Rai Benjamin
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Mount Vernon, N.Y.
- High School:
- Mount Vernon
2016 – Named USTFCCCA First Team All-American … Clocked the eighth fastest time in school history in the 400m hurdles with a 49.82 … Ran his 49.82 at the NCAA Championship finals where he placed sixth overall … Only competed in four hurdle races during his freshman campaign … Placed third at the NCAA West Prelims with a time of 50.88 … Ran his first 400m hurdle race of the season at the Pac-12 Championships where he ran a 52.21 in the prelims … Also competed on the 4x100m and 4x400m relays … Competed in four indoor meets … Clocked a 200m best time of 21.17 to finish third at the Razorback Invitational … Ran a 47.57 in the 400m to place seventh at the MPSF Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL - Attended Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, New York … One of the top prep athletes in the country … Clocked the fastest prep time in the country in the 400m hurdles with a time of 49.97 … Also posted the fasted 400m indoor time in the country with a 46.59 and the third fastest outdoor time 46.19 … Won the New York Indoor State meet with a national leading time of 33.17 in the 300m … A three-time state champion in the 400m hurdles … Was the New Balance National Champion in the 400m and the New Balance Outdoor National Champion in the 400m hurdles … As a junior was named the Journal News Westchester/Putnam boys outdoor track and field athlete of the year for the 2014 season … Won the New York State Meet in the 400m hurdles with a time of 51.86 … Posted a 37.61 in his only 300m hurdle race of the season, taking third at the Arcadia Invitational… Ran a personal best 47.17 to place second at the Loucks Games … Placed second at the New Balance Indoor Nationals 400m with a time of 47.56 … Won the New York State Indoor 300m title with a meet, Section 1, county and school record time of 33.84 … Also won the New York State outdoor title in the 400m in 2013 with a time of 53.13 … Holds personal bests of 46.19 (NJR, Antigua) in the 400m, 49.97 (NR, Antigua) in the 400m hurdles, 20.88 in the 200m and 10.66 in the 100m.
PERSONAL – Son of Winston Benjamin and Jeanette Mason … Plans to major in political science.
