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Saint Joseph's Hawks

2017 Men's Track & Field Roster

Chris Bencivengo

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fairfield, Conn.
  • High School Fairfield Warde

Biography

Personal Records                  
                                      
                    
         
Event Time Meet Host School Year
Outdoor 1500m 4:22.14 Monmouth Opener Monmouth 2016
Indoor Mile
4:42.99 Penn State Relays Penn State 2016
Indoor 3000m 9:27.33 Angry Birds Invitational Lehigh 2016
Outdoor 3000m 10:02.88 Lafayette 8-Way Lafayette 2014
Indoor 5000m 16:02.27 Collegeville Classic Ursinus 2016
Outdoor 5000m 16:21.23 Widener Invitational Widener 2015

Outdoor 2017: Opened season in the 1500m (4:48.77) at the Rider Invitational... Closed season in the 5000m at the Widener Invitational (17:40.26) and Lehigh Games (18:33.07)... Named to Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Indoor 2016-17: Raced the mile twice and 3000m once... Placed eighth in the mile (4:59.99) in season-debut at the Jack Pyrah Invitational... Also ran the mile at the Wagner Invitational (5:16.47) and closed season in the 3000m (10:26.22) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic.

Outdoor 2016: Raced three times... Kicked off season with collegiate-best showing in the 1500m (4:22.14) at the Monmouth Season Opener... Raced the 5000m at the Rider Invitational (17:02.34) before improving by over 20 seconds to cap season in the 5000m (16:42.11) at the Widener Invitational... Named to both Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Indoor 2015-16: Set collegiate-best times in the mile, 3000m, and 5000m... Improved upon previous mile PR by over 12 seconds, 3000m by over nine seconds, and 5000m by over 18 seconds... Posted collegiate-best mile (4:42.99) for 28th at the Penn State Relays... Added eighth-place mile (4:48.92) at the season-opening Jack Pyrah Invitational... In the 5000m, turned in a third-place finish (collegiate-best 16:02.27) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic and sixth-place finish (16:09.48) at Yale's Giegengack Invitational... Added collegiate-best 3000m (9:27.33) for 21st at the Lehigh Angry Birds Invitational.

Outdoor 2015: Raced the 1500m and 5000m twice each... Turned in season-best 1500m (4:26.33) at the Lehigh Games... Turned in season-best 5000m (16:21.23) at the Widener Invitational... Also raced 1500m (4:32.28) at the Monmouth Season Opener and 5000m (17:14.19) at the Rider Invitational... Made both the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll and SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll for both semesters.

Indoor 2014-15: Raced the mile and 3k twice, improving on PRs in both events... Ran collegiate-best 3k (9:37.26) at the Monmouth Winter Collegiate Open to improve upon previous PR by 8.30 seconds... Raced collegiate-best mile (4:55.61) at the Lehigh Angry Birds Meet to improve upon previous PR by 4.93 seconds... Also ran mile (4:57.76) at the Ursinus Collegeville Classic and 3k (10:07.00) at the Penn State Relays.

Outdoor 2014: Ran season-best 3k (10:02.88) at season-opening Lafayette 8-Way Invitational... Raced the 5k three times and posted season-best time (16:44.97) at the Widener Outdoor Invitational... Placed 16th in the 5k for highest finish of freshman year at Lehigh Games... Named to SJU Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Indoor 2013-14:
Competed in the mile and 3k... Posted season-best 3k (9:45.56) at the Armory during the Lafayette/Rider Winter Games... Took 19th in the mile (5:00.54) for highest finish of season at the Penn State Indoor Relays.


High School/Personal:
Four-time state qualifier in 4x800m... Led cross country squad to a 15-3 record en route to a bronze medal at the 2012 Class L Cross Country State Championship... Also helped team to a fifth-place finish at FCIAC and 18th-place finish at the state open championship... 2011 All-FCIAC selection in 4x800m relay... Took 13th in 1000m at 2012 FCIACs... Entering college, owned PRs in the 400m (56.6), 800m (2:10), 1000m (2:54), mile (4:57), two mile (10:44), and 5k (17:38)... Earned 11 varsity letters between cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track... Senior team captain in cross country and indoor track... Majoring in food marketing and minoring in environmental and sustainability studies.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    Middle Distance
    5'9" 140 lbs
  • 2015Sophomore

    Long Distance
    5'9" 140 lbs
  • 2016Junior

    Long Distance
    5'9" 0 lbs
  • 2017Senior

    Distance
    0 lbs