2014-15 Track and Field Roster

Ben Timmer

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  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sugar Land, Texas
  • Highschool Stephen F. Austin
  • Major Biochemical Engineering

Biography

TFRRS PROFILE

2014-15: Indoor Track & Field – Eclipsed provisional height in final five starts...USTFCCCA Second Team All-American and All-South Central Region, debuting 10th at national championships behind Mines record 16-2.75...Won CSM Division II Invite (15-3.75) and Birds and Bees Invitational (15-4.25)...RMAC (16-1.25) and Joe Davies Open (16-0.0) runner-up...First Team All-RMAC...RMAC First Team All-Academic. Outdoor Track & Field – Opened second at Jerry Quiller Classic (15-11.0) and third at Kit Mayer Memorial Open (16-1.25)...Scored fourth at conference meet at 15-3.75...USTFCCCA All-South Central Region and Second Team All-RMAC...RMAC First Team All-Academic...USTFCCCA All-Academic.

2013-14: Indoor Track & Field – Won Potts Indoor Invitational (14-9.0) and finished 10th at Air Force Invitational (15-1.0)...RMAC First Team All-Academic. Outdoor Track & Field – Logged three wins and four top-two results...Runner-up and First Team All-RMAC at conference meet (15-4.25)...Claimed CSU-Pueblo Open (14-1.25), Colorado Invitational (15-11.0) and CSM Pre-Conference Open (15-5.5)...RMAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/16)...RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll...USTFCCCA All-Academic.

2012-13: Indoor Track & Field – Closed season with three straight top-five efforts, including runner-up and First Team All-RMAC at conference championships at 15-6.5...Earned fourth at CSM Twilight Collegiate Open (14-8.25) and fifth at Joe Davies Collegiate Open (15-2.25). Outdoor Track & Field – USTFCCCA All-South Central Region, taking second and First Team All-RMAC at conference meet...Reestablished program record four times in five weeks, capped by NCAA provisional 16-3.25 at RMACs...Became first in program archives to clear 16-0.0...Ranked in top-five in every meet, capturing wins at Mines Division II Front Range Invitational (15-4.5), Western State Open (14-11.0), Mines Pre Conference Open (16-1.75) and Mines Mother’s Day Last Chance (15-10.0)...Two-time RMAC Field Athlete of the Week (4/17,5/1).

2010-11 | Rice: Vaulted 14-11 to place seventh at Conference USA Indoor Championships...Placed fifth within door season-best 15-3.5 at UTEP Invitational...Finished 10th in pole vault (14-5.5) and 12th in high jump (6-0.0) at C-USA Outdoor Championships.

High School: Four-year letterwinner...District champion and three-time regional qualifier in pole vault...Team captain and leadership award winner...National Honor Society member...AP Distinguished Scholar Award recipient.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Pole Vault / Multis
  • 2013-14Junior

    Pole Vault
  • 2014-15Senior

    Pole Vault