Ben Griffith

Photo by: Jamie Severns

Photo by: Andy Sneddon

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Livonia, Mich.
High School:
Stevenson

Personal Bests
5K: 17:01.7
8K: 27:29.7
10K: 34:33.6
5 Mile: 28:59.2

2022: Did not compete.

2021: Finished 21^st in the season-opening Jeff Drenth Memorial 5K (Sept. 3) … posted 28:59.2 five-mile in his first collegiate attempt at Notre Dame’s Joe Piane Invitational (Oct. 1) … ran 34:33.6 in first collegiate 10K at the 2021 NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championships (Nov. 12)

2020: Placed 68TH (8K 27:29.7) at the Mid-American Conference Championship in Bowling Green, Ohio (Nov. 21) … placed 60th (8K 29:56.8) at the Bowling Green State Falcon Invitational (Nov. 7) … finished ninth (5K 17:01.7) at the CMU Jeff Drenth Memorial (Oct. 31) ... earned Academic All-MAC honors.

High School: Eight-time letterwinner (4 in cross country, 4 in track & field) ... captain of the Stevenson HS cross country and track teams (2016-18) ... two-time Division 1 state-qualifier in cross country (2017, 2018), four-year Livonia City team champions (cross country) ... 2015 Wayne County team champions ... four-year Kensington Lakes Athletic Association Scholar Athlete.