2025 (First Year): Ran in the 8k category four times and the 5k once for the Jumbos...Opened the season with a personal best time of 17:06.7 at the George Suitor Invitational 5k and a 15th place finish...Placed 43rd at the KSC Invitational with a time of 25:58.9...Registered a personal best time of 26:26.3 at the NEICAAA Cross Country Championships 8k and a 121st place finish...Tufts finished the season as NESCAC Champions 

PRIOR TO TUFTS: Letterwinner in cross country and track and field for the Blazers of The Bush School...Cross country co-captain as a senior...Coaches Award for Outstanding Achievement and Contribution to the Team as a junior...2x cross country All-Conference...Cross country All-State...2x track and field All-Conference...2022 1A State Champion...2023 Emerald Sound Champion...9:19 3200, 4:22 1600, 16:13 5k XC

PERSONAL: Undeclared major...Chose Tufts because of "the variety of academic offerings and the ability to come in undecided, as well as the balanced focus on both culture and competitiveness within the running program here"...Chose Tufts over Wesleyan, Emory and Macalester

CAREER RESULTS: TFRRS | Ben Hester -- Cross Country/Track and Field Results & Statistics