Marquette University Athletics
2018-19 Track & Field Roster
Ben Konopka
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Inverness, Ill.
- High School:
- Fremd
Personal Bests (as of July 2019):
Indoor-
60-meter hurdles: 8.14 (Freshman Record)
Outdoor-
100: 11.44
110-meter hurdles: 14.48 (Freshman Record)
400-meter hurdles:Β 58.28
TFRRS Profile
2018-19:Β
All-BIG EAST (Outdoor- 110-meter hurdles; Indoor- 60-meter hurdles)
BIG EAST Champion (Outdoor- 110-meter hurdles)
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (Fr.): Competed in five meets... Set a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles at the BIG EAST Championships on the way to a runner-up finish (8.14)... Earned runner-up honors at the Badger Red & White Classic on Feb. 15 (60-meter hurdles; 8.28)... Took bronze honors at the John Tierney Classic in the 60-meter hurdles on Jan. 19 (8.38).
Outdoor (Fr.):Β Competed in 10 meets... Set a personal best in the 400-meter hurdles at the Marquette Invitational (second place; 58.28)... Took gold medal honors at the Illinois Twilight (110-meter hurdles; 14.67)... BIG EAST Champion in the 110-meter hurdles (14.61). 110-meter hurdle champion at the NCC Gregory Final Qualifier (14.51).
Prior to Marquette: Lettered in both track and field and football at William Fremd High School β¦ Served as track and field captain all four years and football team captain as a senior β¦ Led track team to back-to-back sectional titles β¦ Member of the school-record setting 4x100 relay team β ran a split of 10.00.
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Personal: Konopka is the son of Andy and Bernadette Konopka β¦ Has two brothers, Jack and Matt β¦ Brother Jack played football at Northwestern β¦ Plans to study biology.
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Championships History:
BIG EAST Indoor Championships
2019-
60-meter hurdles: 2nd (8.14)
BIG EASTΒ Outdoor Championships
2019-
110-meter hurdles: 1stΒ (14.61)
Friday, September 25
Wednesday, September 23
Wednesday, September 23
Wednesday, September 23
