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2010 Men's Cross Country Roster

Ben Heslin

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kensington, Conn.
  • Highschool Berlin

Biography

8K Personal Best: 25:49
10K Personal Best: 33:54.4

2010: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC All-Academic Team … Team Captain … Had a strong final season with the Stags, with two top finishes and the fastest-ever time by a Stag at Van Cortlandt Park … Posted a time of 16:54 at the Marist Mini Meet … Ran a time of 26:37 to help the Stags to a team title at the Fairfield Invitational … Ran a time of 26:10.95 at the Iona Meet of Champions, for the best performance ever by a Stag at VCP … Runner-up at the Leeber Invitational with a time of 27:02.76, helping the Stags to a team title … Clocked a time of 26:41 at the Paul Short Invitational … Posted a time of 27:10 at Connecticut College … Had a time of 27:24.8 at the MAAC Championships to help the Stags finish fourth … Clocked a time of 33:54.4 at NCAA Regionals … In final meet as a Stag, posted a time of 27:21.2 at the IC4A Championships.

2009: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC All-Academic Team ... Team Captain ... Turned in three of Fairfield's 20-best performances at Van Cortlandt Park in program history at the Iona Meet of Champions (27:20.29), MAAC Championships (27:06.3), and the IC4A Championships (26:56.3)... The Stags top-finisher in four events: Leeber Invitational (25:49 - 7th), MAAC Championships (16th), NCAA Regionals (34:19 - 124th), and IC4A Championships (43rd).

2008: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC All-Academic Team ... Team Captain ... Consistently finished in the top-two for the Stags ... Finished 30th overall and first for the Stags at the Fordham Fiasco (28:06.35) ... Also Fairfield's top-finisher at NCAA Regionals (35:53.2) ... Fairfield's second-finisher at the Fairfield Invitational (26:42.26), Ted Owen Invitational (27:16), Leeber Invitational (26:42), New England Championships (27:06) ... CCSU Mini Meet (16:05), and IC4A Championships (27:48) ... Ran a time of 27:21.61 at the MAAC Championships.

2007:Had an outstanding freshman campaign finishing first for the Stags in seven of eight races ... Clocked a time of 31:16 in his collegiate debut at the Fordham Invitational ... Posted a time of 27:46 at the Ted Owen Invitational ... Ran a 29:23.50 at the Leeber Invitational ... Registered a time of 28:24 at the New England Championships ... Recorded a mark of 16:53 at the CCSU Mini Meet ... Posted a time of 28:03.1 at the MAAC Championships ... Was the second finisher at the NCAA Regionals (36:21.85) ... Finished season with the top time on the team at the IC4A Championship (28:33).

High School:Four year letterwinner at Berlin High School ... Served as a team captain during senior season ... Also lettered in indoor and outdoor track ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Patrick and Marie Heslin ... Youngest of four children ... Sister, Erin, was a four-year member of the Fairfield Cross Country team ...  Residence Life Resident Assistant ... Named to the University’s Dean’s List ... Major is accounting with a minor in mathematics.