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The University of Mississippi Athletics
2023 Track and Field Roster
Savino, Ben
Ben Savino
- Year (Indoor/Outdoor):
- R-Sr. / R-Sr.
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- Cary, N.C.
- High school:
- Apex
- Major:
- Mechanical Engineering
Bio
TFRRS Bio
2020 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore)
Season was canceled due to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.
2020 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore)
Placed 10th in the 5K (14:37.15) and 24th in the 3K (8:26.40) at the SEC Indoor Championships ... Finished 63rd in the 5K at the Husky Classic (14:42.05) ... Came in second in the 3K at the Indiana Relays.
2019 Outdoor (Redshirt Freshman)
Did not compete.
2019 Indoor (Redshirt Freshman)
Did not compete.
2018 Outdoor (Freshman)
Ran in five meets … Opened his collegiate career with a sixth-place finish in the 3K at the USC Power 5 Challenge (8:34.37) … Placed 10th in the 1500-meter at the Ole Miss Classic (3:58.24) … Finished 13th in the 1500-meter at the Joe Walker Invite (3:58.48) … Came in 22nd in the 5K at the Bryan Clay Invite (14:46.85) … Ended the season with a 14th place finish in the 10K at the SEC Outdoor Championships.
2018 Indoor (Freshman)
Redshirt.
High School
Four-year letterwinner in both track and cross country ... Set school records in the 3200-meter (9:10), indoor 1600-meter (4:15) and was on the school-record 4x1600-meter relay team ... Part of three conference championship teams his first three seasons ... Named Junior Marshall as one of the top 30 students in his junior class … Earned Academic All-Conference all four years of high school.
Personal
Born Dec. 12, 1998, to Tracy and Bob Savino ... Father played soccer at Mount St. Mary's, and mother was a gymnast at North Carolina ... Majoring in mechanical engineering ... Wants to become an aerospace engineer.
2020 Outdoor (Redshirt Sophomore)
Season was canceled due to the outbreak of a novel coronavirus (COVID-19) that was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organization.
2020 Indoor (Redshirt Sophomore)
Placed 10th in the 5K (14:37.15) and 24th in the 3K (8:26.40) at the SEC Indoor Championships ... Finished 63rd in the 5K at the Husky Classic (14:42.05) ... Came in second in the 3K at the Indiana Relays.
2019 Outdoor (Redshirt Freshman)
Did not compete.
2019 Indoor (Redshirt Freshman)
Did not compete.
2018 Outdoor (Freshman)
Ran in five meets … Opened his collegiate career with a sixth-place finish in the 3K at the USC Power 5 Challenge (8:34.37) … Placed 10th in the 1500-meter at the Ole Miss Classic (3:58.24) … Finished 13th in the 1500-meter at the Joe Walker Invite (3:58.48) … Came in 22nd in the 5K at the Bryan Clay Invite (14:46.85) … Ended the season with a 14th place finish in the 10K at the SEC Outdoor Championships.
2018 Indoor (Freshman)
Redshirt.
High School
Four-year letterwinner in both track and cross country ... Set school records in the 3200-meter (9:10), indoor 1600-meter (4:15) and was on the school-record 4x1600-meter relay team ... Part of three conference championship teams his first three seasons ... Named Junior Marshall as one of the top 30 students in his junior class … Earned Academic All-Conference all four years of high school.
Personal
Born Dec. 12, 1998, to Tracy and Bob Savino ... Father played soccer at Mount St. Mary's, and mother was a gymnast at North Carolina ... Majoring in mechanical engineering ... Wants to become an aerospace engineer.
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