2019-20 Men's Track & Field
Biography
PERSONAL RECORDS
100m: 10.83
200m: 21.56
400m: 48.17
CAREER ACCOLADES
2019 Outdoor Second-Team All-Ivy (4x400 relay)
2019 Indoor Second-Team All-Ivy (4x440 yard relay)
Ninth all-time at Penn in the indoor 400m (48.55)
Tenth all-time at Penn in the outdoor 4x400m relay (3:10.83)
OUTDOOR 2020
- All 2020 Ivy League sports were canceled on Wednesday, March 11 due to a nationwide outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19.
INDOOR 2020
- Competed in six events during the indoor season, primarily in the 400m and 4x400m relay.
- Placed 11th at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championship (March 1) with a 400m time of 50.07.
- Won at the Sykes Sabock Challenge (Feb. 8) at PSU with the 4x400m relay team, helping finish in 3:16.29.
- Opened the season with a second-place finish at the Navy Invitational (Dec. 7) in the 4x400m with a time of 3:15.54.
- Ran a season-best time of 49.39 to place fourth at the Penn 8-Team Select on Jan. 18.
OUTDOOR 2019
- Competed in seven meets outdoors, running both the 200m and 400m, as well as several relay events.
- Scored twice at the 2019 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 5), placing second in the 4x400 relay and finishing fifth in the 4x100 relay.
- Ran the 4x400 relay at the 125th running of the Penn Relays (April 25-27).
- Finished 10th in the 4x400 relay at the Texas Relays (March 30).
- Posted a fourth-place time in the 400m at the Sam Howell Invitational (April 6).
INDOOR 2019
- Competed in five meets during the 2019 indoor season, making appearances in the 200m, 300m, 400m and the 4x400m relay team.
- Scored twice at the 2019 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 24), placing second in the 4x440 relay and third in the 400m.
- Finished as the runner-up in the 300m at the Harvard vs. Penn Dual (Dec. 9) and seventh in the 200m at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational (Jan. 12).
- Also notched top-five relay results at the Havard vs. Penn Dual (Dec. 9) and the Penn State National (Jan. 26).
OUTDOOR 2018
- Competed in five meets during the 2018 outdoor season, making appearances in the 200m and several relay teams.
- Scored twice at the 2018 Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonal Championships (May 6), placing fourth in both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
- Also ran the 200m at Ivy Heps.
- Part of the 4x400 and DMR at Penn Relays (April 26-28).
- Totaled three top-10 finishes on the year.
INDOOR 2018
- Competed in six meets, making appearances in the 200m and 4x400m relay teams.
- Placed seventh in the 200m at the 2018 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships (Feb. 25).
- Part of the third-place 4x400m relay team at Ivy Heps.
- Ran a season-best time of 22.31 in the 200m at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 10).
- Made collegiate debut in the 4x400m relay at the New Year Invitational (Dec. 9).
- Totaled five top-five placements on the year.
High School: Ranked No. 3 in the state of Arizona for the 200m ... 2017 4x100m relay Arizona state champion and runner-up in the 200m.
Personal: Son of Tammy and Michael Bender ... Older brother, Adam, competed as a decathlete at Rice ... Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences.
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