Brandon Benson Season 2014-15

TFRRS All-Time Performances

Personal Bests
Indoor
Pole Vault: 15-5 1/2 (4.71m) (1/16/16)
Outdoor
Pole Vault: 15-9 3/4 (4.82m) (5/7/16)

Honors
Academic All-Big Ten (2014, 2017)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016; Spring 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)

2017 (Senior)
Indoor: Competed four times in the pole vault with a season best of 15-3 (4.65m) at the Prairie Wolf Indoor Invitational.

Outdoor: Competed in two meets and cleared 14-0 1/2 (4.28m) to finish fifth at the Nebraska Invitational.

2016 (Junior)
Indoor: Competed in the pole vault at four meets, posting a personal best of 15-5 1/2 (4.71m) to place fifth at the Holiday Inn Invitational.

Outdoor: Competed in the pole vault at four meets, posting a personal best of 15-9 3/4 (4.82m) to place fourth at the Nebraska Invitational.

2015 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Did not compete.

Outdoor: Posted a season-best 15-7 (4.75m) to win the pole vault title at the NWU Spring Invite...competed in five meets.

2014 (Redshirt Freshman)
Indoor: Competed in three pole vault competitions for the Huskers during the 2014 indoor season...recorded a season-best jump of 15-1 (4.60m) in the pole vault at the Mark Colligan Memorial.

Outdoor: Set a season best of 15-9 (4.80m), competing unattached at the Doane Invitational...cleared 15-5 3/4 (4.72m) at the Nebraska Invite.

2013 (Redshirt)
Indoor: Redshirted.

Outdoor: Redshirted.

Before Nebraska
Joined the Huskers from Axtell High School in Axtell, Nebraska...set prep bests of 15-4 3/4 (4.70m) in the pole vault, 11.24 seconds in the 100m dash and 22.82 seconds in the 200m...earned the 2012 Nebraska Class D state title in the pole vault with a mark of 15-4 3/4 (4.70m)...set the Nebraska Class D state record and Class D meet record with his vault...finished second in the 200m dash at the 2012 Class D State Championships with a time of 22.90...won the pole vault at the 2011 Class D Nebraska State Championships with a mark of 14-9 1/2 (4.51m)...won state titles in the 100m (11.24) and 200m (22.82) at the 2011 state meet.

Personal
Born on May 26, 1993...parents are Dudley and Peggy...majored in agribusiness...earned his bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2017.