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2024 Men's Track & Field Roster

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Benjamin Tarwater

  • Position Sprints/Jumps
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 185
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Cedarville, OH
  • High School Cedarville

Biography

CAREER STATS

2023 (Senior)
  • Placed fourth in the triple jump at the NCCAA Indoor Championship with a career-best 44-9 (13.84 meters) effort
  • Took sixth place in the NCCAA Indoor long jump with a performance of 21-2.50 (6.46m)
  • Finished sixth in the triple jump at the G-MAC Indoor with a mark of 44-8.75 (13.63m)
  • Did not compete during the outdoor season

2022 (Junior)
  • Placed seventh in the G-MAC Outdoor triple jump with a career-best 45-2.50 effort
  • Won the long jump at the Otterbein Twilight with a PR of 22-3
  • Finished seventh in the long jump at the G-MAC Outdoor (21-6.75)
  • Only indoor competition came in the Cedarville Collegiate Invite
  • Placed second in the triple jump (42-1.25) and fourth in the long jump (20-10.50)

2021 (Sophomore)
  • Best outdoor marks in the long jump and triple jump came at Taylor
  • Won the triple jump (44-0.50) and placed sixth in the long jump (21-10.75)
  • Made only indoor appearance at the G-MAC Championship
  • Took seventh in the triple jump (43-0.25) and eighth in the long jump (21-4.75)
  • G-MAC Academic Team

2020 (Freshman)
  • NCCAA Indoor All-American in the triple jump placing third with a mark of 44-4.25
  • Finished sixth in the G-MAC Indoor Championship with a career-best 44-6.25 effort
  • Set a PR in the indoor long jump of 21-5.25 at the G-MAC
  • Outdoor season was canceled due to Covid

High School
  • Homeschool graduate, who competed in four sports at Cedarville High School
  • Two-year letter winner in track & field
  • Also participated in three seasons of basketball plus one year each in cross country and football

Personal
  • Dean’s List student as a pharmacy major
  • Born October 28, 2000 in Raleigh, N.C.
  • Son of John and Sheila Tarwater
  • Father is an assistant professor of finance at the University
  • Has one older brother, three younger brothers, and five younger sisters

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'11" 175 lbs
  • 2021Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'11" 175 lbs
  • 2022Junior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'11" 180 lbs
  • 2023Senior

    Sprints/Jumps
    6'0" 180 lbs
  • 2024Graduate Student

    Sprints/Jumps
    6'1" 185 lbs