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William & Mary Athletics

2009-10 Men's Cross Country Roster

Ben Massam

  • Position Player
  • Weight 0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chatham, N.J.
  • High School Chatham

Biography

Indoor Mark Date
3,000m 8:25.36 2/20/09
5,000m 14:23.55 3/6/10
Mile 4:17.16 1/30/09
Outdoor Mark Date
1,500m 3:54.66u 3/21/09
5,000m 14:05.66u 5/16/09
10,000m 29:28.87u 5/3/09

2009-10
Cross Country: Part of the varsity squad all year ... Seventh on the team at the NCAA Championships ... Just missed being named all-region, taking 29th overall at the Southeast Regional ... All-CAA after taking seventh at the conference championships ... Finished 12th overall at the Cowboy Jamboree and 69th at the Pre-National Invitational.
Indoor: Named All-East at 5,000m after finishing sixth at the IC4A Championships ... Ran 14:23.55 in the race ... Qualified for the eastern meet after running 14:23.66 at Navy in January ... Timed 8:32.55 for 3,000m at Virginia Tech ... Finished the mile in 4:20.16 at UNC.
Outdoor: Did not compete.

2008-09
Cross Country: All-Region after finishing 16th at the Southeast Region Championships ... Performance also earned him a place on the USTFCCCA All-Academic team ... Fourth for W&M, 124th overall at the NCAA Championships ... Won the Colonial Inter-Regional ... Sixth for W&M at the Pre-National Invitational.
Indoor: Just missed All-East honors, placing ninth in the 5,000m at the IC4A Championships.
Outdoor: Redshirted, competing unattached several times ... Ran under 30 minutes in the 10,000m twice, including a personal-best 29:28.87 at Stanford in May ... Also lowered his personal-best in the 5,000m significantly, to 14:05.66 at North Carolina in mid-May.

2007-08
Cross Country: All-Region team member, finishing 15th at the Southeast Regional ... Fifth Tribe finisher at the NCAA Championships ... Fifth at the Colonial Inter-Regional ... Third for the Tribe at the Pre-National Invitational, finishing 49th overall ... Named All-Academic by the USTFCCCA. Track: Placed eighth at the indoor IC4A Championships in the 5,000m run ... Earned All-East honors for the first time ... Placed fifth at the Outdoor IC4A Championships in the 10,000m run for his second All-East certificate... CAA Outdoor Champion in the 10,000m run only forty minutes after placing second in the 5,000m run ... Colonial Relays champion in the 5,000m run ... Ran a 14:42.44 at Virginia Tech to qualify for the 5,000m run at the indoor IC4A Championships.

2006-07
Cross Country: Led the Tribe at the season-opening Lou Onesty Invitational, finishing seventh ... Twenty-ninth at the Tribe Open ... Ran for W&M in the “A” race of the Colonial Inter-Regional. Track: Redshirted indoors ... Ran 15:22.80 in the 5,000m at the Colonial Relays ... Timed 32:15.77 for 10,000m at the Fred Hardy Invitational ... Season was cut short due to illness.

At Chatham
National Champion in the 5,000m at Nike Outdoor Nationals, running 14:48.73 ... Six state championships in cross country and track combined ... Second at the New Jersey Meet of Champions in cross country ... Seventh in the 3,000m championship at the Penn Relay Carnival ... Holds the Morris County cross country record and six county championships ... Won eight Iron Hills Conference championships in track and cross country, and holds three conference records ... Member of the National Honor Society and German National Honor Society ... National Merit Commended Scholar.

Personal
Son of Bradley and Barbara Massam ... Enjoys hiking and horse racing ... Most prized possession is his health.

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Redshirt

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  • 2007-08Freshman

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  • 2008-09Sophomore

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  • 2009-10Senior

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