Completed Event: Women's Volleyball versus Florida Gulf Coast on September 11, 2025 , Win , 3, to, 0
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Ben Burchstead
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-10
- Hometown:
- Overland Park, Kan.
- High School:
- Shawnee Mission North HS
Bio
SENIOR (2017)
Started off the season with a second-place finish at the Bob Timmons Dual Classic (9/2) where he finished with a 6K time of 19:10.2 … Recorded a time of 25:27.7 in the 8K at the Pre-National Invitational (10/14) to finish in 223rd place … Took 62nd at the Big 12 Cross Country Championship (10/28) with an 8K time of 25:48.7.
JUNIOR (2016)
Opened his season with an 18th-place finish at the Rim Rock Classic (10/1) and an 8K run of 25:25.9 … Tallied a 53rd-place finish at the Big 12 Championship (10/29) by way of his 8K time of 27:00.6 … The Jayhawks’ fifth scorer at the Pre-National Invitational (10/15) with his 8K time of 26:37.9 and 239th-place finish.
SOPHOMORE (2015)
Competed in four of the Jayhawks’ five meets in his second season … Member of the Jayhawk squad that ran at the Big 12 Championship (10/31), where he finished the 8K in 26:35.7 for a 62nd-place finish … Opened his season with a 35th-place finish at the Bob Timmons Classic (9/1) by way of his 6K clocking of 21:15.3 … Named to the Academic All-Big 12 Second Team.
FRESHMAN (2014)
Saw action in two races in his first season for the Jayhawks … Was the third KU runner to cross the finish at the Rim Rock Classic (10/4) via his 20th-place finish and 8K clocking of 25:34.7 … Tallied a 230th-place finish at the ISU-Pre National Invitational (10/18) after completing the 8K in 26:22.7.
HIGH SCHOOL
Nine-time letterwinner in cross country, track and swimming at Shawnee Mission North High School … Helped team to regional cross country title in 2013 … Claimed all-state cross country accolades in 2012 and 2013 … Took second in the 1,600 meters at the state championships in 2014 … Named to the all-metro honorable mention track team in 2014 … Personal bests on the track include 4:19 for the 1,600 meters and 9:18 for the 3,200 meters.
PERSONAL
Son of Brad and Nancy Burchstead … Has three siblings: Nick, Gretchen and Olivia … Mother, Nancy, and uncle, Steve, attended KU … Aspires to work at a news station after college … Majoring in broadcast journalism
Kansas Cross Country // Rim Rock Classic // 9.29.18
Monday, October 01
Kansas Cross Country // Bob Timmons Classic // 9.1.18
Saturday, September 01
Jayhawks run at NCAA Midwest Regional // Kansas Cross Country // 11.10.17
Saturday, November 11
Jayhawks run at Big 12 Championship // Kansas Cross Country // 10.28.17
Saturday, October 28
