University of North Dakota Athletics

Team co-captain.

2009-10: Placed 32nd at Great West Conference Cross Country Championship ... Best showing was an 11th-place finish at the USD Tim Young Open (Oct. 9) with a season-low time of 20:14.96 ... Competed in all six meets.

2008-09: Named to 2008 Fall Academic All-Great West Conference and 2009 GWC All-Academic Winter/Spring teams ... Finished ninth in the 800-meter run at both the GWC Indoor and Outdoor Championships ... Finished 36th at the Great West Conference Cross Country Championship ... Earned third letter in both cross country and track.

2007-08: Named to the NCC Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll in both indoor and outdoor track and field ... Finished 14th in the 800-meter run at the NCC Outdoor Championship ... Took eighth in the 800-meter run and was a member of the seventh-place 4x400 meter relay at the NCC Indoor Championship ... Competed in five cross country meets ... Finished 51st at the NCC Cross Country Championship ... Earned second letter in both cross country and track ... 2006-07: Placed 13th at the NCC Cross Country Championship ... Member of UND's NCC championship team that advanced to NCAA Championship ... Earned first letters in cross country and track.

Before UND: A 2006 graduate of Jamestown High School ... An all-conference selection from 2001-05 and an all-state performer in 2005 ... Member of the state champion 4x800 relay team in 2005 and 2006 ... Third-place finish in the 800-meter run at state meet ... Member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Majoring in communication sciences and disorders ... Daughter of Larry and Connie Benke.