Harvard University

TFRRS: Ben Rosa Personal Bests and Results

Junior Year (2023)
All-Region selection … All-Ivy League First Team honoree … Finished in a career-best 47^th place at the NCAA Cross Country Championships … Earned All-Region honors for the first time in his career with a eighth place showing at the NCAA Northeast Region Cross Country Championships … Placed third at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships … Crossed the finish line in 60^th place at the Nuttycombe Invite … Began his junior year campaign with a 7^th place finish at the Battle in Beantown.

Sophomore Year (2022)
• Placed 251st at the NCAA Championship Meet
• Placed 15th at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships 

Before Harvard:
800m: 1:54.59
1500m: 3:52.74
1600m: 4:12.86
3200m: 9:16.41
Four-year Letterwinner on the cross country and track and field teams… Captain of the cross country team in 2018 and 2019, captain of the track and field team in 2020… All-State in track, as well as an All-Academic athlete… Placed third in the 2019 IHSA 3A Boys State Track Meet in the 1600m… Holds the record for the fastest freshman/sophomore time in the 1600m at Lake Forest… 2019 MVP… Holds the 800m record at Lake Forest… Placed 40th in the 2018 IHSA Boys Cross Country State Meet… Named Most Improved Athlete on the Lake Forest cross country team in 2017.

“Ben placed 3rd in the Illinois State Championships as a junior in the 1600m. Ben has tremendous middle-distance potential, he will contribute quickly in a variety of different events.” – Coach Gibby