Ben Nichols
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- Year:
- Fy.
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- Hometown:
- Grove City, Pa.
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- High School:
- Grove City
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- Major:
- Biology
2022 Outdoor: Scorer for the Scots at All-Ohio Championships (April 16) with seventh-place time of 15:58.74 in the 5000 meters … Competed in the 800 meters (2:06.91) and 1500 meters (4:13.75) at the NCAC Championships, with 1500 time marking season-best and ranking 17th in the conference … Competed in eight meets … Season-best 5K time of 15:53.74 came at season-opening Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 17-19).
2022 Indoor: Part of Wooster’s sixth-place distance medley relay (10:38.93) at NCAC Championships (Feb. 25-26) and also competed in the 3000 meters with 24th-place time of 9:21.80 … Logged season-best 3K time of 8:55.09 at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 12) with time ranking 11th in conference … Competed in seven meets and had a quartet of first-place finishes with three coming on 4x400 relay … Opened indoor slate as part of Scots’ winning 4x400 (3:42.43) at Wooster Quad (Jan. 15).
2021 Cross Country: One of Wooster’s top harriers, evidenced by ranking second on the team at conference and regionals … Capped rookie year with season-best time of 27:25.6 at the NCAA Div. III Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 13) … Placed 130th at regionals, which was in the top half of the field … Crossed 42nd at the NCAC Championships (Oct. 30) with time of 27:58.7 … Placed in the top-10 at Muskingum Invitational (Oct. 2) with time of 29:48.7, as Scots won first traditional meet since 2014 … Went 28:35.8 at the All-Ohio Championships (Sept. 17) and 28:54.8 at the NCAC Preview (Sept. 11), with both meets spanning championship-length courses.
Prior to Wooster: Part of two state qualifying teams and two district championship squads at Grove City High School … Placed fourth in the PIAA 4x800 … Prepped for Ben English.
Personal: Born March 5, 2003 … Parents are Steven and Constance Nichols … Biology major.
