Oklahoma State University Athletics
2017-18 Men’s Cross Country & Track Roster
Roster
Butler, Benjamin

Benjamin Butler
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Highlands Ranch, Colorado
- High School:
- SkyView Academy
Bio
Personal Bests:
1,600 meters – 4:18.62
3,200 meters – 9:22.27
5K – 14:56.00
2017 Outdoors: Did not compete.
2017 Indoors: Did not compete.
2016 Cross Country: Did not compete.
High School: Butler earned a number of accolades while at SkyView Academy… He is a three-time cross country class 3A champion as well as a two-time 3A 3,200-meter champion… He earned All-State track honors four times and All-State cross country honors three times… At the 2016 USA Cross Country Championships, Butler finished third… He was the team captain for the track and field squad at SkyView for all four years, and was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as well as Bible Club… In the classroom, Butler was the National Honor Society president during the 2015-16 school year and graduated as the valedictorian of his class… In 2015 he was named as the Physics Scholar of the Year and in his senior year, he won the 2016 Honorable Leader Award.
Personal: Butler was born on Oct. 10, 1997 to Pat and Kelly Butler in Merriam, Kansas.
1,600 meters – 4:18.62
3,200 meters – 9:22.27
5K – 14:56.00
2017 Outdoors: Did not compete.
2017 Indoors: Did not compete.
2016 Cross Country: Did not compete.
High School: Butler earned a number of accolades while at SkyView Academy… He is a three-time cross country class 3A champion as well as a two-time 3A 3,200-meter champion… He earned All-State track honors four times and All-State cross country honors three times… At the 2016 USA Cross Country Championships, Butler finished third… He was the team captain for the track and field squad at SkyView for all four years, and was a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as well as Bible Club… In the classroom, Butler was the National Honor Society president during the 2015-16 school year and graduated as the valedictorian of his class… In 2015 he was named as the Physics Scholar of the Year and in his senior year, he won the 2016 Honorable Leader Award.
Personal: Butler was born on Oct. 10, 1997 to Pat and Kelly Butler in Merriam, Kansas.
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