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2014-15 Men's Track and Field

Ben Parva

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kingwood, Texas
  • Highschool Kingwood HS

Biography

2014 Track: All-Conference Academic Team Track & Field...All-Conference Honorable Mention Track & Field...Competed in 8 Track meets (1 Indoor)...Placed 3rd in the 10k at the Conference meet, first All-Conference Male Distance runner in Millsaps history...Placed 5th in the 5k at the Conference meet...First Millsaps male to be All-Conference in both Cross Country and Track

2013 Cross Country: All-Conference Academic Team XC...All-Conference Honorable Mention XC...Team Captain...Team’s number 1 runner...Competed in 6 XC Meets, including the NCAA Regional Meet... Placed 14th at the Conference meet, first all-conference male in Millsaps history..

2013 Track:  All-Conference Academic Team Track & Field...Competed in 8 Track Meets (2 Indoor)...Placed 8th at the conference meet in the 5k

2012 Cross Country:Team Captain...Team’s number 1 runner...All-Conference Academic Team XC...Competed in 7 XC Meets...Placed 34th at the conference meet

2012 Track:  All-Conference Academic Team Track & Field...Competed in 8 Track Meets (2 Indoor)

2011 Cross Country: 2011 Millsaps XC Most Valuable Runner...All-Conference Academic Team ...Team’s number 1 runner...Competed in 7 XC Meets...Placed 47th at the conference meet

High School: German II Academic Award (2008-2009), JT Barger Scholarship Recipient, Kate DiSorbo Scholarship Recipient, Zach Jones Scholarship Recipient, W.R. Grace Inc. Scholarship Recipient...Participant in National Honors Society, KHS Chamber Orchestra, KHS Symphony, Kingwood United Methodist Youth Group, KUMC Youth Leadership...4-year participant, Sr. Team Captain, Varsity Letterman @ Kingwood High School in XC/Track...PR: Road 10,000- 36:06...XC 5000- 16:55...XC 3mile- 16:08...3200- 10:19...3000- 9:21...1500- 4:21...1600- 4:44...800- 2:06

Why I Chose Millsaps:

“I selected Millsaps because not only is it a fantastic institution, but also because I realized that I wasn't ready to stop competing after high school. Coach Till and Millsaps gave me the opportunity to continue pursuing my athletic passions and feeding my desire for competition.”

Ben's PRs: 

800 (outdoor)

2013 Choctaw Track Season Opener

2013

2:05

1500 (outdoor)

2014 Millississippi Relays

2014

4:14

Mile (outdoor)

2014 Rhodes Invitational

2014

4:43

5000 (outdoor)

2013 MC Twilight Invitational

2013

15:49 (School Record)

10000 (outdoor)

2014 SAA Track & Field Championships

2014

33:15 (School Record)

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12Redshirt

    Middle Distance/XC
  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Distance/XC
  • 2013-14Junior

    Distance
  • 2014-15Senior

    Distance