Nittany Lion women earn No. 20 preseason ranking; men begin season in 21st
On the National Stage...|| 2012 Outdoor || Ran the second leg on the Nittany Lions blistering school-record 3:01.52 during the preliminary round of the 4x400 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Earned First Team All-America status on the 4x400, finishing fourth (3:01.58) ... Qualified for the NCAA First Round as an individual, placing 17th overall in the East Region 400 ... Helped the Nittany Lions to a second-place finish in front of his hometown crowd in the Penn Relays 4x400 ... Was also a member of the winning sprint medley relay at Penn, covering one of the 200 legs. || 2012 Indoor || Claimed NCAA runner-up honors on the Nittany Lion 4x400 (3:05.31) at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... Finish was the best by a relay team in men's program history ... Helped the Lions to a school-record 3:05.22 at the Alex Wilson Last Chance.
At the Big Ten Championships ... || 2012 Outdoor || Clocked a sizzling PR 45.94 to finish third in the 400 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships ... Also anchored the winning 4x400, which clocked a then school-record 3:04.78 ... Also competed in the 200, finishing 10th overall. || 2012 Indoor || Placed fourth in the 400 in his first Big Ten appearance (46.82) ... Earned Second Team All-Big Ten honors as a member of the Lions' second-place 4x400.
Around the Track ... || 2012 Outdoor || Ran on the winning 4x100 at the Jim Click Shootout ... Also finished third in the 200 with a wind legal 21.13 ... Finished fourth in the 400 at the Auburn War Eagle Invitational ... Helped the Lions to a third-place finish in the 4x400 in a stacked field at the LSU Invitational ... Won the 200, and was on the winning 4x100 at the Jim Thorpe Open. || 2012 Indoor || Ran a 47.16 for 400 at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup, finishing second ... Won the 200 at the Sykes & Sabock, going 21.54, also a PR ... Ran on winning 4x400s at the Penn State National, and Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup ... Finished third in the 400 at the Nittany Lion Challenge, and fourth in the 500 (1:03.30) at the Penn State Relays.
Before Penn State ... || Neumann University || Spent the 2010-11 seasons at Division III Neumann University, where he led the team in the sprinting events, running 22.20 for 200-meters and 47.44 for 400-meters ... Placed third in the 400 at the NCAA Division III Championships, and also earned third-place standing at the ECAC Championships.
|| High School || Placed fifth in the 400 at the 2010 PIAA State Championships, and was a member of the fifth-place 4x400-meter relay in the "Championship of America" section at Penn Relays. || Personal || Son of Kimberly Bennett ... Born August 28, 1992 ... Twin brother, Bernard, is also a member of the Nittany Lion track and field team ... Enrolled in Communications, Arts, and Sciences.
