Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

Honors & Accolades
2025 GSC All-Academic Team
2024 GSC All-Academic Team
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team selection
Owns the second-fastest 5K time in school history (15:49.90 - 2023 Foothills Invitational)
Owns the eighth-fastest 8K time in school history (25:10.00 - 2024 GSC Championships)
Owns the second (32:05.60 - 2024 NCAA South Region Championships) and fourth (32:32.70 - 2023 NCAA South Region Championships) fastest 10k in school history
Program record holder in the outdoor 800m (8:50.45 - UAB Spring Invitational)

2025 Cross Country 
Competed in five meets ... Finished 49th overall in the 10k at the NCAA Division II South Regional Championships (33:55.80), helping the men's team to their third consecutive 8th place finish ... Ran 25:26.60 in the 8k at the GSC Championships ... Time of 25:28.10 in the 8k at the DBU Old Glory Gallop ... Placed third overall in the 8k at the 25:29.30 at the Montevallo Falcon Classic ... Crossed the line in 25:31.70, finishing 6th, at the UNA Invitational in the 8k

2025 Outdoors 
Competed in five meets ... Ran 15:18.92 in the 5000m at the Georgia Tech Invitational ... Crossed the 5000m line in 15:27.50 at the Lee University - Fast Break Athletics Invitational ... Finished 12th overall in the 1500m at the Troy Doc Anderson Invitational & Multi (4:21.60) ... Personal bests in the 1500m (4:07.79) and 3000m (8:50.45) at the UAB Spring Invitational ... Took bronze at the UWA Invitational in the 5000m (15:41.52) 

2024 Cross Country
Competed in four meets ... Personal best time of 32:05.60 in the 10k at the NCAA Division II South Region Championships, placing 23rd overall and helping the men to an 8th place finish ... Came in 25th overall in the 8k at the GSC Championships (25:10.00) ... Ran 25:30.30 in the 8k at the Louisville Classic ... Time of 25:53.50 in the 8k at the Southern Showcase

2024 Outdoors 
Competed in four meets ... Personal best time of 15:13.11 in the 5000m at the Lee University - Fast Break Invitational ... Ran 15:17.47 at the Don McGarey Invitational (1500m) ... Placed 5th at the 2024 Falcon Classic & Multi in the 5000m (15:17.47) ... Won the 5000m at the Victor Ice Breaker Duals with a time of 15:15.24

2023 Cross Country 
Helped lead AUM to a fifth-place team finish at the GSC Championships…part of a squad that made six appearances in USTFCCCA’s weekly South Region rankings and finished the year ranked No. 8 in the region…also helped lead AUM to its highest-ever finish at the NCAA South Region Championships (8th)…ran in all six races…turned in his collegiate-best 8K at the Southern Showcase with a 25:40.0…ran three other 8K times under 26:40 for the Warhawks.

PREP
Ran cross country for four seasons under head coach Richard Shortt at Cedartown High School...was a region champion in 2022 and was also named a scholar-athlete...put together a pair of Top 10 finishes at the state cross country championships in 2021 and 2022...also ran track and was a participant in the state meet in his junior and senior seasons, where he placed seventh in the 3200m both years.

PERSONAL
Son of Buddy and Beverly Benefield...has one brother, William...majoring in Kinesiology.