Ben Edwards
Ben Edwards
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Morristown, N.J.
  • High School:
    Morristown

Bio

Junior from Morristown, N.J. … 2016 graduate of Morristown High School who is majoring in finance … outstanding student with a minor in computer science … Before Bentley: two-year captain of cross country, winter and spring track teams … earned a total of 12 varsity letters (four cross country, four spring track, three winter track, one basketball) … helped cross country team win conference and county championships his sophomore and senior years … spring track won counties and conference his senior year … in cross country, was first-team All-County and All-Daily Record … high school PR’s include 4:19 1,600, 9:28 3,200 and 16:07 5,000 … Personal: age as of Sept. 1: 20 … son of Peter and Teresa Edwards … has a brother, Will (22), and a sister, Tess (18) … was class president in high school … Colleges Against Cancer E-Board … Admissions Fellow … volunteered with Habitat for Humanity.

CROSS COUNTRY

2017: Was among Bentley’s top seven in the five races he ran, including three times in the top three … finished 59th in the Northeast-10 Championships (27:18.85), 62nd in the NCAA Division II East Regional (36:11.6) and 113th in the New Englands (27:27.5) …. 2016: participated in four meets … eighth among Bentley runners and 48th overall in the Northeast-10 championships (27:06.0) … 63rd in the JV race at the New Englands (27:14.56).

TRACK

2017-18: Finished 17th in the 5,000 (16:14.68) at the outdoor Northeast-10 Championships … sophomore season also included action in four indoor and four outdoor non-championship meets … 2016-17?: during the outdoor NE10’s, was 12th in the 1500 (4:01.38) and part of a 4x800 relay team that was fifth (7:49.51) … was ninth in the mile (4:27.34) and seventh in the 4x800 (8:09.88) at the indoor NE10’s … 22nd in the mile (4:27.47) at the indoor New Englands.

TFRRS Profile/Career History

News Mentions

$item.thumbnailAlt
Murphy Leads Bentley to 10th Place Finish with All-Region Performance

Bentley University senior Cody Murphy (Dunbarton, N.H./Goffstown HS) earned All-Region honors after finishing 19th overall in the NCAA Division II...

November 17, 2018

$item.thumbnailAlt
Murphy Top Finisher for Bentley During Northeast-10 Championships

Competing only about seven-and-a-half miles from his hometown, Bentley University senior Cody Murphy (Dunbarton, N.H./Goffstown HS) was the...

November 4, 2018

$item.thumbnailAlt
Murphy Sets Pace for Bentley at Lewis Conference Crossover

In a meet that included teams from across the country and seven currently in the Division II Top 25, senior Cody Murphy (Dunbarton, N.H./Goffstown...

October 6, 2018

$item.thumbnailAlt
Murphy Cracks Top 15 in 41-Team UMass-Dartmouth Invitational.

Competing in a field of 295 runners, Bentley University senior Dan Murphy (Dunbarton, N.H./Goffstown HS) turned in a strong showing Saturday...

September 15, 2018

$item.thumbnailAlt
Co-Captains Murphy & Hergott Lead Bentley to 3rd at Shacklette Invitational

Led by senior co-captains Cody Murphy (Dunbarton, N.H./Goffstown HS) and Dan Hergott (Wallingford, Conn./Xavier HS), the Bentley Universiry...

September 1, 2018