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2023-24 Women's Track & Field Roster

Delaney Benedict

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • High School Greenon HS
  • Hometown Springfield, Ohio

Biography

PERFORMANCE REFERENCE



PRIOR TO CORNELL

2018 OHSAA Division II state runner-up in the 400-meter... Holds Greenon High School's and the Ohio Heritage Conference's 100-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter records... owns the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) Southwest District Divsion II and Clark County women's 400-meter records... 2018 OHSAA Region 8 Division II 400-meter champion... Two-time OHSAA Southwest District Divsion II 400-meter champion (2018, 19)… 2018 OHSAA Southwest District Divsion II 200-meter runner-up... 2019 Ohio Heritage Conference champion in the 400-meter... 2019 First-Team All-Ohio Heritage Conference in the 200-meter, 400-meter, and 4x400-meter relay... Crowned the Ohio Heritage Conference 100-meter, 200-meter, and 400-meter champion in 2018... Tabbed the 2019-20 Penn Station Athlete of the Year for the Dayton, Ohio area... Named the 2018 Ohio Heritage Conference Girls Track South Division Athlete of the Year, also earning All-Ohio honors... Named the 2018 Ohio Heritage Conference Girls Track South Division Athlete of the Year, also earning All-Ohio honors... Named the 2018 Most Outstanding Clark County High School Track Female Athlete after winning county championships in the 200-meter, 400-meter, and 4x400-meter relay... 2017 Central Buckeye Conference 400-meter champion... four-year letterman on and team captain of Greenon's soccer and basketball teams... Earned second team All-Ohio honors on the soccer field as a senior, receiving all-conference honors three times, including two first team selections (2016, 2019)… First Team All-Conference performer on the hardwood as a senior, earning OHSAA All-Southwest District distinction in 2019 and 2020.

PERSONAL 
Delaney Kathryn Benedict is the daughter of Christian and Kathy Benedict... has an older sister... her Mother, Kathryn, played basketball at the U.S. Air Force Academy from 1982-85... both of her parents attended the U.S. Air Force Academy... she is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2022-23Junior

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Senior

    Sprints