Ben Konopka

Breanne Marchan 2019 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships

Photo by: Vinny Dusovic

Ben Konopka 2019 BIG EAST Outdoor Championships

Photo by: Maggie Bean

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Inverness, Ill.
High School:
Fremd

Personal Bests (as of July 2019):
Indoor-
60-meter hurdles: 8.14 (Freshman Record)

Outdoor-
100: 11.44
110-meter hurdles: 14.48 (Freshman Record)
400-meter hurdles: 58.28

TFRRS Profile

2018-19:
All-BIG EAST (Outdoor- 110-meter hurdles; Indoor- 60-meter hurdles)
BIG EAST Champion (Outdoor- 110-meter hurdles)
BIG EAST All-Academic
Indoor (Fr.): Competed in five meets... Set a personal best in the 60-meter hurdles at the BIG EAST Championships on the way to a runner-up finish (8.14)... Earned runner-up honors at the Badger Red & White Classic on Feb. 15 (60-meter hurdles; 8.28)... Took bronze honors at the John Tierney Classic in the 60-meter hurdles on Jan. 19 (8.38).
Outdoor (Fr.): Competed in 10 meets... Set a personal best in the 400-meter hurdles at the Marquette Invitational (second place; 58.28)... Took gold medal honors at the Illinois Twilight (110-meter hurdles; 14.67)... BIG EAST Champion in the 110-meter hurdles (14.61). 110-meter hurdle champion at the NCC Gregory Final Qualifier (14.51).

Prior to Marquette: Lettered in both track and field and football at William Fremd High School … Served as track and field captain all four years and football team captain as a senior … Led track team to back-to-back sectional titles … Member of the school-record setting 4x100 relay team – ran a split of 10.00.

Personal: Konopka is the son of Andy and Bernadette Konopka … Has two brothers, Jack and Matt … Brother Jack played football at Northwestern … Plans to study biology.

Championships History:
BIG EAST Indoor Championships
2019-
60-meter hurdles: 2nd (8.14)

BIG EAST Outdoor Championships
2019-
110-meter hurdles: 1st (14.61)