Hall of Fame
The first member in the program's history to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championship, Sean Beney '18 is the seventh member of the men's cross country and track and field programs to be elected to the Hall of Fame. A four-time cross country team MVP, Beney closed out his cross country career with a berth at the NCAA Cross Country Championship. At the NCAA East Region Championship, he finished in fifth place and earned the NCAA Championships berth by virtue of being the second individual (of three selected) not from a top-three team. He went on to place 67th in the field of 249 competitors (third among 23 NE10 runners) at the NCAA Championship with a time of 32:24.7, the second-fastest of his career. He capped his collegiate career by winning the 10,000-meter run by over 40 seconds at the 2017 Northeast Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships, becoming the first conference champion in the program's history. The day after, he placed sixth in the 5,000-meter run in 15:21.36 to finish the championship with 13 points, one shy of the program's record. He holds the program's outdoor 10,000-meter run record (31:15.49) and held the program's indoor (15:05.77) and outdoor (15:04.38) 5000-meter run records until this past year. He registered 19 top-10 finishes during his outdoor career, including seven first-place finishes, three seconds and two thirds. During indoor competition, he had 40 top-10 finishes, including six first-place finishes, five seconds, six thirds and seven fourths. During cross country action, he had 12 top-10 finishes, including a pair of victories, two seconds and three fourths. He remained on The Heights as a Graduate Assistant Coach during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 academic years while earning his M.B.A., then served as a Volunteer Assistant until Spring of 2022 under head coach Robin Wheeless.
