Ben Crogan
Ben Crogan
Class:
Graduated

Hometown:
Waterford, Wis.

High School:
Waterford Union

Event:
Combined Events

Major:
Criminal Justice

• 2012 League Decathlon Champion
• 2011 League Outdoor Outstanding Performer for Field Events
• 2011 League Indoor Pole Vault Champion
• 2010 League Heptathlon Champion
• 2010 League Indoor Pole Vault Champion
• 2009 League Outdoor Field Newcomer of the Year
• 2009 League Outdoor Pole Vault Champion
• All-League Second Team (2012 Outdoor High Jump, 2012 Heptathlon, 2011 Heptathlon, 2011 High Jump, 2011 Decathlon, 2009 Heptathlon)


2012 Indoor: Broke the school record in pole vault, clearing 17-0 3/4 (5.20m) at the Jack Jennett Invitational ... was runner-up in heptathlon at league meet ... also took second in heptathlon at Jack Jennett Invite ... finished in the top-five both times competing in high jump on the season ... posted season-best leap at league championships, clearing 6-5 (1.96m) to take third ... also finished in top-10 all four times in pole vault on the season, including three top-three finishes. Outdoor: Was crowned league champion after easily winning the decathlon at the league championships ... also finished runner-up at the league meet in high jump ... twice cleared 15-9 (4.80m) in pole vault, good enough for third in UWM history ... also took third in the decathlon at the Big Blue Classic with a score of 6,290 points.

2011 Indoor: Won indoor pole vault championship for second-straight year ... just missed repeating as heptathlon champion, taking second by a mere 28 points ... also took second in high jump with a height of 6-6 1/4 ... broke the school record in pole vault at the Iowa State Cyclone classic, clearing 16-8 3/4 ... named Horizon League Field Athlete of the Week Feb. 1. Outdoor: Set league record in pole vault with a height of 16-4 3/4 ... took second in decathlon at league meet ... was named league Men's Outstanding Field Athlete of the Year ... posted school-record height of 16-10 3/4 in pole vault at Beach Invitational in Norwalk, Calif. ... jump of 6-9 1/2 in high jump at league championships was fourth in school history ... named league Field Athlete of the Week April 19.

2010 Indoor: Won individual championships in the pole vault and the heptathlon at the league meet ... also scored with a fifth-place showing in the high jump ... cleared 15-7 in the pole vault at three meets ... won the 60m hurdles, tied for first in the pole vault and took fourth in the long jump at the UWM Panther Tune-Up ... against Marquette, was second in the 60m hurdles, high jump and pole vault. Outdoor: Scored in three events at the league meet ... was third in both the 110m hurdles and pole vault ... also took fifth in the high jump.

2009 Indoor: Was runner-up in the heptathlon and third in the pole vault and high jump at the league championships ... heptathlon score (4,888) is second in school history ... posted a height of 6-8 1/4 in the high jump of the heptathlon, tying the fifth-best height in school history ... became the first vaulter in school history to clear 16 feet a week later at Iowa State's Last Chance Qualifier ... cleared 16-3 1/2 and took fourth ... placed third in the heptathlon at the Wisconsin Elite Invite and fourth at the Iowa State Cyclone Classic. Outdoor: Won a league title in the pole vault with a league and school-record height of 16-0 3/4 ... also took third in the decathlon, sixth in the high jump and 10th in the javelin ... initially set school pole vault mark of 16-0 3/4 at Rankin Invite, taking fourth.

High School
Lettered three times at Waterford Union High School ... qualified for the state meet in both the high jump and pole vault as a junior and senior ... had the third-best high jump and the fourth-best pole vault in the state as a senior ... pole vault is ranked 30th in the state's history (15-0) ... holds school records in the high jump and pole vault ... also played three years of soccer.

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