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DeSales University Athletics

2023-24 Men's Track and Field Roster

Stephanie Graffin - DSU Student Assistant

Ben Phillippy

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Hershey, PA
  • Highschool Hershey
  • Major Supply Chain Management

Biography

As a Junior (2022-23) – Track & Field
·       Top times in indoor T&F were 1:59.44 (800-meters) and 4:35.58 (Mile).
·       Member of the 4x800 meter relay that won MAC Gold at the MAC Indoor Championships.
·       Placed eighth in the 800-meters at the MAC Indoor Championships.
·       Top times in outdoor T&F were 1:57.92 (800-meters) and 4:05.68 (1,500-meters).
·       Member of the 4x800 meter relay team that finished second and the 4x400 meter relay team that took fifth at the MAC Outdoor Championships.
·       Named CSC Academic All-District in CC/T&F.
·       Named to MAC Winter and Spring Academic Honor Roll
 
As a Junior (2022) – Cross Country
·       Placed 67th at the MAC Championships with a time of 28:02.6.
·       Named to MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
·       Top 8k time was 27:40.2 at the DeSales University Invitational.
 
As a Sophomore (2021-22) – Track & Field
·       Top times in indoor T&F were 2:00.49 (800-meters) and 4:35.37 (Mile).
·       Placed seventh in the 800-meters at the MAC Indoor T&F Championships.
·       Member of distance medley relay team and 4x800 meter relay team that each won MAC Gold at the MAC Indoor Championships.
·       Named to Academic All-MAC Team for Indoor T&F.
·       Top times in outdoor T&F were 1:59.93 (800 meters) and 4:09.10 (1,500 meters).
·       Named to MAC Winter and Spring Academic Honor Roll.
 
As a Sophomore (2021) – Cross Country
·       Placed 51st at the MAC Championships with a time of 29:10.9.
·       Top 8k time was 28:37.1 at the DII/III Challenge at Kutztown University.
·       Named to MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
 
As a First-Year (2020-21) – Track & Field
·       Top times in outdoor T&F were 1:59.69 (800-meters) and 4:17.09 (1,500-meters).
·       Named to MAC Winter and Spring Academic Honor Roll.
 
As a First-Year (2020) – Cross Country
·       Fall season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
·       Named to MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
 
Personal/High School
·       Son of Kim and John Phillippy.
·       Participated in cross country and track & field in high school.
·       Supply chain management major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21First-Year

    Mid-Distance
    5'11"
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
    5'11"
  • 2022-23Junior

    Mid-Distance
    5'11"
  • 2023-24Senior

    Mid-Distance
    5'11"