Ben Fleming Season 2021

2021: Set a career best in a 10k race by running 30:14.4 to finish 30th at the NCAA Southeast Regional ... Finished 25th in the 8k at the ACC Championships with a time of 24:19.8 ... Ran a five-mile PR of 24:33.5 at the Joe Piane Invitational ... Earned a second-place finish over 8k at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational, running 24:51.7 ... Won the 6k race at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 19:07.3.

2020: Was 49th at the ACC Championships (8K) with a time of 24:18.1 … Came in 18th at the Panorama Farms Invitational (8K) with a time of 24:40.6 … Finished 16th overall at the Virginia Tech Invitational (8K) with a time of 25:22.4.

2019: Competed at the ACC Championships (8K) and ran the course in a time of 25:54.6 …Competed at the Pre-National Invitational (8K) and ran the course in a time of 25:02.4 … Took 12th at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invitational (8K) with a time of 25:21.3 … Was 11th overall at the Virginia Tech Invitational (6K) with a time of 19:03.9.

2018: Came in 64th overall at the NCAA Southeast Regional (10K) with a time of 31:41.3 … Finished 65th overall at the ACC Championships (8K) with a time of 24:57.1 … Was 46th at the Penn State National Open with a time fo 25:47 … Came in ninth at the Paul Short Run (8K) with a time of 24:40 … Finished seventh at the VT Alumni Invite (7.5K) in a time of 24:18.4.

2017: Took a redshirt year … Competed unattached at the Hokie Open (6K) and came in sixth overall with a time of 18:51.0 … Ran unattached at the Virginia Tech Alumni Invite (8K) and finished 12th with a time of 25:20.5 … Ran unattached at the Hokie Invite (6K) and was fifth overall with a time of 18:48.9.

High school: A four-year letterwinner in cross country while at Blacksburg High … Earned All-Group 3A honors in cross country as both a junior and a senior … Came in second at the Group 3A state cross country meet as a senior to guide his team to the state championship … Ran the course in 16:10 … Also led Blacksburg High to three consecutive district and regional championships in cross country … A four-year letterwinner in indoor track and field … Led Blacksburg to the Group 3A state championship in indoor track as a senior … Won the state title in the 1,000 as a senior … Won the state title as a member of the 4x800-meter relay as a junior … Earned all-state honors in outdoor track and field as both a junior and a senior … Won the state title in the 3,200 and as a member of the 4x800-meter relay during the outdoor season as a senior … Was the team MVP in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track as a senior.

Personal: Born April 12, 1999 in Columbia, Maryland … The son of Jon and Karen Fleming … Has an older sister, Jenn, who ran on the cross country and track and field team at Virginia Tech … Has two uncles who wrestled at Tech - Clifton and Jeff Kraisser … Major is human development.