Ben Fleming Season 2021

2022 Outdoor: Placed 13th in the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA Championships with his time of 8:37.79 to earn second team All-American honors ... Advanced to the NCAA Championships with a ninth-place finish at the NCAA East Prelims ... Won gold in the 3,000m steeplechase at the ACC Championships with a lifetime best performance of 8:31.97, the No. 2 time in Virginia Tech history ... Finished in second in the 1500m at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier with a PR of 3:41.25 ... Set a new personal best in the 5000m at the Raleigh Relays by running 13:57.73, the No. 6 time in school history.

2022 Indoor: Ran as part of the first-place distance medley relay at the ACC Championships, the team winning the title in 9:35.00 ... Finished 17th in the 3000m at the ACC Championships with a time of 8:09.27 ... Was part of the distance medley relay team that broke the JDL FastTrack facility record with their time of 9:32.96 to win the JDL DMR Invitational ... Finished eighth in the invitational section of the 3000m at the Camel City Invite with a lifetime-best time of 7:55.04, the No. 5 time in Virginia Tech history ... Set a new PR in the 1000m with a 2:22.40 to finish in eighth at the Hokie Invitational.

2021 Outdoor: Competed at the NCAA East Preliminaries, finishing 21st in the 3,000m steeplechase ... Finished fifth in the 3,000m steeplechase with a lifetime best time of 8:37.80 at the ACC Championships ... Set a PR of 3:44.40 in the 1500m at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier to finish fifth ... Took fourth at the Virginia Grand Prix with a time of 8:48.49 in the 3,000m steeplechase.

2021 Indoor: Ran the 1,600m anchor leg on the fifth place DMR team that ran a school record of 9:27.67 at the NCAA Championships ... Placed 16th in the 3,000m with a time of 8:08.12 at the NCAA Championships ... Earned bronze at the ACC Championships with a time of 4:00.01 in the mile ... Ran the opening 1,200m leg on the DMR team that took second at the Camel City Invitational with a time of 9:38.48 ... Set a PR in the 3,000m with a time of 7:58.02 to finish third at the Tiger Paw Invite ... Broke the four-minute-mile barrier at the Doc Hale Elite Meet with a lifetime best 3:59.47 to finish fourth ... Delivered a PR of 2:23.19 in the 1000m to finish fifth at the Hokie Invitational.

2020 Indoor: Placed sixth in the mile with a time of 4:03.24  at the ACC Championships … Also competed in the 3,000 meters, finishing with a time of 8:16.31 ... Won the 1,000 meters at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a time of 2:24.87 … Posted a time of 4:04.92 in the mile at the Iowa State Classic … Placed third in the 3,000 meters with a personal best time of 8:12.73 at the Camel City Invitational … Placed second with a time of 4:04.73 in the mile at the Hokie Invitational … Finished sixth with a t time of 2:27.39 in the 1,000 meters at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2019 Outdoor: Finished ninth in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the ACC Championships with a time of 9:05.99 … Came in second in the 3,000 steeplechase at the Duke Invitational with a personal-best time of 9:05.58 … Was 10th in the 1,500 at the Tennessee Relays, finishing in a time of 3:48.64 … Competed in the 5,000 at the Raleigh Relays and ran the distance in a time of 14:28.09.

2019 Indoor: Competed in the 3,000-meter race at the ACC Indoor Championships and ran the distance in a time of 8:22.51 … Ran the 3,000 at the Iowa State Classic in a time of 8:19.05 … Won the unseeded 3,000 at the Camel City Invitational with a time of 8:15.78 … Came in ninth in the mile at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 4:08.63 … Finished second in the mile at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 4:07.51.

2018 Outdoor: Crossed the finish line in a personal-best time of 9:08.76 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to finish 10th at the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Tallied a time of 9:21.85 in the 3,000-meter steeplechase to place sixth at the National Relay Championships … Collected a time of 1:57.31 in the 800 at the Duke Invitational … Clocked a time of 14:52.12 in the 5,000 to place seventh in the Tennessee Relays … Ran a time of 3:51.75 in the 1,500 at the Raleigh Relays.

2018 Indoor: Redshirted and ran as an unattached athlete at meets ... Clocked a time of 4:14.70 in the mile at the Liberty Kickoff … Ran a time of 8:25.23 in the 3,000 meters at the Keydet Invitational.

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 runs 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 management.

Fleming's Track and Field Career Bests

IndoorOutdoor

1,000m — 2:22.40, Hokie Invitational (2022)
Mile — 3:59.47, Doc Hale Elite Meet (2021)
3,000m — 7:55.04, Camel City Invite (2022)

800m — 1:57.31, Duke Invitational (2018)
1,500m — 3:41.25, Liberty Twilight Qualifier (2022)
3,000m steeplechase — 8:31.97, ACC Championships (2022)
5,000m — 13:57.73, Raleigh Relays (2022)