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2012-13 Track and Field Roster

Cory Beenken

  • Position
    Hurdles
  • Weight
    0
  • Class
    Senior
  • Hometown
    Kansas City, Mo.
  • Highschool
    Park Hill South

Biography

WSU All-Time Top-10 Lists

  • #6 in the outdoor 110-meter hurdles (14.19)
  • #7 in the indoor 60-meter hurdles (8.12)
NCAA West Preliminary Qualifier - 2010; 2012

 


2013 (SENIOR): INDOOR- Placed seventh in the 60m hurdles at the MVC Indoor Championships with a time of 8.25. Posted a season best time of 8.20 in the 60m hurdle preliminaries at the conference meet to qualify for the final. Finished in the top 10 in the 60m hurdles in each of the six meets he competed in during the 2013 indoor season. OUTDOOR- Finished second in the 110 hurdles at the Track-It-Buster with a time of 14.91. Ran a season best time of 14.78 to place 10th at the MVC Outdoor Championships. Placed fourth in the 400m hurdles at the Skechers SFA Alumni Invitational.

2012 (JUNIOR): INDOOR - Finished a season-best third in the 60-meter hurdles at the Herm Wilson Invitational with a time of 8.25...His personal-best time of 8.12 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Adidas Classic ranks among Wichita State's all-time top 10...Posted a personal-best time of 22.34 at the SPIRE Division I Indoor Track & Field Invitational in the 200 meters...OUTDOOR - Ran a personal-best time of 14.19 in the 110-meter hurdles at the MVC Outdoor Championships and again in the NCAA West Preliminary Round...Season-best third-place finish came at the Track-It Buster Invitational in the 110-meter hurdles...Also ran in the 400-meter hurdles, posting a season-best finish of fifth at the Track-It Buster Invitational.

2011 (SOPHOMORE): INDOOR - Competed in six meets for the Shockers...finished a season-best fifth place twice in the 60-meter hurdles at the Herm Wilson Classic (8.38) and MVC Championships (8.14). His time in the MVC Championships was a personal best and ranked seventh on the WSU all-time list...OUTDOOR - Competed in seven meets for the Shockers...finished a season-best fifth place in the 400-meter hurdles in the BCS Buster Invitational (54.63).

2010 (FRESHMAN): INDOOR - Moved into the WSU all-time list in the 60m hurdles at the MVC Championships with a time of 8.18, placing fourth...Set a personal best in the 400m dash at the Shocker Quad (52.32) and in the 200m dash at the Iowa State Classic (23.09)...Finished 20th at the Kansas State Open in the 60m dash with a time of 7.29...OUTDOOR - Reached the NCAA West Prelims by running a personal best time of 14.61 in the 110m hurdles at the MVC Championships, placing fifth...Was first across the line in the 110m hurdles at the Emporia State Invitational (14.91)...Came in third at Emporia State in the 400m hurdles (55.09)...Was seventh in the 400m hurdles with a personal best time of 54.65 at the MVC Championships to come in seventh overall.

 

Park Hill South: Was all-state during junior and senior years in the 110m and 300m hurdles...Won state title in 300m hurdles.

Personal: Born Jan. 9, 1991...Son of Kevin and Jonna Beenken...Plans to major in exercise science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    Hurdles
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    Hurdles
  • 2011-12Junior

    Hurdles
  • 2012-13Senior

    Hurdles