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2026 Men's Track & Field Roster
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Ben Batalden
- Position:
- Distance
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Minneapolis, Minn.
- High School:
- Southwest
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St. Thomas Records
Outdoor
4x800m Relay: 7:28.39 (Drake Relays, April 22, 2026)
2026
Indoor
Qualified for the 800m at the Summit League Indoor Championships, posting a season-best time of 1:53.59 in the preliminaries... recorded a fifth-place finish in the 800m at the Snowshoe Open with a time of 1:56.31... placed fourth in the mile at the University of St. Thomas Invite with a time of 4:21.86... added a third-place finish in the 600m at the M City Classic and a seventh-place finish in the 1000m at the Mark Schuck Open and Multi... totaled three top-five finishes.
Outdoor
Helped the distance medley relay set a program record with a time of 7:28.39 at the Drake Relays... recorded a season-best 800m time of 1:52.63 to finish third at the Joe Sweeney Invite... placed 21st in the 800m preliminaries at the Summit League Outdoor Championships... posted sub-1:56 performances in three meets, including a 1:54.08 at the Cyclone Twilight and a 1:55.32 at the Gene Glader Invitational... finished seventh in the 800m at the Gene Glader Invitational and third at the Joe Sweeney Invite... totaled two top-10 finishes during the outdoor season.
2025
Indoor
Competed in seven meets... part of DMR that finished fifth in 10:16.73, the 10th fastest time in program history, at the Summit League Championships... set a personal best at the M City Indoor Classic with a time of 1:23.98 in the 600m run placing third... set another personal best at the Mark Schuck Open and Multi with a time of 2:34.22 in the 1000 and placing eighth... won the 800m run at the Jack Johnson Classic... totaled four top-three and six top-10 finishes.
Outdoor
Competed in seven meets... ran 51.54 in the 400m dash, his only of the season, at the Ashton May Invitational to finish 10th... placed ninth in the 800m run at the Meet of the UnSaintly with a time of 1:54.88, a personal best... recorded a personal best in the 1500m run at the University of St. Thomas Easter Invitational with a time of 4:07.29... totaled three top-10 finishes.
High School
A letter winner in cross country and track & field at Southwest High School under head coach Jaime Yaeck.
Personal
Son of Heda and Matt and has one sibling, Maja... mother competed in tennis at Southwest Minnesota State from 1996-98 and his father competed in swimming at St. Olaf in 1989... a general business major at St. Thomas.
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