2018 Men's Cross Country Roster

AJ Harrison

Zack Benning

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Hastings, Minn.
  • High School Hastings
  • Height 6-0

Biography

Eligibility (Cross Country): Redshirt Senior
Eligibility (Indoor/Outdoor Track): Redshirt Senior/Redshirt Senior

Notables

  • Academic All-Big Ten Honoree
    • Cross Country - 2015, 2017, 2018
    • Track & Field - 2018

2018-19 Season

2019 Outdoor Track: Competed at the Big Ten Championship (5/11) and took eighth place in the steeplechase with a time of 9:04.76... won the 1500 meters with a time of 3:49.86 at the Wisconsin Alumni Classic (5/3) ... was a member of the winning 4xMile relay team that finished with an overall time of 16:39.82 at the Penn Relays (4/27) ... placed 17th overall in the 3000 meter steeplechase with a personal best time of 9:04.39 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/18) ... competed in the 3000 meter steeplechase for the first time in his career as a Badger at the Stanford Invitational (3/29), finishing 12th with an overall time of 9:15.25.

2019 Indoor Track: Took 22nd overall in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:17.24 at the Iowa State Classic (2/8-9)

2018 Cross Country: Did not compete

2017-18 Season

2018 Outdoor Track: Ran the 10,000 meters in 31:29.42 to place 18th overall at the Big Ten Championships (5/11) ... finished  21st overall in the 5000 meters with a personal best time of 14:22.96 at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/20) ... ran the 10,000 meters in 29:42.11 to finish 25th overall at the Stanford Invite (3/30)

2018 Indoor Track: Finished twelfth overall in the seeded section of the 3000 meters with a time of 8:22.88 at the Big Ten Indoor Championship (2/23) ... ran a personal best of 14:18.54 in the 5000 meters to place 24th overall at the Iowa State Classic (2/9-10) ... won the invite section of the 3000 meters, crossing the line in 8:16.16, marking a new personal-best at the Larry Wieczorek Invite (1/19-20) ... finished fifth overall in the 3000 meters with a time of 8:31.01 at The Dual (1/13)

2017 Cross Country: Placed 232nd overall and sixth for the Badgers at the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational (10/13) with a time of 26:51.7 (8K) ... finished sixth overall and fourth for Wisconsin at the Wisconsin 'Mayflower Day' Open (9/16) with a time of 26:12.2 (8K) ... placed 20th overall and second for the Badgers at the Illinois State Invite (9/8) with a time of 25:24.6 (8K) ... finished 35th overall and fourth for Wisconsin at the Indiana University Open (9/2) with a time of 26:28.5 (8K)

2016-17 Season

2017 Outdoor: Did not compete

2017 Indoor: Did not compete

2016 Cross Country: Finished third at the Badger Classic (9/23) with a time of 19:01.8 (6K) ... placed 17th overall and seventh for UW at the Oz Memorial Invitational (9/9) with a time of 20:44.9 (4-mile)

2015-16 Season

2016 Outdoor: Competed unattached in the 5000 meters finishing 25th in 14:56.07 at the UW-Platteville Invitational (4/16)

2016 Indoor: Took a fourth place finish in the 3000 meters in 8:32.06 at the Red and White Open (2/19)

2015 Cross Country: Placed 30th overall and sixth for the Badgers at the Badger Opener (9/4) with a time of 20:01.1 (6K)

2014-15 Season

2015 Outdoor: Redshirt season

2015 Indoor: Redshirt season

2014 Cross Country: Redshirt season ... Finished 12th overall with a time of 18:34 (6K) while running unattached at the Badger Opener (9/5)

High School

Finished second in the 3200 meters at the 2014 Minnesota state meet in 9:02.71... placed fifth at the 2013 Class 2A state cross country meet after completing the 5000-meter race in 15:36.20...was 13th at the 2013 Class 2A cross country finishing in 15:51.20 ... claimed fourth at the 2013 Class 2A state track meet in the 3200 meters with a school-record time of 9:02.37.

Personal

Major is Neurobiology...Parents are Pat and Juli Dorsey and Tom and Jackie Daley...has four younger siblings Avery, Derek, Maddy and Adam...his dad, Pat, played basketball at Northern State University.

Why Wisconsin?

"I chose Wisconsin because it gives me the perfect balance of great academics and great athletic tradition."

Personal Bests

Indoor Outdoor
3000 Meters 8:16.16 1-20-18 5000 Meters 14:22.96 4-20-18
5000 Meters 14:18.54 2-9-18 10,000 Meters 29:42.11 3-30-18
Cross Country
6 Kilometers 18:18 9-6-13
4 Mile 20:44.9 9-9-16
8 Kilometers 25:24.6 9-8-17

At the Big Ten Championships
2019 - Outdoor
Steeplechase- 8th (9:04.76)

2018 - Outdoor
10,000 Meters- 18th (31:29.42)

2018 - Indoor
3000 Meters - 12th (8:22.88)

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2015Redshirt Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2016Redshirt Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2017Redshirt Junior

    6'0"
  • 2018Redshirt Senior

    6'0"