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2019 Cross Country Roster

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Kenny Vasbinder

  • Position Distance
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown East Aurora, N.Y.
  • Previous School East Aurora
  • College Columbia College

Biography

- 2019 Ivy League Cross Country Heps Champion (Individual)
- 2019 First Team Cross Country All-Ivy League
- 2018 NCAA East Region Prelims Qualifier (5,000m)
- 2018 Indoor Ivy League Heps Champion (5,000m)
- 2018 First Team Indoor All-Ivy League
- 2018 Second Team Outdoor All-Ivy League (10,000m)
- 2018 Second Team Cross Country All-Ivy League
- 2017 First Team Cross Country All-Ivy League
- 2016 Second Team Cross Country All-Ivy League

- 2016 NCAA Cross Country Championships Qualifier


2019-20 (Senior): (XC) Won two events during the season ... Ran a personal record time of 24:32.0 in the Five-Mile Run to win the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Nov. 1) individual title, the first Lion to do so since 2017 ... Won First Team All-Ivy League honors ... Clocked a 24:32.4 in the 8K at the Roy Griak Invitational (Sept. 28) to take first in the race ... Was Columbia's best finisher (32nd) at the Nuttycombe Invitational (Oct. 18) running a PR time of 24:06.1 in the 8K ... Finished 36th with a time of 29:42.6 in the 10K at the Northeast Regionals (Nov. 15). (Indoor) Ran a 8:21.63 in the 3,000-Meter Run at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge (Jan. 23-25) ... Clocked a 14:26.54 in the 5,000-Meter Run at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 29-Mar. 1). (Outdoor) Season canceled.

2018-19 (Junior): (XC) Third finisher for the Lions at the NCAA Division Northeast Regionals (Nov. 9); crossing the line 54th in the field with a 10K time of 32:22.4 ... Finished ninth overall at Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Oct. 27) with a 8K time of 24:52.4, earning Second Team All-Ivy honors ... Crossed the line 22nd overall at Princeton Invite (Oct. 14), finishing the 8K course in 24:39.5. (Indoor) Finished fifth in the 5,000m with a time of 8:27.00 at the Dartmouth-Yale-Columbia (Jan. 18) meet. (Outdoor) Did not participate in any events.

2017-18 (Sophomore): (XC) Earned First Team All-Ivy League honors with a fifth place finish in the Five-Mile at the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Oct. 27), crossing the line in 25:05.5 ... Finished fourth overall during the IC4A/ECAC XC Championships (Oct. 27), clocking a 25:19.1 ... Claimed eighth place in the 8K at the Sam Bell Invitational (Sept. 30) in 24:51.0 ... Took fifth during the Iona Meet of Champions (Sept. 15) running the 8K in 25:43.5. (Indoor) Won the 5,000m at the Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps (Feb. 24-25), overtaking the lead on the home stretch to finish in 14:25.49 for the title and First Team All-Ivy League honors ... Clocked a career best 8:08.68 in the 3,000m run during the Columbia Challenge (Jan. 26-27) ... Ran 4:15.89 in the One Mile Run during the NYC Gotham Cup (Jan. 19) for second place ... Ran a PR in the One-Mile, finishing in 4:10.52 for a second place finish at the Fastrack National Invite (Feb. 9). (Outdoor) Collected Second Team All-Ivy League honors with a second place finish in the 10,000-Meter Run at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 5-6) ... Set a PR in the 5,000m with a time of 14:01.37 at the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 20-21) ... Finished the 10,000m in a PR time of 30:24.44 to finish second at the Heps ... Crossed fifth in the 5,000m at the Heps with a time of 14:14.75 ... Ran the 5,000m in 14:43.17 at the NCAA East Region Prelims (May 24-26).

2016-17 (First-Year): (XC) Became first Columbian first-year to qualify for the NCAA Cross Country Championships (Nov. 19) in school history, where he finished the 10K course with a time of 31:05.4 … Earned a fifth place finish at the Stony Brook Invitational (Sept. 10), completing the 8K course in 25:54.2 … Led the Lions to gold at the Princeton XC Invitational (Oct. 15) with an 8K time of 24:27.2, taking fourth overall … Finished the Ivy League Cross Country Heps (Oct. 29) 8K race in 24:09.5, placing 11th overall to earn Second Team All-Ivy honors … Earned a 14th place finish at the NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships (Nov. 11) where his 10K time of 30:52.2 also helped the Lions a fifth place team finish. (Indoor) Did not participate in any events. (Outdoor) Posted a season best 14:23.46 in the 5,000-Meter Run at the Virginia Challenge (Apr. 21-22) ... Posted best finish in the 5,000m at the Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps (May 6-7) finishing 14th in 14:49.64.

Personal: Ran track and cross country at East Aurora High School in New York, earning 10 letters … Became the New York Class C State Champion in 2014 and 2015 … Claimed 21st at the 2016 Nike XC Nationals … Posted career bests of 4:15 in the 1 Mile and 9:19 in the 3,200m run … The son of Rachel Roth and Dave Vasbinder … Will attend Columbia College.

Career Bests

10K (XC)
- 29:42.6
NCAA Division I Northeast Region Cross Country Championships - Nov. 15, 2019
5 Mile (XC) - 24:32.0
Ivy League Cross Country Heps - Nov. 1, 2019
8K (XC) - 24:06.1
Nuttycombe Invitational - Oct. 18, 2019
10,000m (Outdoor) - 30:24.44
Ivy League Outdoor Track & Field Heps - May 5-6, 2018
5,000m (Outdoor) - 14:01.37
Virginia Challenge - Apr. 20-21, 2018
5,000m (Indoor) - 14:25.49
Ivy League Indoor Track & Field Heps - Feb. 24-25, 2018
3,000m (Indoor) - 8:08.68
Dr. Sander Invitational Columbia Challenge - Jan. 26-27, 2018
One Mile Run (Indoor) - 4:10.52
Fastrack National Invite - Feb. 9, 2018
One Mile Run (Outdoor) - 4:14.52
Ocean State Invitational - Apr. 13-14, 2018

Historical Player Information

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