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Ben Tijerina
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Antonio, Texas
- High School:
- Antonian College Preparatory HS
Bio
Tijerina's TFRRS Results
All-Time Rice Ranks (as of July 2025)
No. 6 10,000m (29:51.44)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2025 AAC Outdoor - 13th, 10,000, 31:48.24
2025 AAC Indoor - 11th, 3000m, 8:21.70
2024 NCAA South-Central XC - 56th, 10k, 31:19.5
2024 AAC XC - 22nd, 8k, 25:02.0
2024 AAC Outdoor - 10,000m, 9th, 31:39.85
2023 NCAA South Central (XC) - 10k, 43rd, 31:03.6
2023 AAC XC - 8k, 27th, 23:51.4
SUPERLATIVES
AAC Track Athlete of the Week - 3/26/24
ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 American All-Academic Team
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2022-23 C-USA Academic Medal
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024-25
XC: Ran at five races...Was 22nd at the AAC Championships and later finished 56th at the NCAA South-Central Regional...Finished 24th at the Rice Invitational...Indoor: Competed at four meets...Finished 11th at the AAC Indoor meet in the 3000m with a season-best time of 8:21.70...Outdoor: Ran at four meets...Won the 10,000m at the Victor Lopez Classic...Was 13th for the same event at the AAC Outdoor meet.
2023-24
XC: Ran at four meets...Finished 27th at the 2023 AAC Championships with a personal best time for an 8k race...Had a top 50 finish at the NCAA South Central regional, ending the race in 43rd...Outdoor: Competed at five meets...Finished ninth at the AAC Championships in the 10,000m...Won the 10,000m race at the Victor Lopez Classic.
2022-23
Red-shirt
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Antonian College Preparatory High School (San Antonio, Texas) where he competed for the Apaches under head coach Devlyn Lovell...was member of cross country state champions from 2018-20...named team cross country MVP in 2021, a season in which he was the TAPPS 6A individual champion...was academic all-state in 2020 and 2021...men's varsity cross country Newcomer of the Year in 2018...ran the 3200m in track and field...earned the president's award for Educational Excellence (Gold) in 2020-21...was an AP Scholar in 2021-22 and a College Board National Hispanic Scholar in 2021.
PERSONAL
Parents: Oscar and Kristina Tijerina (two sisters)...Rice College: Wiess...Major: Political Science.
All-Time Rice Ranks (as of July 2025)
No. 6 10,000m (29:51.44)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2025 AAC Outdoor - 13th, 10,000, 31:48.24
2025 AAC Indoor - 11th, 3000m, 8:21.70
2024 NCAA South-Central XC - 56th, 10k, 31:19.5
2024 AAC XC - 22nd, 8k, 25:02.0
2024 AAC Outdoor - 10,000m, 9th, 31:39.85
2023 NCAA South Central (XC) - 10k, 43rd, 31:03.6
2023 AAC XC - 8k, 27th, 23:51.4
SUPERLATIVES
AAC Track Athlete of the Week - 3/26/24
ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 American All-Academic Team
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2023-24 CSC Academic All-District
2022-23 C-USA Academic Medal
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024-25
XC: Ran at five races...Was 22nd at the AAC Championships and later finished 56th at the NCAA South-Central Regional...Finished 24th at the Rice Invitational...Indoor: Competed at four meets...Finished 11th at the AAC Indoor meet in the 3000m with a season-best time of 8:21.70...Outdoor: Ran at four meets...Won the 10,000m at the Victor Lopez Classic...Was 13th for the same event at the AAC Outdoor meet.
2023-24
XC: Ran at four meets...Finished 27th at the 2023 AAC Championships with a personal best time for an 8k race...Had a top 50 finish at the NCAA South Central regional, ending the race in 43rd...Outdoor: Competed at five meets...Finished ninth at the AAC Championships in the 10,000m...Won the 10,000m race at the Victor Lopez Classic.
2022-23
Red-shirt
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Antonian College Preparatory High School (San Antonio, Texas) where he competed for the Apaches under head coach Devlyn Lovell...was member of cross country state champions from 2018-20...named team cross country MVP in 2021, a season in which he was the TAPPS 6A individual champion...was academic all-state in 2020 and 2021...men's varsity cross country Newcomer of the Year in 2018...ran the 3200m in track and field...earned the president's award for Educational Excellence (Gold) in 2020-21...was an AP Scholar in 2021-22 and a College Board National Hispanic Scholar in 2021.
PERSONAL
Parents: Oscar and Kristina Tijerina (two sisters)...Rice College: Wiess...Major: Political Science.
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