Rutgers-Camden Athletics

Sprinter Ben Wilson earned a pair of letters during his freshman year at Rutgers-Camden, competing with both the indoor and outdoor track teams. He returned to both programs over the 2024-25 scholastic year.
 
Outdoor Track 2025: Competed in four meets, setting a PR in all four events that he ran…Notched a pair of PRs in the season-opening Stockton Invitational (March 22), finishing 39th of 47 in the 100-meter dash (12.50) and 26th of 36 in the 400-meter dash (56.54)…At the Danny Curran Invitational (March 29), placed 142nd of 160 in the 200-meter dash (25.34) and 12th of 15 with the 4x100 relay team (a PR of 44.63)…Placed 56th of 60 in the 400-meter dash (58.98) at the Ursinus College Track & Field Festival (April 5)…Set a PR of 25.12 and finished 114th of 129 in the 200-meter dash at the Paul Donahue Invitational (April 19), while also running on the 4x100 relay team (13th of 14, 45.89).
 
Indoor Track 2024-25: Competed in four meets, beginning with the FastTrack Opener (Dec. 6), when he placed 97th of 101 at 60 meters (7.94) and 92nd of 98 at 200 meters (26.30)…Set a 200-meter PR of 24.87 to finish eighth of 16 at the Collegeville Classic (Jan. 19)…At the Frank Colden Invitational (Feb. 8), finished 50th of 58 in the 60-meter dash (8.03) and 38th of 39 at 400 meters with a PR of 1:00.60…On the second day of the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Feb. 23), posted a time of 26.04 at 200 meters to place 29th of 29.
 

 
Indoor Track 2023-24: Competed in six meets, running six different events…Made his debut at the FastTrack Opener (Dec. 1), finishing 31st of 31 athletes in the 60-meter dash (8.57) and 53rd of 55 in the 400-meter dash (1:04.04)…In a busy meet at the Bow-Tie Invitational (Dec. 8), set a PR of 8.38 in the unseeded 60-meter dash to finish 37th of 39, placed 58th of 61 at 200 meters (27.79), was 22nd of 26 at 400 meters (1:05.84) and finished 14th of 14 with the 4x400 relay team (4:21.91)…Had a pair of PR times at the Collegeville Classic (Jan. 20), finishing 32nd of 38 in the 55-meter dash (8.46) and 62nd of 68 in the 200-meter dash (27.51)…Ran three events at the Frank Colden Invitational (Feb. 3), finishing 50th of 54 at 200 meters (27.71), 44th of 46 at 400 meters (1:02.54) and 13th of 13 with the 4x200 team (a PR of 2:02.34)…Set his PR of 3:18.48 with the 4x400 team while finishing 12th of 12 teams at the all-division FastTrack National Invite (Feb. 9)…Finished 23rd of 24 athletes with a PR time of 1:01.12 in the 400-meter dash at the New Jersey Athletic Conference Championships (Feb. 19).
 
High School: Graduated in 2023 from Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast Catholic High School.
 
Personal: Born August 9, 2005…Benjamin “Ben” Wilson…Hobbies include soccer, video games and cars…Computer Science major at Rutgers-Camden who plans to become a software engineer and create his own company…Ben is the son of Nadia, who lives in Philadelphia.