PREISNER Ben

World Cross Country Championships

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
16	Team Cross Country Long Distance	2019	Aarhus, DEN	347
77	Individual Cross Country Long Distance	2019	Aarhus, DEN	35:01

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

Chemical Engineering - University of Tulsa, United States of America

Partner Vanessa

English

British Columbia Endurance Project [Vancouver, BC, CAN]

Richard Lee [club]

He began running when he was in the ninth grade at school in Canada. "I joined Speed River Track and Field Club [in Guelph, ON, Canada] in grade nine and my coach Jeff Haller gave me a really good foundation, which made me fall in love with the grind and pursuing success in the sport." (runningincanada.home.blog, 02 Jan 2019)

He initially played ice hockey at school before switching to running. "I loved playing hockey, and my life definitely revolved around the sport for a very long time. It just eventually got to the point where in high school if you weren't moving up into the better leagues, then there wasn't really anywhere to go with the sport. In the end, I guess it just came down to a good introduction into the sport of running and a dwindling career in hockey." (runningincanada.home.blog, 02 Jan 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (runningincanada.home.blog, 02 Jan 2019)

Running a time of 2:10:17 to meet the qualifying standard for the 2020 Olympic Games on his marathon debut at The Marathon Project in Chandler, AZ, United States of America, in December 2020. (cbc.ca, 20 Dec 2020)

"It's a natural tendency of all runners to look back on a race and think about different ways you should have executed certain aspects, but part of growing up in the sport is just realising that you can't change anything after the race is over." (runningincanada.home.blog, 02 Jan 2019)