Ben Hartinger

Height:
6-4
Weight:
185
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Escondido, CA
High School:
San Pasqual HS

2016 -- Was only eight-thousandths of a second back of a second consecutive all-conference accolade, finishing fourth in the 110-meter hurdles at the Big West Championships, with a time of 14.44 seconds at Long Beach State on May 14 on FOX Sports Prime Ticket ... posted three second-place finishes earlier in the season: 14.57 seconds at the CenCal Twilight meet in Clovis on March 22, 14.81 at the 34th annual Cal Poly ShareSLO Invitational on March 26, and 14.50 at the Bulldog Invitational hosted by Fresno State on April 23 ... clocked a 14.48 in the prelims at the conference championships to advance to the final.

2015 -- Ran the sixth-fastest 110-meter hurdles time in school history, 14.43 seconds, at the Cal Poly Invitational on March 28 (helping the Mustangs defeat both Pepperdine and CSU Bakersfield) ... went on to earn an all-conference plaque in the event at the Big West Championships on May 16, coming in third place with a finish of 14.53 seconds at UC Riverside ... also added wins at the Big West Double Dual competition on March 14 (at 14.45) and the Fresno State Twilight meet on March 24 (14.50).

2014 -- Had the team’s second-best 110m hurdles time over the course of the season, 14.48 — tied for No. 6 in school history — at the ShareSLO Invitational on March 29 (when the Mustangs swept Fresno State, CSU Bakersfield and Pepperdine) ... was seventh at the UC Irvine-hosted Spring Break Invitational on March 22, in 14.88, and then fourth at the Cal-Nevada Championships in La Jolla on April 4, at 14.84 ... added a win in the 400m hurdles at the Blue-Green Rivalry Dual Meet at home, at 54.78 (the team’s fastest all season) on May 3.

Prep -- At San Pasqual High School in Escondido, established school records in the 110-meter hurdles (at 14.39 seconds, winning the 2013 San Diego Section title) and 300m hurdles (38.44, good for runner-up status at the section finals) ... advanced to the 2013 CIF State Championships in both events, taking third in the 110m prelims and seventh at the 300m distance ... also played water polo for the Eagles ... belonged to the National Honor Society and was named the school’s Male Student-Athlete of the Year.

Personal -- Born on Sept. 28, 1995 in Poway ... son of Doug and Cara ... has a brother, Sam, a high jumper, long jumper and triple jumper at Southern Oregon ... majors in civil engineering.