Devin Bennett

Height:
6-2
Weight:
176
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Renton, WA
High School:
Liberty HS

2015 -- Redshirted.

2014 -- On April 11 at the Mondo Challenge hosted by Sacramento State, finalized a runner-up decathlon score of 7,069 points (stacking up as the fifth-best in Mustang history among those tallied on post-1985 tables) ... his second-round javelin mark of 179 feet, 11 inches that day was the field's top performance — as were his pole vault of 13-9.25 and 1,500-meter time of 4 minutes, 24.55 seconds ... later set a new PR of 14-9 vaulting at the Bulldog Invitational on April 26 ... at the Big West Championships in Davis on May 10, finished second, with a score of 6,853, after establishing new career bests in the 400 (50.47) and shot put (39-10.75) ... then a week later, also came back to smash his PR by more than 13 feet in the javelin, at 193-2 (at the time ranking No. 12 in school history since 1986) ... also earned all-academic recognition from the conference office.

2013 -- Finished fourth in the decathlon at the Big West Championships, with a score of 6,989 ... had the conference's best 1,500-meter run in the decathlon (4:22.96) ... also had the team's top long jump during the season, at 21 feet, 10 inches, and tied for the best high jump, at 6-4.75.

2012 -- Finished eighth in the Big West decathlon, with 6,310 points ... at the Sam Adams Combined Events Invitational, won the 1,500 with a time of 4:26.66 ... at the UC Santa Barbara dual, had his best long jump of the year at 21-11, finishing second.

Prep -- A graduate of Liberty High School in Renton, Wash. ... also played cornerback in football for the Patriots ... earned the school's AP Scholar Award as a senior.

Personal -- Born on Oct. 6, 1992 in Bellevue, Wash. ... son of Wally and Audra ... has a brother, Keegan, and two sisters, Alena and Kara (who competed in track & field at Stanford) ... majors in mechanical engineering.