Fazio, Ben

Ben Fazio

  • Award
    Track Performer
  • Week Of
    2/27/2017
  • Sport
    Men's Track and Field
  • School
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Year
    Senior
  • Position
    Distance
  • Hometown
    East Greenwich, R.I.
  • High School
    East Greenwich
At the New York State Collegiate Track Conference (NYSCTC) Championship Meet at St. Lawrence, RPI senior Ben Fazio won the 1000 meters, defeating 10 others with a time of 2:29.99. The runner-up crossed in 2:33.11. Fazio also won the mile in a school, meet and facility record time of 4:10.24, with a 58.64 in the final 400. He was more than six seconds in front of the runner-up (4:16.84). The race had 14 entrants. Ben was named the Runner of the Meet and the Engineers captured the team title, defeating 12 other schools with 196.50 points.