Ben left for state Thursday, October 27, and ran that Friday the 28. Ben did really well for his first time at state. He placed 40th out of 115 runners with a time of 18:21.Here is how he said he felt at state, “I felt really good. It was an awesome experience for me. But right when I got to the starting line it all hit me at once and not going to lie I was really scared and it was weird not standing with my teammates and getting everyone hyped. Overall it was amazing with the crowd roaring when we ran by and how each runner was hyping everyone up even though it was state and we were supposed to be going head to head.“ This was a good season for all Cross Country runners!