THE OFFICIAL ATHLETICS SITE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA LIONS

UNA 2015: Earned second-team All-Gulf South Conference honors in 2015...Ran in all six meets for the Lions…UNA’s No. 2 runner behind Justin Watson in the first two meets of the year and was the Lions’ top performer in the final four events…Top finishes were fifth at the Fleet Feet/Earl Jacoby Memorial, sixth at the Watson Ford Invitational, 12^th at the Sewanee Invitational and 14^th at the Gulf South Conference Championships…UNA 2014: Ran in all seven meets for the Lions in 2014...Top finish was 14th at the Choctaw DII Challenge...22nd at the Watson Ford Invitational...28th at the Gulf South Conference Championships and 71st in the NCAA Division II South Regional...UNA 2013: Finished among UNA’s top three finishers in all five meets in 2013…Best finish was 22nd at the Falcon Classic…HIGH SCHOOL: Ran at Haleyville High School under coach Howie Lyons…A member of state runner-up team in 2010…A two-time all-state cross country runner in 2010 and 2012…PERSONAL:  Full name is Adam Benefield…Born on August 19, 1995…Son of Daryl and Kathy Benefield…Majoring in Nursing.
2013 Meets
Fleet Feet/Earl Jacoby Memorial                    39th     30:05
Rhodes College Invitational                            97th     29:39
Watson Ford Invitational                                  33rd     30:34
Falcon Classic                                                 22nd    30:19
Gulf South Conference Championships           49th     28:54
2014 Meets
Fleet Feet/Earl Jacoby Memorial                    53rd     28:16
Rhodes College Invitational                            56th     27:57
Watson Ford Invitational                                  22nd    27:40
Falcon Classic                                                 53rd     28:31
Choctaw DII Challenge                                    14th     26:58
Gulf South Conference Championships           28th     27:27
NCAA Division II South Regional                     71st      35:35
2015 Meets
Sewanee Invitational                                       12^th      27:00
Fleet Feet/Earl Jacoby Memorial                    5^th        26:57
Rhodes College Invitational                             23^rd      26:46
Watson Ford Invitational                                  6^th        26:40
Gulf South Conference Championships           14^th      26:13
NCAA Division II South Regional                     32^nd      35:11