Ben Held

Minnesota State University Men’s CC Coach/Assistant T&F Coach (Pole Vault, Distance)

[Minn. St. Athletics @MinnStAthletics]

Men's and Women's Indoor Titles ✅
Men's and Women's Outdoor Titles ✅

@MinnStTrackXC is #BuildingChampions
#HornsUp

[Coach Chris Parno @ChrisParno]

7.89 60mh Prelim for Denisha Cartwright at the Larry Wieczorek Invite in Iowa City!

Tied for 🌎 lead with the final coming up!

World Standard ✅

[Ben Held @CoachHeldMSU]

It’s a good day to be a Mav:

Women’s soccer moves on to the NCAA Semifinals w/ a dub! ⚽️🏆

Football moves on to the semifinals with a dub! 🏈🏆

TRACK IS BACK w/ a lot of national marks! 🏃‍♂️💨🏃‍♀️💨🤘🤘

#TheHerdWay

[Maverick Compliance @MinnStRules]

Congratulations to @CoachHeldMSU for winning the Maverick Intercontinental Compliance Belt at today’s rules education meeting.

[Coach Chris Parno @ChrisParno]

Denisha's not done! 18th athletes automatically qualify for the semi-final and Denisha was 19th!

She will race again tomorrow in the new repechage round to secure one of the final 3 spots in the #Paris2024 semi-finals.

She smacked the first hurdle pretty good, we made the adjustment and she's ready for tomorrow!

[Coach Chris Parno @ChrisParno]

Context on Denisha's National Hurdle Race

# 1⃣ D2 all-conditions list (previous being 12.56)
# 1⃣ Current world athletics ranking (all-conditions)
# 5⃣ All-time on collegiate list across all divisions (all-conditions)

12.37 (+4.2) converts to 12.56 (+0.0) & 12.44 (+2.0)

In her final collegiate hurdle race, she cemented herself as one of the best! Plenty more to come!

#hurdles #hurdlers #hurdling #hurdle #track

[Minnesota State University T&F/XC @MinnStTrackXC]

Bring Us The Smoke 💨💨

The HERD Ready to roll with DAY 1 of the NCAA National Championships tomorrow!

Going in to the weekend the women are ranked #3️⃣ and the men ranked #5️⃣

Let the 🏆🏆 chasing begin!!

#HERD

[Minnesota State University T&F/XC @MinnStTrackXC]

The Hurdle Queen 👑

[NSIC @NorthernSunConf]

#NSICODTF Championship Record Alert🚨

@MinnStAthletics Paige Hickson set a new mark in the pole vault with a leap of 13-09.75 (4.21m).

#YourTimeToShine

https://t.co/V1d5l0hpt8

[Minnesota State University T&F/XC @MinnStTrackXC]

RECAP | MSU Men’s Outdoor T&F Wins Dozen Straight NSIC Titles 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

📒: https://t.co/3BwWb3aFGI

[Drake Relays @DrakeRelays]

𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 🧹

@MinnStTrackXC continued its domination of the college division sprint medley relay with a sweep of the men’s and women’s events for second straight year. The men won in 3:27.71 and the women won in 3:33.79.

#BlueOvalAttitude

[Ben Held @CoachHeldMSU]

The new Queen is here! @paige.hickson had herself a day with a PB and @minnsttrackcc outdoor school record of 4.27m!! Welcome to the 14-0 club!! #theherdway #benditandsendit

[NSIC @NorthernSunConf]

Just WOW!

[Minnesota State University T&F/XC @MinnStTrackXC]

The Mavericks are bringing a HERD down to Kansas!

National Qualifiers ready to bring home some hardware!

[Minnesota State University T&F/XC @MinnStTrackXC]

Women’s Track & Field Ascends to #1, Again!

📒: https://t.co/JzNAkdRdUv

[Minnesota State University T&F/XC @MinnStTrackXC]

Men’s Track & Field #5 in Division II this week!

📒: https://t.co/A43iCMoYVG

[Minnesota State University T&F/XC @MinnStTrackXC]

A height of 4.08m (13-04.50) in Women's Pole Vault earns Paige Hickson the NSIC Women’s Women's Performer of the Week honors and NCAA Dll rank #4 🤘

[Minnesota State University T&F/XC @MinnStTrackXC]

Cartwright, Hickson Named NSIC Athletes of the Week!

🔗: https://t.co/feAerOMFhn

[Minnesota State University T&F/XC @MinnStTrackXC]

Paige Hickson clears a height of 4.08m (13-04.50) and takes 1st with a new meet record in the Women's Pole Vault! With this height, Paige has taken the #4 spot on the NCAA D2 Indoor National Ranking!

[Ben Held @CoachHeldMSU]

@hoffner_todd @CoachHenning75 @salbalistrieri @keondre_bryant Throwing the batons! Thats a no no in our world!