Ben Pax

Class: Senior Hometown: Coldwater, Ohio High School: Coldwater

Event: Pole Vault

Career Bests

Pole Vault: 5.21 meters / 17-01.00

Career Highlights

Tied for fifth place at the 2008 NCAA Mideast Regional Championships, clearing a career-best 5.21 meters (17-01.00) and earning USTFCCCA All-Region honors.

Secured points for the Boilermakers at five career Big Ten Championship meets, notching a career-best showing of fifth at the 2006 outdoor championships.

Also placed sixth at the 2006 and 2008 indoor meets, tied for sixth at the 2008 outdoor championships and took home eighth at the 2007 indoor championships.

Personal Information

Benjamin Joseph Pax was born May 28, 1986, in Coldwater, Ohio.

Is the son of Steven and Marlene Pax.

Has two brothers, Josh and Alex, and one sister, Jessica.

Majoring in mechanical engineering.

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