On this day in 2013, Fort Myers alumnus Tyler Bennett raced his way to a then Florida No. 2, now Florida No. 3 5k with his 14:52 performance at the Foot Locker South Regional.
Top Florida Boys Foot Locker Finishers 2013
Tyler Bennett - 7th - 14:52
Sukhi Khosla - 19th - 15:11
Zack Summerall - 34th - 15:28
Garrett Camps - 35th - 15:29
Tyler Stahl - 40th - 15:31
Alex Pedraza - 41st - 15:32
Kurt Convey - 43rd - 15:33
Manny Velasquez - 44th - 15:33
Adam Bradtmueller - 45th - 15:33
Charles Shackelford - 66th - 15:43
Connor Ferrentino - 70th - 15:45Bennett was the lone Florida boy to qualify to Foot Locker Nationals in San Diego this year along with Karen Xiang of Nease qualifying as the lone Florida girl.
After a historic senior cross country season, Bennet closed out his senior running career with a 9:16 3200m and 4:23 1600m PRs on the track and a third place finish in the 3200m race at the FHSAA 3A Track and Field State Championship.
Take a listen to his post-race thoughts back on Nov. 30, 2013.
