Arkansas Highlights
- 2022 SEC Cross Country Freshman of the Year
- 2-time First-team All-America | Indoor (2)
- 2024 NCAA 5th | Distance Medley Relay
- 2023 NCAA 7th | Distance Medley Relay
- 2024 SEC Indoor Bronze | Distance Medley Relay
- 2024 SEC Indoor Bronze | Mile
- 2023 SEC Indoor Bronze | Distance Medley Relay
- 2023 SEC Outdoor Bronze | 5,000m
- 2022 SEC Indoor Silver | Distance Medley Relay
(2023-24)
Outdoor: Raced in the 5,000m at NCAA West First Round, posting a time of 14:18.40 to place 22nd … Finished fourth in the SEC 5,000m with a time of 13:39.52, also raced in 1,500m prelims, placing 15th in 3:47.34 … Established a career best of 13:32.98 for fifth in 5,000m at Bryan Clay Invitational.
Indoor: Ran anchor leg, splitting 3:56.02, on fifth place distance medley relay at NCAA Championships as Arkansas ran 9:28.88, the third best time in UA history … Member of SEC bronze medal distance medley relay, splitting 4:00.52 on anchor leg … Also bronze medalist in SEC mile with a 4:01.27 … Set career best times in four consecutive races … Opened season with December race at Boston University, running 13:36.86 in 5,000m to rank No. 5 on UA all-time list … 2:21.81 in 1,000m, placing second at Arkansas Invitational … 3:59.71 in mile for seventh place at Razorback Invitational … Placed third in 3,000m with a 7:46.96 at Boston College Eagle Elite, which ranks No. 5 on UA all-time list.
Cross Country: Placed 42nd in NCAA Championships while covering the 10k Virginia course in 29:53.8, just missing All-America status with top 40 finish … Third finisher among Arkansas squad that placed fourth in team scoring … Finished fifth in SEC Championships with a time of 22:50.2 on 8k course … Surprise individual winner at Virginia Pre-National meet with a time of 22:55.0 on 8k course … Runner-up in Chile Pepper Festival, running 23:36.6 on Agri Park 8k course … Won Oklahoma State Cowboy Preview with 14:55.3 time on 5k course.
(2022-23)
Outdoor: Bronze medalist in SEC 5,000m at LSU with a career best time of 14:07.30 … Competed in prelims of SEC 1,500m (3:53.33) … Raced in 1,500m (3:50.92) at NCAA West preliminary rounds … Opened outdoor campaign with 3:44.14 in 1,500m at Stanford Invitational … Produced a career best 3:42.43 in Bryan Clay Invitational 1,500m.
Indoor: Member of distance medley relay that finished seventh at NCAA Indoor, splitting 2:57.23 on first leg, and claimed bronze medal at SEC Indoor, where he split 3:57.29 on anchor leg … Also finished fifth in 3,000m at SEC Indoor in 7:58.47 … Member of school record distance medley relay as Razorbacks placed third in 9:22.13 at Arkansas Qualifier, splitting 2:52.59 on opening leg … Opened indoor season with 4:04.84 in mile at Arkansas Invitational, placing seventh … Set career best of 7:54.06 in 3,000m to finish 11th at Razorback Invitational … Clocked 4:00.60 in mile at Husky Classic to place eighth.
Cross Country: SEC Freshman of the Year … First Razorback to earn the conference honor since Matt Young in 2017 and is the 10th Razorback overall to receive the award since 2000 … Placed 21st in SEC Championships, covering the 8k course in 23:57.7 at Ole Miss to place fifth among Arkansas squad … Finished as the top freshman in the conference meet and covered the final 1k in 2:43.3, which was second best among field of 109 runners … Competing in the NCAA Championships, placed 155th with a best of 30:37.9 over 10k course, third among the Razorbacks … Improved 11 places over final 1k with a split of 3:13.5 in the national championship race, placing 12th among freshmen in the field … Opened season placing 10th in OSU Cowboy Preview, running 15:11.8 on 5k portion of the course … Placed sixth at Chile Pepper Festival held over 8k course at Agri Park with a time of 23:49.0 as he placed fourth among collegians and was second best among freshman … Finished 24th at the OSU Weis-Crockett Invitational, posting a time of 24:07.5 over 8k, and covered the final 1k in 2:50.7, which was the best in the field among 249 runners.
(2021-22)
Outdoor: did not compete for the Razorbacks during season.
Indoor: Finished fourth in SEC 3,000m with a career best time of 7:54.94 … Ran opening leg of 1,200m (2:56.66) silver medal distance medley relay (9:31.57) in conference meet … Opened season with a 2:27.25 in 1,000m at Arkansas Invitational … Posted a 7:55.37 in 3,000m debut at Razorback Invitational … Finished third in mile at Tyson Invitational with a career best 4:00.18 … Debut race at 800m produced 1:51.57 for ninth at Arkansas Qualifier.
2021 – Cross Country: did not compete for the Razorbacks during season.
HIGH SCHOOL
2021 graduate of The Woodlands Christian Academy … Coached by Tom Earle as well as Dan Green during his senior season … TAPPS state cross country champion as a junior and senior while team claimed four consecutive state team titles … Triple TAPPS state champion at 800m, 1,600m and 3,200m in 2021 … During 2019 season, finished as runner-up in those three events at TAPPS state meet … In 2021, won the 1,600m in a PR of 4:08.68 at Texas Distance Festival … Runner-up in mile with a PR of 4:07.40 at RunningLane Track Championships … Also, runner-up in 2 Mile with a PR of 8:48.90 at NSAF USA Meet of Champions … Among 2021 national high school list, ranked fifth in 3,000m, 10th in two-mile and 14th in mile.
HS best marks: 1:53.88 (800m), 4:08.58 (1,600m), 4:07.40 (Mile), 9:06.20 (3,200m), 8:48.90 (2 Mile)
Indoor: 4:19.05 (Mile)
XC: 14:39.6 (5k)
PERSONAL
Benjamin David Shearer was born December 15, 2002, in The Woodlands, Texas … Son of Lance and Leah Shearer … Has four older siblings, Luke, Logan, Hannah, and Josh, who is a member of the Arkansas track and field team … Father played baseball at Concordia University in Austin, Texas … Majoring in Mechanical Engineering with career plans to become an engineer … Favorite athlete is Craig Engels … Person most admires is his father … Can make a good cheesecake … Chose Arkansas since it has an amazing program, team, and facilities.
