2024 Men's Cross Country Roster

Bennett Booth-Genthe (he/him)

  • Class Fifth Year
  • Hometown Pottstown, Pa.
  • Highschool The Hill School
  • INFLCR bennett-booth-genthe

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Competed for the Wildcats during the 2024 cross country season ... Came to Villanova as a graduate transfer after being a Division III national champion and four-time All-American at Pomona-Pitzer ... Won the 2024 indoor national title in the mile and had a lifetime PR of 4:00.33 prior to arriving at Villanova ... Tallied four career top-four finishes at the Division III national championships, including his NCAA title to go along with runner-up finishes in the 800 meters (2024 outdoor) and the mile (2023 indoor) ... Four-time individual conference champion while at Pomona-Pitzer ... His PRs in the mile and the 800 meters (1:48.08) each came during his senior year ... Graduated from Pomona College in 2024 and enrolled at Villanova to pursue a Master of Education degree ... Named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll for the Fall 2024 semester.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
400 Meters 49.56 PP Invite (4.6.2024)
800 Meters 1:48.08 Bryan Clay Invitational (4.12.2024)
1500 Meters 3:44.96 Bryan Clay Invitational (4.15.2023)
Mile 4:00.33 Sharon Colyear-Danville Season Opener (12.2.2023)
5000 Meters 14:36.80 Oxy Distance Carnival and Spring Break Classic (3.12.2022)
6000 Meters (XC) 19:58.6 Temple Owls Cross Country Invitational (8.30.2024)
8000 Meters (XC) 24:39.4 Highlander Invitational (10.15.2022)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2024 OUTDOOR
All-American 800 Meters
SCIAC Champion 1500 Meters
2024 INDOOR
NCAA Champion Mile
All-American Mile
2023 OUTDOOR
All-American 800 Meters
SCIAC Champion 800 Meters
SCIAC Champion 1500 Meters
2023 INDOOR
All-American Mile
2022 OUTDOOR
SCIAC Champion 800 Meters
 
 
CAREER NCAA RESULTS
2024 OUTDOOR (MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. | DOUG SHAW MEMORIAL STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 24 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 1:51.99 3rd
May 25 800 Meters (Final) 1:48.89 2nd
2024 INDOOR (VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. | VIRGINIA BEACH SPORTS CENTER)
Date Event Time Place
March 8 Mile (Preliminary Heats) 4:11.94 2nd
March 9 Mile (Final) 4:04.23 1st
2023 OUTDOOR (ROCHESTER, N.Y. | POLISSENI TRACK & FIELD COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
May 26 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 1:49.47 6th
May 27 800 Meters (Final) 1:49.69 4th
2023 INDOOR (BIRMINGHAM, ALA. | BIRMINGHAM CROSSPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
March 10 Mile (Preliminary Heats) 4:07.48 2nd
March 11 Mile (Final) 4:03.64 2nd
2022 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
May 26 1500 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 3:57.15 19th
 
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Pomona-Pitzer: Division III indoor national champion in the mile as a senior in 2024 … Became the 20th men’s track & field athlete for the Sagehens to win a national title … Posted a winning time of 4:04.23 in the championship race after coming in second overall in the preliminary heats a day earlier … Four-time Division III All-American with four career top-four NCAA finishes … Runner-up at the NCAA Championships in the mile indoors in 2023 and the 800 meters outdoors in 2024 … Also tallied a fourth place outdoor finish in the 800 meters in 2023 … Four-time SCIAC individual champion outdoors … Won two gold medals each in the 800 meters and the 1500 meters, including pulling off a double in those events in 2023 … Won his first SCIAC championship in the 800 meters in 2022 and added another in the 1500 meters in 2024 … Member of two 4x400 meter relay teams which won conference medals (silver in 2023, bronze in 2022) … His lifetime best marks in the 800 meters (1:48.08) and the mile (4:00.33) came during his senior year.
 
Personal: Born 9/27/01 … One of four children of Catherine Booth and Terri Genthe … Siblings are Cal, Joy and Alia … Graduated from Pomona College in 2024 and enrolled in graduate school at Villanova to pursue a Master of Education degree.