blank  Dwayne Benoit
	Class: Freshman Hometown: Abilene,Texas High School: Cooper HS Height / Weight: 6-2 / 175 Event: Distance Experience: HS

2000 CROSS COUNTRY: Came in 12th at season-opening ACU Classic (9/1) with time of 22:56.64 ... Finished 17th at Red Raider Open (9/9) with mark of 27:52 ... Posted time of 26:14.28 at Sundodger Invitational (9/23) ... Finished with time of 27:21 at Cowboy Jamboree (9/30) ... Posted mark of 34:38.8 at Pre-National Meet (10/14) ... Finished Big 12 Championships (10/28) in time of 27:22 ... Posted mark of 34:58.4 at NCAA Mountain Regionals (11/11).

HIGH SCHOOL: 2000 graduate of Cooper High School in Abilene, Texas ... Team won cross country district titles in 1996 and '99 ... Also won track district titles in 1996 and '97 ... Individual district champion in cross country during 1996, '97 and '99 ... Finished eighth at state cross country meet in '99 ... District champion in track in 1,600 in 2000 and 3,200 in '99 and '00 ... 2000 Texas Relays 1,600 champion ... 2000 5A state champion in 1,600 ... Best time in 1,600 is 4:12.63, in 3,200 is 9:26.75 ... Member of National Honor Society ... Member of cross country and track teams ...

PERSONAL: Born February 16, 1982, in Las Vegas, Nev. ... Son of Clarence and Sandra Benoit ... Undecided major.