The 5-foot-8, 155-pound senior sprinter earned All-American status in the 400-meter dash at the Nike Outdoor Nationals this past season, and his seventh-place time of 47.32 seconds set a state record and ranked No. 99 nationally among prep boys competitors this spring. Bennett set a meet record in the 200-meter dash at the New England Prep School Track Association Division I Championships this past season, repeating as champion with a time of 21.29 seconds. Bennett also won a second straight 100 dash crown at the meet while helping the Big Red 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay quartets break the tape in those races. He earned meet MVP honors and led Phillips Exeter to the team title.
Bennett has maintained a B-plus average in the classroom. He will attend Princeton University, where he will compete in track and field, beginning this fall.
A Boston Globe All-Scholastic soccer player as well as a practiced drummer, Bennett has volunteered locally as part of multiple community service initiatives through his church.
