Begin’s Performance History and Personal Bests
2015-16 SEASON
Indoor (Senior): Earned All-Summit League honors in the 60m hurdles, placing 3rd at the Summit League Championships in 8.24 seconds … Also ran on NDSU’s 4x400m relay team that finished 2nd at the league meet … Clocked a personal-best 60m hurdles time of 8.11 seconds at the Thundering Herd Classic on Feb. 13 … Ended his career tied for 9th-fastest in NDSU history in the 60m hurdles … Season-best 200m time of 22.43 seconds.
Outdoor (Senior): Shattered the NDSU school record in the 110m hurdles, running 13.78 seconds for a runner-up finish at the Summit League Championships on May 14 … Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in the 110m hurdles, finishing 20th overall in 14.01 seconds … Placed 4th in the 400m hurdles at the conference meet … Season-best 400m hurdles time of 52.73 at the Stanford Invitational … Anchored the Bison to a school-record time of 57.75 seconds in the shuttle hurdle relay at the Drake Relays on Apr. 30.
2014-15 SEASON
Indoor (Junior): Qualified for the 400m dash final at the Summit League Championships, but finished 8th after sustaining an injury … Indoor personal-best 400m dash time of 49.39 at the Thundering Herd Classic on Feb. 7.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Did not compete.
2013-14 SEASON
Indoor (Redshirt): Competed at only the Dakota Duals on Dec. 6, missing the remainder of the season due to injury ... Clocked 1:22.07 to win the 600m run in Dakota Duals record time and ran 8.35 in the 60m hurdles.
Outdoor (Junior): NDSU's only multiple-event champion at the Summit League Outdoor Championships, defending his 400m hurdles title in 52.30 and anchoring the Bison 4x400m relay team to a title ... Ended the season ranked No. 4 on the NDSU all-time list in the 400m hurdles at 52.30 ... Ran the leadoff leg on the Bison shuttle hurdle relay team that finished second at the Drake Relays with the No. 2 time in school history ... Ran the 400m hurdles under 53 seconds four times.
2012-13 SEASON
Indoor (Sophomore): All-Summit League performer in the 200m dash and 400m dash, placing third in both events at the Summit League Indoor Championships ... Member of NDSU's 4x400m relay team that took runner-up honors at the league meet ... Season-best times of 22.27 in the 200m dash and 49.52 in the 400m dash ... Also ran 35.55 in the 300m at the Dakota Duals in December.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Summit League champion and NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the 400m hurdles ... Won the 400m hurdles at the league meet in 52.43 ... Ran a personal-best time of 52.41 for 27th place at the NCAA West Prelims ... Also took fifth in the 110m hurdles at the conference meet, running a season-best 14.82 in the prelims ... Member of the NDSU 4x400m relay team that placed third at the Summit League Championships.
2011-12 SEASON
INDOOR (Freshman): Competed in the 200m dash, 400m dash and 60m hurdles ... finished ninth in the prelims of the 400m at the Summit League Indoor Championships ... 12th in the 200m prelims at the conference meet ... season-best 60m hurdles time of 8.45 seconds ... season-best 400m time of 49.69 at the Bill Bergan Invitational on Jan. 28 ... season-best 200m time of 22.70 at the Summit Championships.
OUTDOOR (Freshman): Placed in the 400m hurdles and 110m hurdles at the Summit League Outdoor Championships ... fourth in the 400m hurdles at the conference meet in 53.11 ... sixth in the 110m hurdles at the Summit Championships in 14.98 seconds ... anchored the Bison 4x400m relay to a runner-up finish at the conference meet ... finished the year at No. 7 on the NDSU all-time list in the 400m hurdles after running 52.73 at the NDSU/UND Dual on May 4 ... ran the leadoff leg on the Bison shuttle hurdle relay team that set the school record and took runner-up honors at the Drake Relays in 58.05 seconds.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year letterwinner at Buffalo High School...Two-time Minnesota state runner-up in the 300 meter hurdles...Finished second in the 110 meter hurdles as a junior and third as a senior...Three-time regional champion in 300 meter hurdles, two time champ in 110 meter hurdles...Won conference titles in both 110 and 300 meter hurdles as a junior and senior...School record holder in both 110 and 300 meter hurdles... Also holds conference and section records in 300 hurdles...Also played football, basketball and baseball.
PERSONAL: Son of Perry and Sharon Begin ... Majoring in exercise science.
