Ruben Belen

Class:
Redshirt
Hometown:
Medina, Oh.
High School:
Medina High School

2009 Freshman Season

Indoor – Posted the team’s second-fastest time of the season in the 60-meter hurdles with an 8.50 at the Akron Dual…his 4,644 points in the heptathlon at the Golden Flash Gala was the team’s second-most of the season.

Outdoor – Finished the 110-meter hurdles in 15.21 at the Northeast Ohio Quad, the team’s second-fastest finish of the season…compiled 6,407 points in the decathlon at the MAC Championships to finish fifth and rank 10th all-time in school history.

Prior to Kent State

Earned All-American status when he finished fifth in the pentathlon at the 2008 Nike Indoor Nationals with a total of 3,279 points…personal-best in the hurdles (14.3 seconds) ranks second in Medina High School history….a three-time conference champion who holds the Bees’ school record in the high jump with a leap of 6’-8”…member of Medina’s three-time conference championship teams…was a four-year letter winner.

Personal

Born Dec. 29, 1989…son of Ruben and Patricia Belen…majoring in zoology.