Ben Payne Class: Sophomore Hometown: Arvada, Colo. High School: Faith Christian Event: Cross Country All-Conference: First Team, 2001

Sophomore: First-team all-conference with fifth-place (24:33) finish at MWC championships ... Career best was 24:20, finished first at Lobo Invitational ... Falcons took first place ... Earned MWC athlete of the week ... Sixth at CSU with a time of 25:25 ... Roy Griak time was 25:33 (124th) ... Pre-NCAA time was 25:07 (32nd) ... Falcons finished third. Freshman: Second-team all-MWC, finished eighth at the MWC Championships … best time 25:43. High School: Third in state in 3,200-meters … best time 9:44 at altitude … first-team all-state his senior year in cross country … voted Senior of the Year in Metro league … team MVP as a junior and senior … second in state championship … broke school record in the two-mile and 3,200m relay in track … first-team all-conference his senior year in track … Uncle, Mike Call, played football for the Denver Gold … National Honor Society … Who’s Who Among American High School Students … Honor Roll … first-team academic all-conference. Notables: Earned all-conference honors his freshman year … all-conference indoors with a third-place finish in the 5,000 meters … fifth place in MWC outdoors in 10,000 meters … set USAFA frosh record 30:36.