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Stowell and Benka both feel that his period of real improvement came with Benka's change in attitude during his junior year, when he first began to practice and work out regularly...
Despite the fact that his high school track coach said that he lacked a "killer attitude," Benka still seems to perform best when under pressure. He went into last week's IC4A's with a sprained ankle and came out with a winning throw more than a foot better than his closest rival...
...Benka feels that the greatest moment of his track career was at the Heps this year in his capacity as team captain. "The most exciting thing wasn't the 61' throw, but seeing Harvard win the Heps," he stated. This spring, Benka will add the discus throw to his chores as captain and shotputter...
...Benka has been a weight man since the beginning of his track career. "It was pretty much pre-ordained that I'd be a weight man," he said, 'I was the second slowest in my ninth grade gym class." He still relies on size and leverage more than on speed to impart momentum to the shot...
...addition to the IC4A, Heptagonal and Big Three titles that Benka has won at Harvard, he is also a former holder of the Wisconsin Catholic high school shot and discus titles...