Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame

		Ken Benefield


		Born May 5, 1933 Centerville, Arkansas Attended Oxnard High School Oxnard, California Track Two-year letter winner - miler Team won Ventura League Championships 1950,1951 United States Air Force Korea War Veteran 1952 - 1956 Attended Ventura College Ventura, California Attended San Fernando Valley State College Northridge, California COACHING Hueneme High School Port Hueneme, California Cross Country Coach 1961 - 1965 CIF-SS Championship 1965 CIF-SS Third Place 1964 Track Coach 1962 -1965 Channel Islands High School Oxnard, California Cross Country Coach 1966,1967 CIF-SS League Champions 1967 Frontier League Champions 1966,1967
				ACHIEVEMENTS Coached two national high school track record holders Principal of Channel Islands High School — 19 years Chairperson of bond issue responsible for the construction of Pacifica High School