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2011-12 Swimming and Diving

Ben Ballard

Ben Ballard

  • Height:
    6-3
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Riverside, CA
  • Highschool:
    Riverside Poly HS

Summary

Biography

2010-11:  Valuable member of the SCIAC second-place Bulldogs… Swam in five different individual events, primarily competing in the freestyle and backstroke… Nabbed three regular-season best times against rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps on Feb. 5, clocking in at 22.37 in the 50 Free and 48.78 in the 100 Free… Also recorded a season-best mark of 2:03.94 in the 200 Back… Dropped more than three seconds for a personal-low in the 200 Back (1:59.81) at the SCIAC Championships for an eighth-place finish…Took third in the consolation heats of the 100 Back (54.51) and 50 Free (21.96) during the SCIAC finale…   

2009-10:  Contributed to the team’s second-place finish at the SCIAC Championship meet… Primarily competed in the backstroke events… Stepped in as a diver, garnering ninth place in the 3M event with a score of 149.10 at the conference finals… Added a season-best time of 55.34 in the 100 Back and a showing of 2:03.48 in the 200 Back, both for 13th place…  Posted his season-best time of 2:03.06 in the 200 Back during the preliminaries at the conference championships… Also played water polo for the Bulldogs, helping them capture the SCIAC crown… Added academic success by helping the Bulldogs earn College Swimming Coaches Association (CSCA) Team Scholar All-America honors…

2008-09: Offered his talents to both the pool and the boards in his rookie campaign… Scored points in the 3-meter diving at the SCIAC Championships, placing 12th with a score of 129.40… Also fared well in the 100 and 200 backstroke events at the conference championship meet, taking 10th and 11th with respective times of 54.81 and 2:01.53… Touched first in the 50 freestyle against Caltech, registering a time of 23.13… Also competed for the Redlands men’s water polo team…

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