Ben Kennedy

2017-18 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Career Accolades

2017-18 (Senior)
Regular Season

Finished his season at Florida’s Last Chance Meet, where he posted career-best times in the 200 back (1:46.17) and 100 fly (47.55)
Recorded personal-best times in the 50 free (20.60) and 100 free (44.16) at the Auburn Invitational
Totaled one relay win during the season
Notched B-cuts in the 100 free (44.16), 100 fly (47.55) and 200 fly (1:46.17)

2016-17 (Junior)
Regular Season

2015-2016 (Sophomore)
Regular Season

Participated in four regular season meets
Opened the season on a high note, clocking four season-best times at the All-Florida Invitational in the 50 free (15th, 21.46), 200 IM (18th, 1:57.37), 100 back (17th, 52.98) and 100 free (17th, 46.81)
Ended his sophomore campaign at the Bulldog Invitational (Last Chance Meet) with season-best times in the 100 fly (47.87) and 200 fly (1:47.14)
Member of UF’s fourth-place finishing 200 medley relay team at the All-Florida Invitational where he also grabbed a fifth-place finish in the A-final of the 100 fly (49.55)

2014-15 (Freshman)
SEC Championships:

Won the 200-yard butterfly C-final with a career-best time of 1:44.84
Also clocked personal-best times in the 100-yard backstroke (49.89) and 200-yard backstroke (1:48.42)

Regular Season

Finished runner-up in the 200-yard butterfly event in UF’s dual meets against Auburn and Tennessee
Appeared in four events in UF’s dual meet at Kentucky and notched his top-finish in the 100-yard fly, as he finished third in a time of 1:51.21
Made his UF debut at the Pinch-A-Penny All-Florida Invitational, where he competed in multiple events and recorded his best finishes in the 100-yard (50.79) and 200-yard butterfly races, as he finished second in the B-Final in each race.

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:

Participated in the 2017 US Open Swimming Championships, racing in the 100m and 200m butterfly
He finished 31st overall in the 100m fly, posting a time of 55.23
Qualified for the C final in the 200m fly, swimming a 2:02.89 to finish 23rd overall
Competed in the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, placing 87th in the 100 Fly with a time of 55.05
Raced in the 2015 Phillips 66 National Championships, placing 72nd in the 200m Fly with a time of 2:05.08.

Career-Best Times at Florida:

Prior to Florida

Ranked the No. 9 recruit in Virginia in the Class of 2014 by CollegeSwimming.com
Competed at the 2013 Virginia LSC Championships
AP Scholar and a member of the National Honor Society at Glenver
Trained with Carter Center Aquatics under Greg Lake
Father, Patrick, swam at Florida from 1982-86 and was a member of the 1982 and 1983 national championship teams
Uncle, Chauncey Fagler, swam at Florida from 1978-82 and was a member of UF’s first NCAA title team (1982)
Chose Florida over Indiana and Virginia because of its great academic and athletic reputation