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Ben Kennedy
- Position:
- Free/Fly
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Salem, Va.
- High School:
- Glenver
Career Accolades
2017-18 (Senior)
Regular Season
2016-17 (Junior)
Regular Season
2015-2016 (Sophomore)
Regular Season
2014-15 (Freshman)
SEC Championships:
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
Career-Best Times at Florida:
Prior to Florida
- 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2017 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2016 CSCAA Scholar All-American honorable mention
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
- Posted B-cuts in the 100 fly and 200 fly
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)
- 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:
| 50 Free | 20.60 | Auburn Invitational | Feb. 2-4, 2018 |
| 100 Free | 44.16 | Auburn Invitational | Feb. 2-4, 2018 |
| 200 Free | 1:40.74 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 28, 2015 |
| 500 Free | 4:49.05 | All-Florida | Sept. 23, 2016 |
| 100 Back | 49.85 | SEC Championships | Feb. 17, 2015 |
| 200 Back | 1:46.17 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 23-25, 2018 |
| 100 Fly | 47.55 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 23-25, 2018 |
| 200 Fly | 1:44.84 | SEC Championships | Feb. 20, 2015 |
| 200 IM | 1:50.47 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 27, 2015 |
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
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