Ben Michaelson

Not to be confused with Ben Mikaelsen.

Ben Michaelson

Personal information

Full name

Benjamin Michaelson

Nationality

United States

Born

November 13, 1981
Seymour, CT, USA

Sport

Swimming

Strokes

Butterfly

College team

Southern Connecticut State University

Medal record

Men's Swimming
Competitor for United States
Pan American Games
	Santo Domingo	100m Butterfly
	Santo Domingo	4x100m Medley Relay

Benjamin ("Ben") Michaelson is a swimmer hailing from Seymour, Connecticut. He attended Seymour High school, later continuing his education and career at Southern Connecticut State University under head coach Timothy Quill and assistant coach CJ Moran. After college, he continued swimming at the SoNoCo swim club out of SCSU and later Club Wolverine. In 2003 he was ranked 11th in the world for the men's 100 long course meter fly, his time of 52.76 tied him for third on the all time top times for Americans. In 2004, he placed 3rd in the 100 m fly behind Ian Crocker and Michael Phelps at the US Olympic Trials. He officially retired after in the latter months 2005, citing a need to move on with his life.

Top times

50 y freestyle- 19.4 (NCAA Division II record)^[1]
100 y freestyle- 43.33 (NCAA Division II record)^[2]
100 y fly- 45.60 (NCAA Division II record)^[2]
50 m free- 23.41
100 m free- 51.53
100 m fly- 52.76

Awards

2003 NCAA Division II swimmer of the year
2003 Connecticut SportsWriters Alliance Bill Lee Award
2002 and 2003 Metropolitan Conference Swimmer of the Year

References

↑ "2003 Metropolitan Collegiate Swimming and Diving Championships Results". BE Smartt, Inc. 2003-02-21. Retrieved 2007-07-26.
1 2 "2005 Men's Swimming and Diving Championships Records (PDF)" (PDF). NCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-22.

External links

Pan American Champions in Men's 100 m Butterfly

1967: Mark Spitz (USA) 1971: Frank Heckl (USA) 1975: Mike Currington (USA) 1979: Robert Placak (USA) 1983: Matt Gribble (USA) 1987 – 1991: Anthony Nesty (SUR) 1995: Mark Henderson (USA) 1999: Francisco Sánchez (VEN) 2003: Ben Michaelson (USA) 2007: Kaio de Almeida (BRA) 2011: Albert Subirats (VEN) 2015: Giles Smith (USA)

Pan American Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

1951: United States (Stack, Stassforth, Cleveland)
1955: United States (McKinney, Maguire, Baarcke, Scholes)
1959: United States (McKinney, Munsch, Troy, Farrell)
1963: United States (McGeagh, Craig, Richardson, Kirby)
1967: United States (Russell, Webb, Spitz, Walsh)
1971: United States (Murphy, Job, Heidenreich, Heckl)
1975: United States (Rocca, Colella, Curington, Babashoff)
1979: United States (Jackson, Lundquist, Placak, McCagg)
1983: United States (Carey, Lundquist, Gribble, Gaines)
1987: United States (Gill, Korhammer, King, Dudley)
1991: United States (Gill, Dersch, Merrell, Thomas)
1995: United States (Rouse, Van Neerden, Henderson, Olsen)
1999: Brazil (Massura, Tomazini, Scherer, Borges)
2003: United States (Marshall, Gangloff, Michaelson, Brunelli)
2007: United States (Bal, Gangloff, Berens, Grant)
2011: Brazil (Guido, Silva, Mangabeira, Cielo)
2015: Brazil (Guido, Silva, Mendes, Chierighini)

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