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Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges

2019-20 Men's Swimming and Diving

Ben Culberson

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Davis, CA
  • High School Davis Senior
  • Events Distance

Biography

At CMS
Completed his senior season as a member of the CMS swimming and diving team, where he competed in the middle-distance and distance events ... Graduated as the school record holder in the 1000 (9:24.43) and 1650 (15:32.19), as well as second in the 500 with a 1:48.84 ... Also shares the school record in the 800 free relay (6:40.17), set at the 2017 NCAA Championships. 

2019-20 (Senior)
All-SCIAC (1650, 800 free relay) ... CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-America ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Earned his way onto the podium in his final SCIAC race, finishing third in the 1650 in 15:47.19 to earn All-SCIAC honors ... Also finished fifth in the 500 free at the SCIAC Championships in 4:31.89 ... Also qualified for finals in the 200 free and finished seventh in 1:41.21 ... Earned 48 points in his three individual events in a meet that the Stags won by only 14 ... Helped the 800 free relay to a second-place finish in 6:45.56, earning All-SCIAC ... Won the 200 free in a dual with La Verne, as well as a tri-meet with Occidental and Whittier ... Won the 500 free at the CMS Invitational. 

2018-19 (Junior)
All-SCIAC (800 free relay) ...
CSCAA Honorable Mention Scholar All-America ... SCIAC All-Academic Team … Placed fourth in the SCIAC Championships in the 500 with a 4:33.42, and fifth in the 1650 with a 15:51.67 ... Earned his way into the finals in the 200 free and finished seventh with a 1:42.01 ... Helped the 800 free relay to a second-place finish in 6:47.65, earning All-SCIAC honors.

2017-18 (Sophomore)
SCIAC All-Academic Team ... All-SCIAC (800 free relay) ... Earned fifth-place finishes at the 2018 SCIAC Championships in the 500 with a 4:34.17 and in the 1650 with a 16:00.15 ... Also swam on the CMS 800-yard freestyle relay team which finished third.

2016-17 (First-Year)
All-American (800 free relay) ... SCIAC Champion (500 free, 800 free relay) ... All-SCIAC (200 free, 1650) ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ...  Earned a SCIAC title as a freshman in the 500 free, touching the wall in 4:28.89, a winning margin of .23 ... Also came in second place in the 1650 with a 15:33.89, and in the 200 free with a 1:41.35 ... Helped the 800 free relay team finish in first with a SCIAC meet record time of 6:43.23 ... Part of an 800 relay that set a SCIAC record at nationals with a 6:40.17, earning All-America honors with a seventh-place finish.

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where he majors in environment, economics and politics (EEP). 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    5'11"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'11"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Distance
    5'11"
  • 2019-20Senior

    Distance
    5'11"