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2020-21 Men's Swimming Roster

Ben Topper

Ben Topper

  • Class
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown
    Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • Highschool
    Coronado
  • Major
    Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Top Times

2019-20: Captain ... Earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering … D2 ADA Academic Achievement Award recipient ... RMAC Academic Honor Roll member ... Competed in one meet, swimming the 200-free at the A3 Performance Long Course Invite.

2018-19: Captain … RMAC All-Academic Honor Roll member … Second-Team All-RMAC in the 200-free relay and 800-free relay … Competed in all eight meets … Qualified for two “A” finals at RMAC Championships to finish fifth in the 500-free and sixth in the 200-free.

2017-18: Second-Team All-RMAC as part of the 800-free relay … RMAC Academic Honor Roll member … At RMACs, swam individually in the 50-free (24th), 200-free (12th), 100-back (15th), and 100-free (19th).

2016-17: Swam four events in exhibition at RMAC Championships, competing in the 50, 100, and 200-free and the 100-back.

HIGH SCHOOL: Free and back competitor at Coronado ... Was the 5A CSML Swimmer of the Year ... Four-year letterwinner ... Two-time 4A state qualifier and two-time 5A state qualifier ... Owned multiple top-15 state placings including 15th in the 2014 200-free and 500-free, sixth in the 2015 200-free relay, and ninth in the 2016 200-free relay ... Coronado 2015 and 2016 MVP ... Senior captain ... Swam club for Colorado Torpedoes ... National Honor Society member ... Highest Honor Roll student ... Student body president ... 2016 Leader of the Year ... Brother, Seth, was a member of Mines' 2015 cross country national championship team.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Free/Back
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Free/Back
  • C

    2018-19Junior

    Free/Back
    C
  • 2019-20Senior

  • C

    2020-21Redshirt Senior

    C