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Ben Lawless
- Position:
- Free
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Owings, Md.
- High School:
- Northern
Career Accolades
2017-18 (Senior)
NCAA Championships
2016-17 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
2015-2016 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships:
2014-15 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships:
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
Career-Best Times at Florida:
Prior to Florida
- Two-time All-American
- 2018 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2018 SEC Community Service Team
2017-18 (Senior)
NCAA Championships
- Qualified for the 2018 NCAA Championships, finishing 10th in the 1650 free (14:42.88), 20th in the 500 free (4:16.34) and 40th in the 200 free (1:36.52)
- His time of 14:42.88 in the 1650 free was a career-best and put him third all-time in program history
- Member of the 2018 SEC Championship-winning team, scoring points in two of his events
- Finished fourth in the 500 free championship final with a time of 4:17.35
- Swam to a seventh-place finish in the 1650 free, posting a time of 14:52.03
- Placed 28th in the 200 free with a time of 1:37.36
- Totaled eight individual wins over the course of the season
- Notched B-cuts in the 200 free (1:37.36), 500 free (4:16.06) and 1650 free (14:52.03)
2016-17 (Junior)
NCAA Championships
- Qualified for the 2017 NCAA Championships, finishing 17th in the 500 free (4:14.14), 17th in the 1650 free (14:46.78) and 33rd in the 200 free (1:36.06)
- Member of the 2017 SEC championship-winning team, finishing fifth in the 1650 free (14:51.03), sixth in the 500 free A-final (4:16.94) and seventh in the 200 free C-final (1:36.70)
- Posted two individual and one relay win on the season
2015-2016 (Sophomore)
NCAA Championships:
- Gathered honorable mention All-America honors in the 1,650 free with a season-best 14:48.63 to finish ninth overall
- Added a top-20 placing in the 500 free, finishing 19th overall with a season-best time of 4:17.00
- Placed 39th in the 200 free, clocking his third season-best time of the meet (1:36.71)
- Generated 33 points on a pair of top-16 finishes for the first-place finishing Florida men
- Took ninth in the 1,650 free after clocking a 15:01.53 and finished 14th in the 500 free (4:22.82)
- Placed 32nd in the 200 free after clocking a 1:37.79
- Opened the season in a high note, finishing second overall in the 1,650 free at the All-Florida Invitational (15:35.44)
- Competed in 10 meets throughout the season.
2014-15 (Freshman)
NCAA Championships:
- Notched times of 4:21.58 and 14:59.23 in the 500-yard and 1,650-yard freestyle races, respectively
- Qualified for the NCAA meet at Florida’s Last Chance Meet when he posted a mark of 14:56.17 mark in the mile
- Placed fourth in the B-final of the 500-yard freestyle at the Georgia Tech Invitational as he clocked a time of 4:28.07
- Made his UF debut in at the Pinch-A-Penny All-Florida Invitational where he competed in multiple events and recorded his best finish in the 500-yard freestyle prelims, as he placed 21st in 4:43.68
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION:
- Participated in the 2017 US Open Swimming Championships, racing in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m freestyle events
- Qualified for the B final in the 400m free, finishing the race with a 3:59.67
- Finished 12th overall in the 800m free race, posting a time of 8:06.44
- Swam a 1:53.48 in the men’s 200m free race and rounded out his competition with a 15:23.04 in the 1500m race
- Competed in the 2017 Phillips 66 National Championships
- Raced in the 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m Freestyle
- Posted a time of 8:02.66 in the 800m free race and recorded a time of 3:54.70 in the 400m free race
- In the 1500m free, he finished with a time of 15:21.32 and lastly, he posted a time of 1:52.21 in the 200m free.
Career-Best Times at Florida:
| 50 Free | 21.62 | Georgia Tech Invite | Nov. 17, 2016 |
| 100 Free | 46.36 | Georgia Tech Invite | Nov. 19, 2016 |
| 200 Free | 1:36.06 | NCAA Championships | March 24, 2017 |
| 500 Free | 4:14.14 | NCAA Championships | March 23, 2017 |
| 1000 Free | 9:00.00 | Tennessee | Jan. 28, 2017 |
| 1650 Free | 14:42.88 | NCAA Championships | March 21-24, 2018 |
| 100 Back | 54.74 | All-Florida | Sept. 22, 2017 |
| 100 Fly | 52.89 | All-Florida | Sept. 24, 2016 |
| 200 Fly | 1:52.19 | Bulldog Invite | Feb. 28, 2016 |
| 400 IM | 3:57.64 | Last Chance Meet | Feb. 25, 2017 |
Prior to Florida
- Ranked the No. 1 recruit in the state of Maryland by CollegeSwimming.com
- Maryland public school record holder in the 200 free and the 500 free
- Three-time Southern Maryland Athletic Conference Swimmer of the Year
- Named a Scholastic All-American
- Trained with the Central Chesapeake Swimming Club under John Mason
2024-25 Season Video
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Men's 400 Medley Relay
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Wednesday, April 02
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