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2018-2019 Swimming & Diving Roster

Doug Witte

Ben Walling

Ben Walling

  • Position:
    Sprint Free, Back
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Rochester Hills, Mich.
  • High School:
    Rochester Adams

Summary

Biography

2018 NCAA Championships: Member of the 400-yard medley relay team who finished 9th with a time of 3:14.67…Member of the 200-yard freestyle relay team who finished 10th with a time of 1:21.01…Also a member of the 400-yard freestyle relay team who finished 15th with a time of 3:00.53.
 
2018 GLIAC Championships: Member of the 200-yard and 400-yard freestyle relay teams who finished 1st with times of 1:20.31 and 2:58.32…Finished 2nd as a member of the 400-yard medley relay team with a time of 3:15.09…Also a member of the 200-yard medley relay team who finished 13th with a time of 1:29.16…Finished 2nd in the 50-yard and 100-yard freestyle with times of 20.44 and 44.73…Placed 4th in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:41.01…Earned a 6th place finish in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 50.29.

2017 GLIAC Championships: Earned a 2nd place finish as a member of the 200-yard medley relay team who finished with a time of 1:27.24...Placed 5th as a member of both the 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard medley relay teams who finished with times of 1:20.33 and 3:12.81...Also a member of the 400-yard freestyle relay team who finished 9th with a time of 2:57.64...Earned 23rd as a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team who finished with a time of 6:44.35...Finished 10th in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 44.34...Also finished 34th in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.82.

2017 GLIAC Championships: Earned 1st place as a member of the 200 and 400-yard freestyle relay teams who finished with times of 1:19.54 and 2:56.36...Finished 2nd in the 50 and 100-yard freestyle relays with times of 20.14 and 43.98...Also placed 2nd as a member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team who finished with a time of 6:42.55...Placed 3rd in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:39.33...Also finished 7th in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 49.52.

2016 NCAA Championships: Member of the 200-yard medley and freestyle relay teams that placed 5th and 12th with a school record time of 1:27.85 and 1:21.41...Also a member on the 400 and 800-yard freestyle relay teams that finished 9th and 18th with a school record time of 2:56.43 and 6:47.43...Placed 40th in the 100 and 200-yard freestyles with times of 45.53 and 1:42.59...Also finished 45th in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 20.91.

2016 GLIAC Championships: Finished 10th in the 50-yard freestyle with a time 20.89...Earned 1st place finishes as a member of the 200-yard medley and freestyle relay teams with times of 1:28.31 and 1:21.39...Finished 7th with a time of 1:42.71 in the 200-yard freestyle...Hit the wall with a time of 51.58 to finish 10th in the 100-yard backstroke...Also finished 5th in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 45.95.

Top Times: 50 Freestyle: 20.14; 100 Freestyle: 43.90; 200 Freestyle: 1:39.33; 100 Backstroke: 49.52.

High School: Prepped at Rochester Adams High School under Tim Hickey...Earned All-State honors senior year.

Personal: Son of Gary and Linda Walling.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2015-16Freshman

    Freestyle
  • 2017-18Junior

    Sprint Free, Back
  • 2018-19Senior

    Sprint Free, Back