![Ben Smith](/sports/mswimdive/2023-24/photos/SmithB0349.jpg?max_width=510&max_height=600)
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Glendale, CA
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- High School:
- Pasadena Poly
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- Events:
- Dive
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- Major:
- Economics and Engineering
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- College:
- Claremont McKenna
Bio
SwimCloud Results
At CMS
Completed his senior season competing as a diver for the CMS swimming and diving team ... Graduated ranked No. 6 in program history in the one-meter dive (493.10).
2023-24 (Senior)
Finished seventh in the one-meter and ninth in the three-meter at the SCIAC Championships ... Won the one-meter dive in a dual with Pomona-Pitzer ... Was second on both boards in a dual with Caltech ... Took third in the one-meter at the Pomona-Pitzer Invitational and in a tri-meet with Whittier and Chapman ... Was third in the three-meter in a tri-meet with Cal Lutheran and La Verne ... Was third in the three-meter in a dual with Occidental.
2022-23 (Junior)
Earned 387.40 points in the one-meter dive at the SCIAC Championships ... Was third in the one-meter in a SCIAC tri-meet with Cal Lutheran and La Verne ... Finished third on both boards in a dual with Redlands.
2021-22 (Sophomore)
CSCAA Scholar All-America Team ... SCIAC All-Academic Team ... Earned sixth place finishes in both diving events at the SCIAC Championships ... Earned 382.90 points in the three-meter and 381.20 points in the one-meter.
Prior to CMS
Attended Polytechnic School in Pasadena, where he was a member of the swimming and diving team ... Also competed in diving with Rose Bowl Aquatics.
Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where he majors in economics and engineering in the 3/2 program ... Chose CMS "because of the incredible community, rigorous liberal arts academics, and the one of a kind programs like the speaker series at the Athenaeum."
News Mentions
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Stags Swim and Dive Qualifies Six Individuals, Five Relays for Nationals
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team had six individuals qualify for the NCAA Division III Championships,...
February 29, 2024
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Anderson Breazeale, Frank Applebaum Set SCIAC Records on Day Two of League Championships
LOS ANEGELES, Calif. - Anderson Breazeale broke the SCIAC record in the 500-yard freestyle with a 4:24.75, and Frank Applebaum broke a 26-year old...
February 24, 2024
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CMS Men's Swimming and Diving Takes Lead After First Day of SCIACs
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men’s swimming and diving team’s 200-yard medley relay (Anderson Breazeale,...
February 23, 2024
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Stags Swim and Dive Celebrates Senior Day with Sweep of Redlands
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team honored its six seniors prior to the meet and then swept all 16...
January 27, 2024
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Stags Swim and Dive Sweeps Cal Lutheran, La Verne in SCIAC Tri-Meet
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Tyler Headley swept the butterfly events, Evan Deedy swept the breaststroke, Ethan Sattley earned two diving wins, and...
January 13, 2024
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CMS Men's Swim and Dive Dominates Occidental in Return to SCIAC Competition
EAGLE ROCK, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team won 14 of the 16 events as it took a 224-61 win over Occidental on...
January 6, 2024
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Frank Applebaum Breaks Own NCAA Record in Dual Meet with Pomona-Pitzer
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Frank Applebaum swam a 1:43.87 in the 200-yard butterfly to break his own NCAA Division III record in the annual Sixth Street...
December 3, 2023
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CMS Men's Swim and Dive Battles DI Competition Close on Opening Day
SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's swimming and diving team opened its 2023-24 season in a tri-meet against UC San Diego and CSU...
October 22, 2023