Benjamin Michaelson (born November 13, 1981) is a swimmer hailing from

Seymour, Connecticut Seymour is a town located in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 16,748 at the 2020 census. Seymour is bordered by the towns of Oxford and Beacon Falls to the north, Bethany and Woodbridge to the east, Ansonia and Derb ...

. He attended Seymour High School, later continuing his education and career at

Southern Connecticut State University Southern Connecticut State University (Southern Connecticut, Southern Connecticut State, SCSU, or simply Southern) is a public university in New Haven, Connecticut. Part of the Connecticut State University System, it was founded in 1893 and is ...

under head coach Timothy Quill and assistant coach CJ Moran. After college, he continued swimming at the SoNoCo swim club out of SCSU and later Club Wolverine. In 2003 he was ranked 11th in the world for the men's 100 long course meter fly, his time of 52.76 tied him for third on the all-time top times for Americans. In 2004, he placed 3rd in the 100 m fly behind

Ian Crocker Ian Lowell Crocker (born August 31, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer, five-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. During his career, he set world records in the 50- and 100-meter butterfly (long course and short ...

and

Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold med ...

at the US Olympic Trials. He officially retired after in the latter months 2005, citing a need to move on with his life.

Top times

* 50 y freestyle- 19.4 (NCAA Division II record) * 100 y freestyle- 43.33 (NCAA Division II record) * 100 y fly- 45.60 (NCAA Division II record) * 50 m free- 23.41 * 100 m free- 51.53 * 100 m fly- 52.76

Awards

* 2003 NCAA Division II swimmer of the year * 2003 Connecticut SportsWriters Alliance Bill Lee Award * 2002 ''and'' 2003 Metropolitan Conference Swimmer of the Year

References

External links

CT SWIM article

Swiminfo on Michaelson

SoNoCo swim club

American male swimmers Living people People from Seymour, Connecticut Swimmers at the 2003 Pan American Games 1981 births Southern Connecticut State University alumni College men's swimmers in the United States Sportspeople from New Haven County, Connecticut Swimmers from Connecticut Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-bio-stub