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Hesen, Ben

Hometown: Jeffersonville, IN, USA

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Date of birth: 01/01/1900

Graduation year: 2008


Indiana University-Bloomington

Top times this season

Junior season

Earned first team All-America honors in the 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke and honorable mention accolades in both medley relays, bringing his career total to eight certificates ... finished second at the NCAA Championships in the 100 back with a school-record time of 45.45 ... took eighth in the 200 back to become the first IU swimmer since 1979 to reach the finals of two individual events at NCAAs ... set the school record in the 200 back in the preliminaries of the event ... helped the 200-yard medley relay to a ninth-place finish and the 400-yard medley relay to an 11th-place showing ... won the Big Ten championship in the 100 back, doing so in league-record time (45.52) ... earned All-Big Ten first team honors ... led Indiana with 24 event wins on the season ... was named CollegeSwimming.com's National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week on Nov. 1 ... went undefeated in the 100 back during the regular season ... had the Hoosiers' fastest times on the year in the 100 back, 200 back and four relays ... was also in the top five in the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard freestyle and the 800-yard freestyle relay ... owns the top 10 times in school history in the 100 back ... holds the school records in both medley relays ... placed third in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2007 U.S. National Championships, earning a spot on the U.S. National Team.

Sophomore season

Tied for fourth in the 100 back at NCAAs ... claimed a trio of All-America certificates during NCAAs, including ninth-place finishes on both the 200 medley and 400 medley relays ... the ninth-place effort in the 400 medley was the best for IU since 1980 ... member of the school- and meet-record setting Big Ten champion 200-yard medley relay unit ... helped set the school record in the 400-yard medley relay with a second-place effort at Big Tens ... eclipsed the school record in the 100 back with his lead leg of 46.44 in the 400-yard medley ... claimed 14 event titles ... finished in the top three 25 times ... earned Big Ten Swimmer of the Week once ... holds the top eight times in school history in the 100 back ... concluded season among IU's all-time top 20 in the 100 back (first), 200 back (fifth) and 100 fly (fifth) ... also found in IU's meter record book in the 100 LCM back (third), 200 LCM back (ninth) and 100 LCM fly (sixth).

Freshman season

Garnered CollegeSwimming.com National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week recognition for the week of Nov. 1 ... member of both the 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard medley relay squads that cleared the B-cut standard ... won 14 titles ... strung together three consecutive titles at the Evansville meet ... competed in every meet for IU ... earned All-American honors by advancing the 200-yard medley to finals ... finished in the points in four events at Big Tens.