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2025-26 Men's Swimming Roster

Ben Vester

  • Yr. Sophomore
  • Height 6-3
  • Events Individual Medley
  • Hometown Stuttgart, Germany
  • High School Wirtemberg Gymnasium

Biography

Overall Career Honors
  • Second Team CSCAA All-American - 2025 (400 IM)
  • First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American (2025)
Swimcloud Profile Page

2024-25 (As a Freshman): Competed in eight meets, including the RMAC and NCAA Division II National Championships… Earned a Second Team All-America honor in the 400 IM, placing 12th in 3:53.74… Also placed 29th in the 100 Breast (57.62), 34th in the 500 Free (4:32.99) and 41st in the 200 IM (1:51.00)… Scored in all five of his events at the RMAC Championships, placing seventh in the 400 IM, ninth in the 200 Breast and tenth in the 200 IM while helping the Mavs’ close out the meet with a “B” heat win in the 4x400-meter relay… Set a personal-best 200 Breast time of 2:04.69 (altitude-adjusted) at the RMAC meet… Set his NCAA qualifying marks in both IM events at the TYR CMU Invitational… Placed second in the 400 IM with his altitude-adjusted time of 3:51.22, a mark that ranks him third in program history… Also set a No. 8 ranking time of 1:48.44 in a 200 IM time trial… Also posted the No. 10 ranking time of 55.28 in a 100 Breast time trial… Set other personal bests of 53.93 (100 Fly) and 1:52.69 (200 Fly) at that meet… Went on to set his NCAA “B” cut time of 4:32.50 in the 500 Free at the UNLV Finis Invitational… Won the 400 IM at the Nov. 2 dual at Division I Denver… Was named as a First Team CSCAA Scholar All-American.

Prep: Graduated from Wirtemberg Gymansium… Took eighth in the 400-meter individual medley at the 2022 German Short Course Championships while representing Schwimmverein (SV) Cannstatt 1898… Set a personal-best time of 4:35.11 in that event to take second at the 2023 Berlin Swim Open.

Personal: Is majoring in mechanical engineering… Aspires to manage his own team.

Why I Chose CMU: “For the swim team, academic offerings and nature of the area.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    Individual Medley
    6'3"
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    Individual Medley
    6'3"