Michael Benington

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Hinsdale, Ill
High School:
Hinsdale Central

2022-23 All-BIG EAST Team
2023 BIG EAST Championships: 200 IM Bronze Medalist
2023 BIG EAST Championships: 400 IM Bronze Medalist
2022-23 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2021-22 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2022-23: Earned a spot in the Championship final of three events at the 2023 BIG EAST Championship, earning All-BIG EAST in a pair...Placed third in the 200 IM with a personal-best time of 1:48.63...Also collected a bronze medal in the 400 IM, setting a personal-best time of 1:53.18 in the finals...Set a season-best time of 1:47.50 in the Championship final of the 200 back, placing fourth.

2021-22: Earned a spot in three A-Finals at the 2022 BIG EAST Championships…Placed sixth in the A-Final of the 200 back after setting a personal-best time of 1:47.47 in the prelims…Placed sixth in the A-Final of the 400 IM with a personal-best time of 3:56.59…Finished seventh in the 200 IM finals after setting a personal-best time of 1:49.10 in the prelims.

PRIOR TO XAVIER - 2020-21 (AT MSU): At the Big Ten Championships, swam in the prelims of the 200 IM (1:51.26), 200 back (1:48.73), and 400 IM (4:01.12) … At Michigan (1/22), earned a pair of second-place finishes: in the 400 IM (4:06.11), and also in the 200 back, (1:53.28) … Finished third in the 400 IM (4:07.61) and took second in the 200 back (1:55.76) at Penn State ...

HIGH SCHOOL: Three-year varsity letterwinner, earning Team MVP honors his final year … B Finalist at the IHSA Championships in the 100 back, 200 IM, and 400 free as a senior… College Event Invite Award as a junior and was an IHSA qualifier … Swam club for FMC Aquatics.

PERSONAL: Son of Erin and Stuart Benington … Has three siblings, Andrew, Margaret, and Patrick