2006-07 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Ben Battjes
- Position:
- Freestyle
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Elkhart, Ind.
- High School:
- Elkhart Memorial
2009-10 (Sr.): Earned his fourth letter for Ball State . . . named BSU's Most Valuable Performer . . . two-time MAC Swimmer of the Week (11/24 and 1/12) . . . Placed third at the Mid-American Conference Championships (3/4) with a career-fast time of 20.54 in the 50 free . . . added a 13th-place effort in the 100 free at the league meet, clocking in at 46.25, BSU's fastest time in the event for the season . . . member of the fourth-place 200 free relay (1:22.23) and the sixth-place 400 free (3:04.76), 200 medley (1:32.95) and 400 medley (3:27.89) relays at the MAC Championships . . . added a career-best 100 fly time of 51.56 at the league meet to rank second on the squad.
2008-09 (Jr.): Earned third letter at Ball State . . . Second Team All-Mid-American Conference . . . placed eighth in the 50 free (20.76) and 22nd in the 100 free (45.99) at the Sun Belt/MAC Championships (2/18) . . . posted a career-fast time of 45.85 in the 100 free prelims, which was BSU's best individual effort of the season . . . added a personal-best clocking of 20.56 in the 50 free prelims to rank second on the squad . . . his time of 1:01.10 in the 100 breast at the MAC Championships was also a career-best effort and ranked him fourth on the BSU squad . . . member of the eighth-place 200 free (1:23.12) and ninth-place 400 free (3:03.95) relay teams that posted BSU season-fast times at the league championship meet.
2007-08 (So.): Earned second letter at Ball State . . . clocked in with a Ball State season-fast time of 21.28 in the 50 free to place 17th at the Sun Belt/Mid-American Conference Championships (2/28) . . . also turned in a season-fast time of 1:01.54 in the 100 breast at the league meet, which was the third-best individual effort on the squad . . . ranked fourth on the squad in the 100 free (48.01) and sixth in the 200 breast (2:24.03).
2006-07 (Fr.): Earned first letter at Ball State . . . placed ninth in the 50 free (21.28) and 12th in the 100 free (46.96) at the MAC Championships (2/22) . . . also placed 16th in the 100 breast with a finals time of 1:02.45 . . . his prelim time of 1:02.04 ranked fourth on the squad . . . his 50 free clocking of 21.22 at the House of Champions (12/1) meet was a season-fast effort.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned four letters at Elkhart Memorial for Coach John Cook . . . as a senior, earned first team honors in the 50 free . . . set a personal best in the 50 free (21.33) which stands as a school and sectional record . . . tallied a career best 47.99 in the 100 free . . . was a member of the 200 free relay which holds the record at Elkhart Memorial with a time of 1:33.06.
PERSONAL: Majoring in exercise science . . . born Dec. 2, 1987 in Elkhart, Ind . . . son of Robert and Trudy Battjes . . . has one brother, Ed.
