2024-25 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Ben Meulemans

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wauwatosa, Wisc.
  • High School Wauwatosa East
  • Opendorse benjamin-meulemans

Biography

2024-25:
  • Placed fourth (45.44) in the 100 free against Brown
  • Was second in the 50 free (20.65) and 100 free (45.53) against UPenn, Dartmouth
  • Placed fourth in the 50 free (20.17) against Princeton, Harvard
  • Had a personal-best in the 200 free (1:36.48) at the Ivy League Championships

2022-23:
  • Placed third in the 50 freestyle and sixth in the 100 freestyle versus Brown
  • Placed third in the 100 backstroke versus UMass
  • Placed third in the 100 freestyle versus Columbia
  • Competed in the 400 freestyle relay team that took first versus Columbia 
  • Placed fourth in the 500 freestyle versus Southern Connecticut
  • Competed in the 200 medley team that took first versus Cornell 
  • Placed second in the 50 freestyle and fifth in the 100 freestyle versus Cornell
  • Placed second in the 100 freestyle and fourth in the 50 freestyle in the Penn-Dartmouth meet
  • Competed in the 400 freestyle relay team that placed second in the Ivy Championship 
2021-22:
  • Placed fifth in the 50 freestyle and eighth in the 100 freestyle versus Columbia
  • Placed eighth in the 100 freestyle versus Brown
  • Placed third in the 100 backstroke versus Southern Connecticut
  • Placed seventh in the 50 freestyle in the Penn-Dartmouth meet
  • Placed fourth in the 50 freestyle and sixth in the 100 freestyle versus Cornell
  • Placed eighth in the 100 freestyle in the HYP meet
Before Yale:
  • Wauwatosa East High School record holder in the 50 and 100 freestyles, the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke
  • Selected as athlete of the month twice and athlete of the week once
  • Swam for Schroeder club, which captured the YMCA nationals.
Personal: Father swam for the University of Wisconsin.
 
Why Yale? “Because I was looking for a place where I could be challenged both athletically and academically. With the great coaching staff, Yale was the obvious option.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Freestyle
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Freestyle
  • 2023-24Junior

    Freestyle
  • 2024-25Senior

    Freestyle