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2022-23 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

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Ben Blizard

  • Position Diving
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ipswich, Mass./Windermere, Fla.
  • Previous School Windermere Preparatory School
  • College Columbia College

Biography

2022-23 (Senior)
Competed in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives.

2021-22 (Junior)
Did not compete.

2020-21 (Sophomore)
Season canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 (First-Year) 
Qualified for the consolation final of both boards at the 2020 Ivy League Championships ... Placed 13th on both boards, posting a 286.70 on 3-meter and 254.80 on 1-meter ... Had his first collegiate win on 1-meter against Penn (290.55) ... Swept both boards against Dartmouth on Feb. 1 ... Qualified for NCAA Zone A Championships, but did not compete due to injury.

High School
Dove two seasons at St. John's Prep in Danvers, Massachusetts before competing his final two seasons for coach Alex Dehner at Windermere Prep ...  Broke both the six-dive (275.5) and 11-dive (552.15) records at Windermere Prep ... Named school's 2018-19 Male Athlete of the Year ... Back-to-back top five finishes at FHSAA 1A State Championships ... 2018-19 team captain ... While at St. John's, earned consecutive MIAA Division I state titles and rewrote both six-dive (345.6) and 11-dive (610.35) school records ... 2018 USA Diving Nationals qualifier ... Graduated summa cum laude ... Headmaster's list in junior and senior years ... Member of National Honors Society and National French Honors Society.

Personal
Parents are Jennifer and Jeffrey Blizard ... Has two brothers, Sam and Jack ... Has climbed 24 mountain peaks over 4,000-feet high ... Plans to study business or foreign language ... Enrolled in Columbia College.

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Diving
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Diving
  • 2021-22Junior

    Diving
  • 2022-23Senior

    Diving