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2023-24 Swimming Roster

Jono Bennett

  • Position IM/Breast
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Guanteng, South Africa
  • High School Clifton College

Biography

Personal Bests
Event Time Meet
100 Breast 57.42 WVU Invitational - 11/18/22
200 Breast 2:00.51 CAA Championships - 3/2/24
200 IM 1:50.31 CAA Championships - 2/29/24
400 IM 3:54.93 Big 12 Championships - 2/26/21

CSC Academic All-District (2024)
High Honors, CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Fall 2023, Spring 2024)
William & Mary Provost Award Winner (2023-24)

Graduate Student (2023-24)
Three-event B finalist at CAA Championships… Ranked eighth in program history in the 200 Breast… Posted personal best times in 200 Breast with 2:00.51 finish and 200 IM with 1:50.31 finish at CAA Championships… Swam in 21 events over nine meets… Made six podium appearances with one first-place finish… Won the 200 Breast in season opener against Johns Hopkins (10/7)… Posted three podium finishes against Towson, earning a silver medal in the 200 IM and bronze in 200 Breast and 200 Medley Relay (10/21)… Made third place finish in 200 Breast to help lift the Tribe to victory over Old Dominion (1/13)… Finished fourth in 200 Breast against defending champion UNCW (10/14)… Named CSC Academic All-District.

Prior to W&M
Swam for four years at West Virginia University… Named Second Team All-Big 12 as a sophomore... Twice Academic All-Big 12 Team... Was a member of the Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team.
 
Prep
Graduated from Clifton College in South Africa… Also played water polo in high school.
 
Personal
Born April 17, 1999, to parents Patrick and Carol in Guateng, South Africa… Uncle was an All-American tennis player at Auburn… Pursuing a Master of Accounting.