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2025-26 Swimming Roster

Meghan Benda

  • Position Free/IM
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Parkton, Md.
  • High School Hereford

Biography

Career Best Link

Honors & Awards
4x CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (Fall '23, Spring '24, Fall '24, Spring '25)
2x William & Mary Provost Award Winner (2023-24, 2024-25)

Sophomore (2024-25)
Competed in eight meets... Came in third at the W&M Quad Meet with a time of 1:52.49 in the 200 free (10/5/24)... Helped W&M defeat Johns Hopkins with a fourth-place finish in the 200 free at 1:57.93 (10/26/24)... Competed in the 200 free vs. Davidson, posting a time of 1:51.36 to finish third (1/18/25)... Was the third-place finisher in the 200 free with a time of 1:52.15 in a dual meet vs. Georgetown (1/25/25)... Competed in the CAA Championships where she was part of the second-place 800 free relay team that finished in 7:18.60, including a split of 1:49.99... Also posted a lifetime best in the 200 free with a time of 1:50.82.

Freshman (2023-24)
Competed in seven meets... Placed fourth in the 200 free in a dual meet vs. Loyola with a time of 1:55.94 (11/4/23)... Posted a time of 5:16.80 in the 500 free to finish fifth against Georgetown (1/27/24)... Improved her time in the 500 free at the Cavalier Invitational, clocking in at 5:03.62 (2/9/24).

High School
Swam at Hereford High School… USA Swimming Futures qualifier in the 200 SCY free, 400 SCY IM, and 200 SCY IM in 2022-23… Maryland LSC Senior Championship Finalist in the 200 SCY free… Fifth place in the 200 LC free at the Speedo Sectionals in Buffalo and seventh in the 400 LC free… Placed sixth at the Maryland Swimming LC Championships in the 400 LC and the 800 LC free… Also ran cross country… Was a National Honor Society member in grades 10-12… A member of the Future Physicians of America.
 
Personal
Born March 17, 2005, to parents Brian and Marcia… Both parents swam at the University of South Carolina… Sister, Caroline, swims at Kentucky and cousin swam at UNC.

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    Free/IM
    5'8"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    Free/IM
    5'8"
  • 2025-26Junior

    Free/IM
    5'8"