Ben McDade

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Monona, Wis.
High School:
Monona Grove
Club Team:
Badger Aquatics Club

CAREER BEST TIMES AT INDIANA
500-yard free: 4:22.47 (2/23/19)
1,000-yard free: 9:14.48 (2/1/19)
1,650-yard free: 15:18.06 (2/23/19)
200-yard IM: 1:50.07 (3/16/19)
400-yard IM: 3:48.60 (11/22/19)

CAREER BEST LCM TIMES
400-meter free: 3:55.57
800-meter free: 8:10.19
400-meter IM: 4:21.04

U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS 2020 (SUMMER OF 2021)
Touched in 32nd in the 400m IM with a time of 4:29.48 during the Olympic Trials … placed 45th in both the 400m Freestyle (4:04.23) and the 800m Freestyle (8:19.83).

JUNIOR YEAR (2020-21)
Scored a handful of points with a 22nd-place finish in the 400 IM at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 3:52.85 … took 24th in the 1,650 Freestyle with a time of 15:29.78 … placed 40th in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:29.13 at Big Tens.

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2019-20)
Finished 18th at the Big Ten Championships in the 1,650 Freestyle with a time of 15:22.92 … placed 20th in the 400 IM at the Big Tens … finished 31st overall in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:27.22 at the conference meet.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2018-19)
Posted season-best times of 4:22.47 in the 500 freestyle (Feb. 23), 9:14.48 in the 1,000 freestyle (Feb. 1), 15:18.06 in the 1,650 freestyle (Feb. 23), 1:50.07 in the 200 IM (Mar. 16) and 3:53.13 in the 400 IM (Mar. 15).

PREP/PERSONAL
Four-year letterwinner for head coach Kelly Chadesh at Monona Grove High School in Wisconsin ... four-time Wisconsin State Team Champions ... set the Wisconsin State 500y Freestyle record ... trains with Badger Aquatics Club for coaches Drew Walden and Eric Knight ... son of Phil and Sue McDade ... has two brothers, Alex and Jake.