Ben Creekmore

Position:
Freestyle, Butterfly
Height:
6-5
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Wilmington, Del.
High School:
Archmere Academy

Career Best Times: 45.86 in the 100-yard freestyle; 1:36.86 in the 200-yard freestyle; 4:36.84 in the 500-yard freestyle; 49.14 in the 100-yard butterfly; 1:47.55 in the 200-yard butterfly; 50.27 in the 100-yard backstroke; 1:52.58 in the 200-yard backstroke; 1:54.00 in the 200-yard individual medley.

General: Coached by Steph Gant in high school at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Del. ...school's 2014 Swimmer of the Year...possesses school records in 200 free, 500 free, 100 free, 100 fly, 100 back and as a member of 400 free and 400 medley relays...swim team captain two years in a row...four-time First Team All-State honoree...won 2012 and 2013 state championship in 100 fly...also won 2013 state championship in 200 IM...three-time U.S. Swimming Scholastic All-American...participated in club swim team Brandywine-DE YMCA until his senior year of high school and then the Upper Main Line YMCA his senior year...coached by Glenn Neufeld at Upper Main Line YMCA...2013 YMCA national champion in 200 free and 200 fly...2014 YMCA National Champion in 200 fly...YMCA All-American...national AP Scholar with distinction...National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society and Science National Honor Society member...member of TEAMS state championship team...Academic Bowl Catholic League champion...Kairos Retreat Leader and Math League state qualifier...won Archmere Academy Senior Certificates of Honor for outstanding accomplishment and excellence in both mathematics and science...volunteered at the Sunday Breakfast Mission, Brandywine-DE YMCA and Westminster Swim Club...serves as an athlete representative on various YMCA national meet, USA Swimming LSC and Middle Atlantic LSC committees.

Personal: Full name is Benjamin C. Creekmore...goes by Ben...son of Richard and Lisa Creekmore...born May 23, 1996 in Newark, Del. ...biomedical engineering major...plans a career in medicine...brother, J.R. Creekmore, runs cross country and track for University of Tennessee...plays the piano and the trumpet.