{"id":346344,"date":"2019-01-09T20:07:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T03:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=346344"},"modified":"2019-01-09T20:07:54","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T03:07:54","slug":"versatile-andrew-benson-of-solo-aquatics-makes-2020-verbal-to-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/versatile-andrew-benson-of-solo-aquatics-makes-2020-verbal-to-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Versatile Andrew Benson of SOLO Aquatics Makes 2020 Verbal to Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW COMMIT: <\/strong>Newmarket, New Hampshire native and\nhigh school junior Andrew Benson <\/strong>has\ngiven the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison a verbal commitment and will join the\nBadgers in the fall of 2020.<\/p>

Benson does his club swimming with SOLO Aquatics and owns five U.S. Open standards with three additional Summer Juniors cuts. He most recently competed at New England Seniors where he earned two golds and two silvers en route to achieving 100% lifetime bests. He had three finals appearances at Winter Nationals where his highest finish was an 18th-place showing in the 50 free. The NISCA All-American competed in four events at Nationals last summer and placed second in both the 200m free and 200m IM at NCSAs. Also competing for Phillips Exeter Academy, Benson won the 100 fly and 200 free at the New England DI Prep School Championships during his sophomore season.<\/p>

He told Swimming World:<\/em><\/p>

\u201cI am very excited to announce my commitment to the University of Wisconsin Madison. I can not wait to join the badger family and be coached by coach Yuri Suguiyama and the rest of the Wisconsin coaching staff. I would also like to thank my coaches, teammates, and family for the support.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>

His best\ntimes include:<\/p>