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2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

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Alyssa Benzija

  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Kinnelon, N.J.
  • High School Kinnelon
  • Major Kinesiology

Biography

  • Member of program-record holding 800 free relay team (7:49.82)

Senior Year (2023-24)

  • Swam in all 13 meets for the Royals and notched 21 top three-finishes
  • Won both the 100 and 200 back in a dual meet victory at Elizabethtown (Jan. 13)
  • Notched a trio of second-place finishes in a dual meet win at Drew (Jan. 27)
  • Finished fourth in the 200 free and sixth in the 200 IM at the Landmark Conference Championships (Feb. 15-18)
  • Set personal-best times in both events: 200 free (1:56.77) and 200 IM (2:15.01)
  • Swam a leg for the Royals' 800 free relay team that broke a program record and took second in a time of 7:49.82

Junior Year (2022-23)

  • Swam in all 10 meets for the Royals during her junior season
  • Finished fifth in the 200 back and sixth in the 100 back at the Landmark Conference Championships (Feb. 17-19)
  • Recorded personal-best times in both events (100: 1:00.74; 200: 2:13.19)
  • Posted 17 top-three finishes including seven individual event victories
  • Notched a pair of wins in dual meet victories against Hartwick (Nov. 19) and Elizabethtown (Jan. 14)

Sophomore Year (2021-22)

  • Competed in all 11 meets on the season for the Royals
  • Recorded an eighth place finish in the 200 back at the Landmark Conference Championships and set a personal-best time of 2:15.33 in the prelims
  • Earned All-Landmark Second Team honors in both the 200 free and 400 free relays
  • Also swam the 100 back and 200 free at the Landmark Championship meet
  • Posted a total of 17 top three finishes in dual meets on the season
  • Won a pair of individual events in dual meet wins over Catholic (Oct. 30), Juniata (Nov. 6) and Hartwick (Nov. 20)

Freshman Year (2020-21)

  • Posted a sixth place finish in the 100 fly and a seventh place finish in the 100 free at the Landmark Conference Virtual Championships (Feb. 26-27)
  • Earned All-Landmark First Team honors in both the 400 free and 800 free relay as the Royals' quartets captured both events

Landmark Conference Championships Top-8 Finishes

2024

  • 200 Free (1:56.83, 4th)
  • 200 IM (2:15.01, 6th)
  • 200 Back (2:15.53, 8th)

2023

  • 200 Back (2:13.19, 5th)
  • 100 Back (1:00.74, 6th)

2022

  • 200 Back (2:15.67, 8th)

2021

  • 100 Fly (1:02.62, 6th)
  • 100 Free (55.95, 7th)

Awards/Honors

  • All-Landmark Conference First Team (400 Free Relay, 2021; 800 Free Relay, 2021)
  • All-Landmark Conference Second Team (200 Free Relay, 2022; 400 Free Relay, 2022 & 2024; 800 Free Relay, 2024)
  • Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Landmark Conference Athlete of the Week (Nov. 22, 2022)

High School/Personal

  • Prepped at Kinnelon High School in her hometown of Kinnelon, N.J.
  • Is the daughter of Lisa & Walter Benzija

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

  • 2021-22Sophomore

  • 2022-23Junior

  • 2023-24Senior

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