Carrie Bencic

Honors:
2015-16 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014-15 Winter SEC Academic Honor Roll

2015-16 (Junior): Found the podium 12 times in six different races… Season best times in the 500 freestyle (4:57.50), 200 freestyle (1:53.67) and 200 butterfly (2:06.58) came in the prelims of the SEC championship… Earned a 2nd place finish in the 1000 freestyle with a personal and Commodore best time of 10:22.01 against Tulane… 3rd place against Arkansas, Houston and Clemson in the 500 freestyle (5:03.66)… Placed 2nd in the 500 freestyle (5:11.47) and 3rd in the 200 butterfly (2:08.19) against SEC foe Missouri… Finished 2nd in the 500 freestyle (5:10.30) and the 200 freestyle (1:58.13) against UALR.

2014-15 (Sophomore): Broke the Vanderbilt swim record in the 500 freestyle on Nov. 20th at the GT Invite (4:54.48)… Set the second fastest time in the 1000-yard freestyle on Oct. 18 for VU (10:22.58) against SEC for Auburn and Notre Dame… Found the podium 11 times in her sophomore season… four 1^st place finishes, three 2^nd place finishes, and four 3^rd place finishes for the ‘Dores… PR’d in the 200 butterfly at SEC Champs, swimming a 2:03.34… Summer between sophomore and junior seasons; set another personal record in the 50 fly (29.50) at the Nike Summer Sizzle… earned 3^rd against SDSU and UALR in the 200 Free (1:55.32)… Placed 3^rd for VU in the 500 free (5:05.62) versus Auburn and Notre Dame… Team earned 5^th place in the 200 Medley Relay against Marshall and Xavier… Finished in 1^st place versus Marshall and Xavier in the 200 fly (2:07.74) and 500 free (5:01.18)… Runner-up finish against Tulane and WKU in the 500 free (5:01.90)… 3^rd place against Kentucky in the 1000 free (10:25.53)…finishes 3^rd in the 50 free against the Razorbacks (5:05.09).

2013-14 (Freshman): Finished with the second fastest time in school history (4:55.75) in the 500-yard freestyle at the SEC Championships … A member of the 800-yard freestyle relay team that set a school record time of 7:21.94 time at the SEC Championships … Posted two top three finishes against Auburn; placing third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.80) and second in the 500-yard freestyle (5:02.92) … Finished second in the 500-yard freestyle against Texas A&M (5:02:43) … Had a pair of first-place finishes against Tulane; swimming a time of 10:21.01 in the 1000-yard freestyle and posting a 5:05.01 mark in the 500-yard freestyle … Finished second in both the 200 and 500-yard freestyles versus Liberty with times of 1:53.57 and 5:03.76 respectively … Finished 11th in the 200-yard freestyle at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a personal record time of 1:52:38 … Captured the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:02.51 against Liberty/West Florida and finished second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.26) … Had a pair of runner-up finishes versus WKU/Marshall/Cumberlands in the 200 and 500 yard freestyles with times of 1:55.48 and 5:03.40 respectively … Finished first in the 1000-yard freestyle against Arkansas Little Rock (10:32.40) … Posted a third place finish in the 200-yard freestyle against Arkansas/Kansas (1:53.49).

Personal:Carrie Bencic … Born October 20, 1994 … Daughter of Maryann and Timothy … Sister of Tim and Matt … Starting swimming at the age of six … Wants to sky dive and travel the world … Majoring in Medicine, Health and Society.