2023-24 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Benzija, Samantha
Back/Fly/Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Back/Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast/Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Back/Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/Fly/Back
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/IM/Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast/Fly
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Back/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Distance Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/back/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/Back/Breast/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Back/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Fly/Sprint Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/Fly
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/Fly
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Diving
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Breast/Fly/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Free/Breast/IM
/ Women's Swimming and Diving
Samantha Benzija
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Kinnelon
- Hometown:
- Kinnelon, N.J.
Bio
Career Entering 2025-26: Scored 40 points at Patriot League Championships … holds the school’s eighth-fastest 100 butterfly (55.64) … part of school-record 200 medley relay (1:41.35) ... part of 8th-fastest 400 medley relay (3:44.76).
2024-25 (Sophomore): Recorded 22 points at the Patriot League Championships, finishing 15th in the 200 back, 18th in the 100 fly, and 22nd in the 100 back ... also helped Bucknell place fifth in the 200 medley relay and sixth in the 400 medley relay ... 200 medley relay broke the school record with a time of 1:41.35 ... placed seventh in the 200 breast, 16th in the 100 breast, and seventh in the 200 medley relay at the ECAC Championships, helping the Bison win the team title ... won the 200 breast at the Bucknell Fall Invitational and the 100 fly in a dual win over Boston University.
2023-24 (First Year): Scored 18 points at the Patriot League Championships, placing 12th in the 100 backstroke, 23rd in the 100 butterfly and 24th in the 200 backstroke … also swam the third leg of the seventh-place 200 medley relay team that swam the fourth-fastest time in program history (1:42.43) … finished 10th in the 100 breaststroke, 11th in the 200 breaststroke and 14th in the 100 butterfly at the ECAC Championships … registered the eighth-fastest 100 butterfly (55.87) in school history at the Bucknell Invitational … logged three top-three finishes, including a runner-up spot in the 100 butterfly in the dual win over Lehigh … went third in the 200 butterfly at the Navy Invitational and in the 100 breaststroke in the Holy Cross dual.
Before Bucknell: Served as a team captain for the Kinnelon Colts … five-time All-New Jersey Athletic Conference Second Team honoree and four-time All-NJAC First Team honoree … helped lead her team to a 2023 sectional title and state championship … holds Kinnelon High School records in the 200 medley relay and 100 backstroke … captured the 2023 Morris County breaststroke title … 2023 Morris County Scholar-Athlete Award winner … also competed for Jersey Flyers Aquatic Club … Futures qualifier in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke.
Personal: Samantha Rose Benzija … born Dec. 30, 2004 in Pompton Plains, N.J. … daughter of Lisa and Walter Benzija … has one sibling: Alyssa, who was an all-conference swimmer at the University of Scranton ... majoring in English/creative writing and psychology.
2024-25 (Sophomore): Recorded 22 points at the Patriot League Championships, finishing 15th in the 200 back, 18th in the 100 fly, and 22nd in the 100 back ... also helped Bucknell place fifth in the 200 medley relay and sixth in the 400 medley relay ... 200 medley relay broke the school record with a time of 1:41.35 ... placed seventh in the 200 breast, 16th in the 100 breast, and seventh in the 200 medley relay at the ECAC Championships, helping the Bison win the team title ... won the 200 breast at the Bucknell Fall Invitational and the 100 fly in a dual win over Boston University.
2023-24 (First Year): Scored 18 points at the Patriot League Championships, placing 12th in the 100 backstroke, 23rd in the 100 butterfly and 24th in the 200 backstroke … also swam the third leg of the seventh-place 200 medley relay team that swam the fourth-fastest time in program history (1:42.43) … finished 10th in the 100 breaststroke, 11th in the 200 breaststroke and 14th in the 100 butterfly at the ECAC Championships … registered the eighth-fastest 100 butterfly (55.87) in school history at the Bucknell Invitational … logged three top-three finishes, including a runner-up spot in the 100 butterfly in the dual win over Lehigh … went third in the 200 butterfly at the Navy Invitational and in the 100 breaststroke in the Holy Cross dual.
Before Bucknell: Served as a team captain for the Kinnelon Colts … five-time All-New Jersey Athletic Conference Second Team honoree and four-time All-NJAC First Team honoree … helped lead her team to a 2023 sectional title and state championship … holds Kinnelon High School records in the 200 medley relay and 100 backstroke … captured the 2023 Morris County breaststroke title … 2023 Morris County Scholar-Athlete Award winner … also competed for Jersey Flyers Aquatic Club … Futures qualifier in the 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke.
Personal: Samantha Rose Benzija … born Dec. 30, 2004 in Pompton Plains, N.J. … daughter of Lisa and Walter Benzija … has one sibling: Alyssa, who was an all-conference swimmer at the University of Scranton ... majoring in English/creative writing and psychology.
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