Benjamin Cescon, Canadian World Juniors Qualifier, Commits to Wisconsin for 2026

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Benjamin Cescon, a Canadian World Juniors Team Member, will be joining the Wisconsin Badgers in the fall of 2026.

“I am beyond excited to announce my verbal commitment to swim and study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison! Thank you to my parents who have supported me through my first decade in the sport, and to coaches Fred, AJ, and Che at CREST Swimming for helping me become the athlete and person I am today. Huge thanks to coaches Jack and Johno for their encouragement, their vision and this incredible opportunity. Go Badgers!!”

Cescon, from Toronto, was a member of Canada’s World Juniors team, swimming the 200 breaststroke in 2:17.04 to finish 18th overall. This was a little under a two second add from his previous best time of 2:15.33 from the Canadian Swimming Trials in June, where he won the 13-18 year-old final.

At the same meet, he swam the 100 breast, setting a new personal best of 1:03.88, and the 200 IM, swimming 2:08.82 for another lifetime best time.

He saw significant improvements last season, coming into the year at 2:19.68 in the 200 breast, 1:04.96 in the 100 breast, and 2:09.20 in the 200 IM.

Cescon’s Lifetime Best Times (converted)

A member of the Big Ten conference, Wisconsin was 6th at last year’s Championships, scoring 735 points to come in almost 60 points behind Minnesota’s 794.5.

The Badgers are now led by Jack Brown after their previous head coach Yuri Suguiyama left to become the National Team Senior Director and Coach for USA swimming after seven years with Wisconsin.

Cescon’s converted times will add depth to the Badgers roster. In the  200 breast, his converted time would have been 6th on last year’s team, and in the 100 breast and 200 IM he would have been 7th with his conversions.

He will join Joshua Smith, Ashton Joswiak, and Max Stewart on campus in Madison for the class of 2030.

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