THE OFFICIAL SITE OF KING UNIVERSITY TORNADO ATHLETICS

Ramirez set three American records for the S9 paralympic swimming classification over the weekend. These were set in short course meters during King's dual meet against Milligan. The first came in the 50 freestyle when Ramirez smashed the previous record of 29.56, posting a time of 27.57 seconds. The next record came in the following event, the 100 freestyle. His time of 1:02.95 broke the previous record of 1:05.52 by a little under three seconds. Ramirez broke his third record of the day in the 100 butterfly. The previous record of 1:15.13 was beaten by over five seconds when Ramirez finished in 1:09.24. Ben has his sights set on Tokyo this summer, but will first have to qualify at the Olympic trials in June.