Francesca Benevidez

Pronunciation: fran CHESS ka ben EH VEE dez

High School: Swam at Eldorado High School … also lettered four years in archery … helped her team to the 2022 and 2024 Metro championship … her team was state runner-up in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 … won metro titles in the 400-medley relay, the 200 free, the 100 free, the 500 free, the 200 freestyle relay and the 400 freestyle relay … won state titles in the 400 medley relay, the 200 free, the 500 free and the 400 freestyle relay … outside of swimming she was an International Science and Engineering Fair qualifier (ISEF) in 2023 … was a  Central New Mexico STEM Research Challenge award winner from 2016- 2024 … was a state STEM Research Challenge award winner from 2017- 2024 … lettered in DECA in 2023 … in archery she set the U18/U21 World and National record for barebow women in a 144 arrow round in July, 2023 and the U18/U21 World and National record for barebow women in a 72 arrow round in September, 2023 … she was the Outdoor JOAD Target Nationals Champion  (2023), the Outdoor JOAD U.S. Open Champion (2023), the Senior Women’s U.S. Open National Champion (2023) and the  N.M. State Champion (2023-2024) … swam club for BEAST Aquatics.

Personal: Parents are Albert Benavidez and Michelle Giraudo … majoring in biology … birthday is April 9, 2006.