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  Jessica Witt

Jessica Witt

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Fullerton, Calif.

High School:
Sunny Hills

Event:
IM, Free

As a Junior (2006-07): Made her second-straight NCAA Championship appearance, capturing a 16th-place finish and shattering a school record in the 400 IM with a 4:14.89... her top-16 earned her All-American recognition for the second time in as many years... also swam the 500 free in a school-record time of 4:50.52, but missed the finals cut... the junior now has her name attached to three school records (the 500 free, 400 IM and 800 free relay) and two A-10 marks (800 f.r. and 400 IM)... her 800 free relay set an A-10 and pool record (7:28.19) at the A-10 Championship to win the gold... that was the first of five medals (all gold) donned by Witt at the meet... she also won the 500 free, 400 IM, 200 back (2:02.48), 400 free relay (3:28.46)... has her named attached to eight times that rank in the top-10 all-time in school history... was named A-10 Performer of the Week once.

As a Sophomore (2005-06): Named an Honorable Mention All-American in the 400 IM following the NCAA Championships... logged three individual wins at the Atlantic 10 Championships, including an A-10 record time of 4:18.34 in the 400 IM... set the Spider school records with her first-place times of 4:52.41 in the 500 free and 16:49.13 in the 1650 free... was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Most Outstanding Performer following the championships... earned Atlantic 10 weekly honors four times throughout the season... helped Richmond to two wins and second-place finish in the relay events at the Atlantic 10 Championships, including the 400 free (3:30.32), 800 free (7:32.84) and 400 medley (3:50.14)... became the second sophomore in Spider swimming history to compete in the NCAA Championships... turned in a new school record in the 500 free with a 4:52.21 at the NCAA Championships... logged a 39th-place finish in the 1650 free event at the NCAA Championships... garnered ninth place in the 400 IM with a school record time of 4:16.15 to earn Honorable Mention All-America honors... set four Richmond all-time marks during the season, as well as placed her name among seven all-time Top-10 lists at Richmond... broke one Atlantic 10 Championship record.

As a Freshman (2004-05): Recorded two wins at the Atlantic 10 Championships in the 500 free (4:57.34) and 1,650 free (17:01.23)... posted her name five times on the Spiders' all-time Top-10 lists in the 500 free, 1,000 free, 1,650 free, 200 IM and 400 IM... placed second at the A-10 Championships in the 200 IM with a season-best 4:23.80... helped the 800 free relay squad take first at the A-10 Championships with a 7:32.73... named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week three times during the season (Nov. 22, Jan. 17, Feb. 7)... named the Atlantic 10 Most Outstanding Rookie following the Conference Championships.

High School: Three-year varsity letterwinner as a freshman then as a junior and senior... her fastest time in the 200 free is 1:53.20... has a time of 2:07.50 in the 200 IM... has also swam the 200 fly in a time of 2:08.09... recorded a best of 4:21.79 in the 400 IM... swam the 400 free in 4:51.89... recorded a time of 10:04.40 in the 1000 free... her fastest time in the 1650 free is 16:52.10.

Personal: Born Sept. 17, 1986... daughter of Jim and Sandy Witt.

 
 
 
 
 
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