Christina Jackson Class: Senior Hometown: Oceanside, CA High School: USDHS Event: Free Birthdate: 09/17/1981

Has improved every season she has been with the Irish ... her bright personality and positive outlook are instrumental in the overall team success ... will add depth in the individual medley and the 200 butterfly ... can also swim distance freestyle if needed.

AS A JUNIOR: Swam at the BIG EAST Championships in the 200 butterfly and then 400 individual medley ... posted her best times of the season at the BIG EAST meet in those event at 2:06.47 and 4:32.08, respectively ... also competed in the 100 butterfly and 200 IM during the season ... swam best 100 fly time (1:00.65) at the Minnesota Invitational and 200 individual medley time at the Notre Dame Invitational (2:13.15) ... finished 15th in the 400 IM at the BIG EAST meet ... was 16th in the 200 butterfly at the conference meet ... ranked sixth on the team in the 200 fly and was ninth in the 400 individual medley. . .won the "B" race of the 400 individual medley at the Notre Dame Invitational.

AS A SOPHOMORE: Finished fifth in the 50 freestyle against Miami ... also took fifth in the 100 freestyle against Iowa ... member of the first-place 200 yard medley relay at the Notre Dame Relays ... swam on the first-place 800 freestyle relay at the Notre Dame Relays ... had two top-five finishes.

AS A FRESHMAN: Placed fifth in both the 100 butterfly and the 200 freestyle at the Shamrock Classic ... also placed eighth in the 200 individual medley at the Shamrock Classic ... placed sixth in the 200 freestyle and seventh in the 100 freestyle against TCU.

HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Four-year letterwinner at University of San Diego High School ... named most valuable swimmer her senior year ... named high school's Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year her senior season ... team won the section championship as a sophomore and was league champions her freshman and sophomore years ... a member of National Honor Society and Ambassadors for Christ Corps ... born Sept. 17, 1981 in Okinawa, Japan ... enrolled in the College of Science with a pre-professional studies major ... was on the Dean's List in the spring of 2002