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Jessica Stephens |
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Bio • Awards • Career Bests
Will be one of the team's top swimmers in
the breaststroke this season ... had a runner-
up finish at the 2006 BIG EAST
Championships in the 200 breaststroke ...
also placed in the top four in the 200 IM and
100 breaststroke at the BIG EAST
Championships her junior season to earn
all-BIG EAST honors in three events ... she
now has won nine all-BIG EAST honors in
her career ... has also excelled in the classroom
as she has been a BIG EAST Academic
All-Star each of the last two years ... her
sophomore season, she claimed two BIG
EAST titles and added three additional all-
BIG EAST honors ... has range to swim the
50 free, both breaststrokes, the 100 butterfly
and the 200 IM.
AS A JUNIOR
Was the conference runner-
up in the 200 breaststroke (2:16.79) at
the BIG EAST Championships ... took home
two additional all-BIG EAST honors in the
200 IM (2:02.78) and 100 breaststroke
(1:04.04) ... her 200 IM time was a career
best ... swam her best time in placing third
in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.57) at the
Minnesota Invitational ... she also had a
strong meet at the Notre Dame Invitational
... she swam a 55.73 to finish second in the
preliminary, or only to better her time with
a 55.35 and still finish second in the 100 butterfly
... part of the squad that set the Notre
Dame Invitational 200 relay mark (1:43.37)
... also excelled in the classroom as she was
a BIG EAST Academic All-Star for the second
consecutive year.
AS A SOPHOMORE
Stepped up to win
the BIG EAST championship in the 200
breaststroke (2:16.45, an NCAA "B" cut) ...
also earned a conference title as part of the
200 medley relay team ... added all-BIG
EAST honors with a second-place finish in
the 200 IM (2:02.26 - behind teammate Katie
Carroll), third-place finish in the 100 fly and
third-place effort in the 200 medley relay ...
a force during the team's dual meet season,
winning a team-high 13 individual races
(including five in the 200 breast) and contributing
to five relay victories as well ...
ranked first on the team in the 200 breast
and second in the 100 breast, 100 fly and 200
IM.
AS A FRESHMAN
Ranked among
team's top three swimmers in her three
main events: second in 200 breast (2:18.59)
and 100 fly (55.51) and third in 100 breast
(1:05.22) ... finished third - after qualifying
seventh - in the 100 fly in BIG EAST
Championships as a rookie to earn all-conference
accolades ... reached the finals in all
three individual events in league meet, scoring
34 points ... also took fifth in 200 breast
after qualifying third and was 13th in 100
breast ... moved up 19 spots from seeding
(22nd) in 100 fly at BIG EAST meet ... also
qualified for BIG EAST meet in 200 IM
(2:06.95).
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL
DATA
Five-time state champion in five different
events at Bloomsburg High School ...
nationally-ranked her junior and senior seasons
... team captain her sophomore, junior
and senior years ... All-American in the 200
individual medley, 100 breaststroke, 100
butterfly, 100 freestyle, and the 50 freestyle
over the course of her four years ... eighttime
YMCA All-American with the
Bloomsburg Area YMCA ... competed at
senior nationals in the 200 individual medley,
100 butterfly, and the 100 and 200
breaststroke ... member of the National
Honor Society and Future Educators of
America ... older brother Matthew ran cross
country and track at Princeton ... born June
14, 1985, to Ann and John Stephens ...
enrolled in the College of Arts & Letters as a
graphic design major and theology minor
with a concentration in Spanish.
HONORS & AWARDS
2005 BIG EAST Champion
Two-time All-BIG EAST
| STEPHENS' CAREER BESTS |
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`04 BE | '05 BE | `06 BE |
| 100 Breast | 1:03.57 • '06 Minn.Invite | 13th | -- | 4th |
| 200 Breast | 2:15:74 • '06 Boiler Make-it | 5th | 1st | 2nd |
| 100 Fly | 55.35 • '06 Notre Dame Invite | 3rd | 3rd | -- |
| 200 IM | 2:02.26 • '05 BIG EAST | -- | 2nd | 3rd |
