2016-17 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Stephanie Jackson
- Position:
- Butterfly/IM/Mid/Freestyle
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Naperville Central
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
2016-17: Top-16 finish in the 400 IM at MVC Championships, swimming a 4:29.32 (2/15-2/18)....Competed in the 500 freestyle, timing in at 5:04.82…Top-16 finish in the 200 butterfly, swimming a 2:06.74.....Swam a 5:05.18 in the 500 freestyle at the Big Challenge (11/18-11/20)....Season best time in the 100 butterfly, swimming a 59.12 (11/18-11/20)....Swam a 2:07.95 in the 200 butterfly at the UNO Invite for second place (12/1-12/3)....Competed in the 400 IM, swimming a 4:31.10 (11/18-11/20)...Swam in the 100 and 200 IMs, timing in at 1:02.28 and 2:11.78 respectively (12/1-12/3).....Season best time in the 1000 freestyle against Illinois State (1/20), timing in at 10:54.57....Best relay time came at the Missouri State Invite in the 400 medley relay, competed with Taylor, Herrmann and Lembezeder for a top-8 finish and a time of 3:57.37….Competed in all meets this season
2015-16: Named to the Scholar-Athlete Team...Named to the Honorable Mentions Team…..Nabbed fifth place in the 400 IM, breaking her own record with a time of 4:28.38 (2/19).....Swam in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:03.95 (2/18)...First place in the 200 IM with a time of 2:17.33 (1/16)…Swam a 10:49.39 in the 1000 Freestyle (1/15)…Swam a 3:35.23 in the 400 IM (12/4-6)…Competed in the 400 IM with a time of 4:31.79 and in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 5:06.21. Also swam a 58.84 in the 100 Butterfly and a 2:07.76 in the 200 Butterfly (11/20-22)…Swam a 2:02.16 in the 200 Freestyle and a 1:13.05 in the 100 Breaststroke (11/6)….1000 Freestyle time of 10:52.27 (10/30)…first place finish in the 1000 Freestyle, with a time of 10:52.71. Also took third place in the 200 Butterfly with a time of 2:12.25 and a 2:14.94 in the 200 IM (10/23)….first-place in 200 butterfly with a winning time of 2:25.45 (10/22)
2014-15: Honored as a scholar-athlete (MVC Team)....Swam a personal-best time of 2:06.83 in the 200 butterfly at the MVC Championships (2/20)....that time was good for a second place in the all-time UNI 200 butterfly history.....Set a new school record in prelims of 400 IM with a time of 4:32.02, then re-broke that record in the A-final by two seconds, clocking in at a 4:29.99.....Personal-bests in the 500 yard freestyle with a time of 5:03.99 checks in as the third-best time in UNI school history at the MVC Championship
2013: Finished third in the 1000 freestyle at SDSU and third in the 500 freestyle (10/25) ... Won the 500 yard freestyle at the UNO Invitational, finished second in the 200 butterfly, placed second in the 400 IM and broke the UNI school record with a time of 4:32.56, placed sixth in the 100 butterfly (12/6-7) ... Finished third in the 1000 freestyle vs Nebraska, placed fifth in the 50 butterfly, took fifth in the 100 IM (12/13) ... Placed second in the 1000 freestyle at Illinois St., placed first in the 200 butterfly, took second in the 200 IM (1/11) ... Finished second in the 1000 freestyle vs Nebraska-Omaha, 200 butterfly runner up, fourth-place in the 500 freestyle (1/24) ... 200 IM third-place finisher vs Iowa State (1/25) ... Placed 14th in the 500 freestyle in a time good for third on the UNI all-time list at MVC Championships, took the second spot on the UNI all-time list while placing 10th in the 400 IM, 800 freestyle relay team placed fifth and set a new UNI school record, took ninth in the 200 butterfly (2/13-15)
High School: Qualified for state her junior and senior year at Naperville Central… Named team captain her senior year… Helped lead her team to conference and sectional championships, where she was named all-conference... Qualified for sectionals all four years of high school.
Personal: Born December 30, 1994 in Downers Grove, Illinois… Daughter of Troy and Amy Jackson… Has two brothers, Kyle (14) and Sean (12)… Majoring in Management with an emphasis in Human Resource… Hobbies include baking and hanging out with friends and family
Getting to Know Steph
Favorite Movie: Crazy, Stupid Love
Favorite Song: Round Here- Florida Georgia Line
Favorite Book: In Search of Eden
Favorite Sports Memory: Winning sectionals as a team my senior year
Best Life Lesson You’ve Learned: “Don’t let one bad swim bring you down cause there will always be more”
