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2011-12 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Greg Jacobs

  • Ht./Wt. 5-11 / 155
  • Class Junior
  • Major Metropolitan Studies (College of Arts and Science)
  • Hometown Leawood, KS
  • High School Blue Valley North

Biography

2010-11: Swam career-best times in the 100 back (55.60) and the 200 back (2:00.10) at the UAA Championships (2/16-19)…placed second in the 200 back (2:08.20) vs. Vassar (1/29)…finished third in the 1,000 free (10:49.61) vs. Springfield (1/15). 2009-10: Recorded season-best times in the 50 back (26.84), 100 back (56.02), 200 back (1:59.45), and 100 fly (56.01) at the UAA Championships (2/17-20)…won the 200 back (2:05.53) and finished second in the 400 medley relay (49.47) at Swarthmore (11/21)…placed second in the 200 medley relay (1:46.04), and third in both the 100 back (58.43) and 200 back (2:07.21) vs. Rowan (11/7). High School: Four-year team member…served as captain during his senior campaign…two-time All-American…helped set the school record in the 400 free relay…Academic All-American…organized the most successful blood drive in school history…volunteered as a tutor for inner-city children…member of the Future Business Leaders of America and DECA…named to the Principal’s Honor Roll…member of the National Honor Society…also swam for the Kansas City Blazers. Personal: Both grandparents on his father’s side attended NYU…serves as an admissions ambassador…spent the Fall 2011 semester studying abroad in Buenos Aires…enjoys traveling, walking around cities and studying architecture…aspires to work in real estate development.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Freshman

    Back/Fly
    5'10" 155 lbs
  • 2010-11Sophomore

    Back/IM
    5'11" 155 lbs
  • 2011-12Junior

    Back/IM
    5'11" 155 lbs