Jenny Wilson
Jenny Wilson
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Bethesda, Md.

High School:
Sidwell Friends School

Height:
5-5

Event:
Breast

02/14/2012

Northwestern Rested and Ready for Big Ten Championships

Wildcats travel to brand new host venue in Iowa City for this weekend's meet

02/13/2012

This Week in Northwestern Athletics - Week of Feb. 13

Baseball begins 2012 season, wrestling closes 2011-12 regular season at home

01/28/2012

NU Hands Denver First Loss of Season, Falls to No. 18 Missouri

Wildcats conclude the 2011-12 regular season with a 9-4 dual meet record

01/27/2012

Two Pool Records Fall During First Night of Final Regular Season Meet

Northwestern trails No. 18 Missouri, leads undefeated Denver after six events

01/25/2012

Northwestern Celebrates Senior Day, Chipotle BIG GAME This Weekend

Three session meet begins at 5 p.m. CT Friday, continues at 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday

2011-12: Northwestern's top breaststroker, ranks first on the Wildcats' top times list after the regular season in both distances ... Had five total individual breaststroke NCAA `B' provisional qualifying times during the regular season ... Swam NCAA `B' provisional qualifying cuts of 1:02.42 in the 100 and 2:15.18 in the 200 to win both events at Northwestern's own eight-team TYR Invitational (11/18-11/20) ... Also was second in the 50 breast at the TYR ... Swam the breast leg on NU's top 200 medley and 400 medley relays of the year ... Has finished in the top-three in every dual meet race of the season, earning three wins in the 100 breast and three more in the 200 breast ... Swam dual-meet breaststroke `B' cuts in both distances against Michigan and Notre Dame (1/14) and in the 100 against Iowa and Harvard (1/21) ... At the AT&T Winter Nationals in Atlanta in December, qualified for the `B' final in both the 100 and 200 breast, picking up 2012 Olympic Trial cuts in both races at the long course meters meet.

2010-11: Ranked first in both breaststroke distances on Northwestern's top times list after recording career-best times and qualifying for the championship finals in both races at the Big Ten Championships ... Took eighth overall in the 100 breast after a career-best and NCAA `B' provisional qualifying time of 1:01.31 during her preliminary swim ... Also was eighth in the 200 breast with a career-best and `B' cut of 2:13.14 in the `A' final, a time which cut more than three full seconds off her previous career best entering the conference championships ... Now ranks second in both breaststroke events on NU's all-time top times list ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Swam with the Wildcats' medley relays at the Big Ten Championships, earning NCAA `B' times with both ... The 400 medley relay ranks second and the 200 medley relay ranks fifth on NU's all-time top times list ... Won both the 100 breast and 200 breast at NU's own six-team TYR Invitational (11/19-11/21) ... Also earned a championship final appearance in the 50 breast at the TYR, coming in fifth overall ... Won both breaststroke distances in a dual meet at Iowa (01/22) ... Also won the 100 breast at NU's quad dual (11/6) ... Took third in both breast events at the five-team Shamrock Invitational (01/29) ... Compiled eight total top-three dual meet even finishes on the year.

2009-10: Northwestern's top breaststroker in both the 100- and 200-yard events ... Member of both of NU's top 200 and 400 medley relays for the year, picking up NCAA `B' consideration times in both at the Big Ten Championships ... Qualified for the consolation finals of both the 100 breast and 200 breast at the Big Ten Championships, swimming a career-best and NCAA `B' provisional qualifying time of 2:16.24 in the 200 prelims and a season-best and NCAA `B' time of 1:02.63 in the 100 prelims ... Ranks fourth all-time at NU in the 200 breast with her 2:16.24 ... Finished 11th overall in the 100 breast (`B' cut of 1:02.66) and 15th in the 200 breast (2:17.37) in the Big Ten ... Also competed in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships (57th) ... Swam the breast legs of the Wildcats' 200 and 400 medley relays at the TYR Invitational, earning an NCAA `B' cut with the 200 ... Won the 100 and 200 breaststroke races at the six-team TYR Invitational, swimming an NCAA `B' provisional qualifying and then-career-best time of 2:16.29 ... Finished second in the 50 breast and made the bonus final in the 200 IM at the TYR ... Finished first or second in every breaststroke race of the season, winning four times in the 100 and six times in the 200.

2008-09: Had a breakout season as a member of the breaststroke group ... Recorded Northwestern's best times of the season in both the 100 and 200 breast ... Qualified for the consolation final in the 100 breast at the Big Ten Championships with a season-best and NCAA `B' provisional qualifying time of 1:01.96, which also was the second-fastest time in school history ... Won the consolation final with a second `B' cut in the event ... Made the consolation final in the 200 breast at the conference meet with a 2:16.55, good for fourth on NU's all-time top performers list in the event ... Also swam in the 200 IM at the Big Ten meet ... Earned a first-place finish in the 100 breast at they TYR Invitational (11/21) ... Finished 10th in the 200 IM at the Invite ... Recorded five other first-place finishes in the 100 breast ... Swam to three top finishes in the 200 breast as well.

High School: Automatic All-American and U.S. Open qualifier in the 100 breast ... Junior Nationals qualifier in both the 100 and 200 breast ... Washington Post All-Metro honorable mention selection ... D.C. area Swimmer of the Year ... Sidwell Friends MVP ... Finished second in the 100 breast at the Washington-Metropolitan High School Metros, and 24th at NCSA Junior Nationals in the 100 breast ... Swam four years of club with the Curl-Burke Swim Club ... Club team finished first at NCSA Junior Nationals in 2006 and second in 2007 ... AP Scholar.

Personal: Born Jennifer Diane Wilson ... Daughter of Lisa Westfall and Bruce Wilson ... Chose Northwestern over Pennsylvania and Virginia ... Majoring in journalism.

WILSON'S PERSONAL BESTS
Event Personal Best
100 breaststroke 1:01.31
200 breaststroke 2:13.14
200 individual medley 2:07.02

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