The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2013-14 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Gretchen Jaques
- Position:
- Breast/Free/IM
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Glendora
- Hometown:
- Covina, Calif.
- All-American
- Three-time honorable mention All-American
- Eight-time Big 12 champion
- 2013 Academic All-Big 12 (second team)
- Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2014)
TOP TIMES(SCY/LCM)
50 free: 22.65/26.02
100 free: 49.21/56.93
100 breast: 59.39/1:09.02
200 breast: 2:09.86/2:31.72
100 fly: 52.65/1:01.10
200 IM: 1:57.77/2:17.54
AS A JUNIOR (2013-14)
• Teamed up with Lily Moldenhauer, Brynne Wong and Ellen Lobb to place sixth in the 200 medley relay (1:36.69) at the NCAA Championships
• Joined Lily Moldenhauer, Ellen Lobb and Sam Tucker to placed fifth in the 400 medley relay consolation final (3:34.63) at the NCAA Championships
• Teamed up with Ellen Lobb, Alex Hooper and Sam Tucker to place fifth in the 400 freestyle relay consolation final (3:15.69) at the NCAA Championships
• Placed sixth in the 100 breaststroke consolation final (59.81/59.65p) and 41st overall in the 200 breaststroke (2:12.24) at the NCAA Championships
• Joined Lily Moldenhauer, Brynne Wong and Ellen Lobb to win the 200 medley relay (1:37.16) at the Big 12 Championships
• Teamed up with Lily Moldenhauer, Ellen Lobb and Sam Tucker to win the 400 medley relay (3:33.09) at the Big 12 Championships
• Joined Ellen Lobb, Lily Moldenhauer and Sam Tucker to win the 200 freestyle relay (1:29.41) at the Big 12 Championships
• Teamed up with Ellen Lobb, Alex Hooper and Sam Tucker to win the 400 freestyle relay (3:15.17) at the Big 12 Championships
• Won the 100 breaststroke (1:00.21) and the 200 breaststroke (2:09.86) and placed second in the 200 IM (1:58.03) at the Big 12 Championships
• Won the 100 breaststroke (1:01.67) and the 200 breaststroke (2:13.82) and placed fourth in the 50 freestyle (23.46) at Arizona
• Took second in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.63) and the 200 breaststroke (2:14.00) and placed fourth in the 200 IM (2:02.26) against Georgia
• Won the 100 breaststroke (1:01.78) and took third in the 100 butterfly (54.71) against Auburn
• Won the 100 breaststroke (1:01.23) and the 200 breaststroke (2:12.83) against Stanford
• Placed third in the 100 breaststroke championship final (1:00.00/59.39p), fifth in the 100 butterfly championship final (53.24/53.05p), sixth in the 200 IM championship final (1:58.64/1:58.02) and sixth in the 100 freestyle championship final (49.35/49.21p) at the Texas Invitational
· Competed in the 200 breaststroke preliminary round at the Texas Invitational, where she qualified fourth in 2:10.42
· Anchored UT’s NCAA automatic-qualifying 400 freestyle relay in 48.80 at the Texas Invitational
· Won the 100 breaststroke (1:01.91) and the 100 freestyle (50.32) and took second in the 50 freestyle (23.26) and fifth in the 100 butterfly (55.33) at Virginia, Penn State and West Virginia
· Won the 50 freestyle (23.19) and the 100 freestyle (50.18) and took second in the 100 butterfly (54.32) at Indiana and Michigan
· Took second in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.30) and fourth in the 100 freestyle (50.90) at Texas A&M
· Won the 50 freestyle (23.33) and the 100 butterfly (54.68) and took second in the 100 freestyle (50.62) against North Carolina
· Won the 100 freestyle (50.32) in the season-opening win over Rice
AS A SOPHOMORE (2012-13)
· Placed 23rd in the 100 breast preliminaries (1:00.49), 34th in the 100 butterfly preliminaries (53.56) and 47th in the 200 breaststroke preliminaries (2:14.85) at the NCAA Championships
· Took second in the 100 breaststroke (59.64) and the 200 breaststroke (2:11.47), third in the 100 butterfly (52.79) and swam the 200 IM exhibition (1:57.77) at the Big 12 Championships
· Won the 100 breaststroke (59.74) and 100 butterfly (52.65) and placed fourth in the 100 freestyle (49.35) against Arizona and SMU
· Placed second in the 50 freestyle (23.31) and swam the 100 backstroke exhibition (55.87) at TCU
· Won the 100 freestyle (50.07) and took fourth in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.22) at Georgia
· Placed second in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.21) and the 100 butterfly (53.77) at Auburn
· Placed third in the 50 freestyle 'B' final (22.65), third in the 100 breaststroke 'B' final (1:00.86), sixth in the 100 freestyle 'B' final (49.37), sixth in the 200 IM 'B' final (1:59.04) and 14th in the 100 butterfly preliminaries (54.03) at the 2012 AT&T Winter National Championships
· Won the 100 butterfly (54.08) and took second in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.53) at Stanford
· Placed second in the 100 butterfly (54.52) and third in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.44) at California
· Took second in the 100 butterfly (54.83) and third in the 100 breaststroke (1:01.98) against Indiana and Michigan
· Won the 50 freestyle 'B' final (23.21), placed second in the 100 breaststroke 'B' final, third in the 200 breaststroke 'B' final (2:17.49) and fourth in the 200 IM 'B' final (2:03.88) at the SMU Classic
AS A FRESHMAN (2011-12)
• Swam in three events at the NCAA Championships, placing 27th in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.87), 31st in the 200 IM (1:59.39) and 43rd in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.06)
• Posted top eight finishes in the 100 breaststroke (3rd, 1:00.70), 200 breaststroke (4th, 2:13.65) and 200 IM (7th, 2:00.31) at the Big 12 Championships
• Won the 200 IM versus Arizona with a time of 2:02.28
• At the Texas Invitational, she was sixth in the 200 IM (1:59.59), sixth in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.99), 15th in the 200 breaststroke (2:14.44) and 17th in the 50 freestyle (22.76)
• Against SMU she took second in the 200 breaststroke (2:15.97) and third in the 50 freestyle (23.71)
• Had a strong performance against Texas A&M, going 23.35 in the 50 freestyle for second place and 1:03.33 in the 100 breaststroke for third
• Versus Michigan/Indiana, took second in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.70) and third in the 50 freestyle (23.71)
• Won the 200 medley relay as the second leg for Texas that finished in 1:41.14
• Swam on four relays during the Texas Invitational, placing fourth in the 200 medley relay (1:39.12), sixth in the 200 freestyle relay (1:41.82), seventh in the 400 medley relay (3:38.54) and eighth in the 400 freestyle relay (3:20.54)
• Was on the third leg of the second place 200 freestyle relay (1:34.17) at the SMU Classic
• Placedsecond in the 200 medley relay (1:43.10)against SMU and third in the 400 medley relay against Michigan/Indiana (3:45.39)
2012 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
• Placed 55th in the 100m breaststroke (1:11.48) and 90th in the 50m freestyle (26.46) and 100th in the 200m IM (2:22.16)
HIGH SCHOOL
• Four-year letter-winner in swimming and diving at Glendora High School under coach Janet Pollard
• Two-time high school All-American
• Eight-time CIF Southern Section Champion
• Three-time CIF Southern Section record holder: 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke and 200 IM
• Four-time San Gabriel Valley Swimmer of the Year
• Led Glendora High School to a team CIF championship in 2011 and a runner-up finish in 2010
• Named to the CIF All-Decade Team
• 2011 National High School Coaches Association Swimmer of the Year
• 2011 Glendora High School Athlete of the Year
• Swam for Brea Aquatics in Walnut, Calif., for coach Jim Johnson
• 2010 Short Course Junior National Individual High Point winner
• 2008 Junior National Champion in the 80y freestyle
• Three-time Junior National finalist in the 100 and 200 breaststroke
• Two-time Junior National finalist in the 50 freestyle
• 2010 Junior National finalist in the 100 freestyle and the 200 IM
PERSONAL
Born Gretchen Kathleen Jaques on April 10, 1993 in Glendora, Calif. ... daughter of Brad and Michelle Jaques ... has one sister, Ellie ... three-time Academic All-American in high school ... a liberal arts major.
