The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2022-23 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
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Jacoby, Lydia
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Lydia Jacoby
- Position:
- Breast
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Seward / Seward Tsunami Swim Club
- Hometown:
- Seward, Alaska
- Major:
- Textiles
Bio
- NCAA National Runner-up Team (2023, 2024)
- National Champion
- 100 breast (2023)
- Three-time All-American
- 100 breast (2023, 2024)
- 400 medley relay (2023)
- Two-time Honorable Mention All-American
- 200 breast (2023, 2024)
- Two-time Big 12 Team Champion (2023, 2024)
- Four-time Big 12 Champion (Four-time Individual Champion)
- 100 breast (2023, 2024)
- 200 breast (2023, 2024)
- 2022-23 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year
- 2023 Big 12 Championship Swimming Newcomer of the Meet
- Three-time Big 12 Newcomer of the Week (Oct. 26, 2022; Nov. 9, 2022; Jan. 18, 2023)
- 2022-23 CSCAA Scholar All-American First Team
- 2022-23 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Fall 2022, Spring 2023)
TOP TIMES (SCY/LCM) - Updated Mar. 19, 2023
50 breast: 27.02/30.20
100 breast: 57.03/1:04.95
200 breast: 2:04.32/2:25.98
AS A SOPHOMORE (2023-24)
- Placed fifth in the 100 breast (57.13) and won the 200 breast consolation final (2:06.82) at the NCAA Championships
- Won gold in the 100 breast (meet-record 57.27) and 200 breast (2:05.58) at the Big 12 Championship
- Teamed with Emma Sticklen, Olivia Bray and Angie Coe in the 200 medley relay to register a time of 1:36.46 (26.83 breast) at The Sterkel Classic
- Joined Sienna Schellenger, Campbell Stoll and Angie Coe in the 400 medley relay to record a time of 3:36.12 (59.53 breast) at The Sterkel Classic
- Won the 100-meter breast in 1:06.91 against TCU
- Won the 200-meter medley relay with Berit Berglund, Emma Sticklen and Erin Gemmell in 1:51.21 (29.80 breast) against TCU
- Finished third in the 200 breast (2:10.42) at No. 17 Duke
- Took second in the 100 breast (58.15) at No. 10 NC State
- Won the 200 medley relay with Emma Kern, Olivia Bray and Ava Longi in a pool-record 1:34.24 (26.02 breast) at No. 10 NC State
- Placed third in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:06.62) at the TYR Pro Swim Series stop in Knoxville.
AS A FRESHMAN (2022-23)
- Won the national championship in the 100 breast (57.03) at the NCAA Championships
- Won bronze with Olivia Bray, Emma Sticklen and Kelly Pash in the 400 medley relay (3:25.18 - program record) at the NCAA Championships
- Placed 11th in the 200 breast (2:06.66) at the NCAA Championships
- Won gold in the 100 breast (57.29 - NAG (17-18)/meet record) and 200 breast (2:04.32 - NAG (17-18)) at the Big 12 Championships
- Won the 100 breast (57.45 - NAG) and the 200 breast (2:06.66) versus No. 4 NC State
- Teamed with Olivia Bray, Emma Sticklen and Kelly Pash for a 400 medley relay program record of 3:25.29 (57.13 breast split) versus No. 4 NC State
- Joined Meghan DiMartile, Dakota Luther and Bridget Semenuk to place third in the 200 medley relay (1:35.91/25.82 breast split) versus No. 4 NC State
- Won the 100 breast (59.21) and 200 breast (2:11.14) against No. 5 Ohio State and No. 6 Alabama
- Won the 400 medley relay with Olivia Bray, Emma Sticklen and Kelly Pash in 3:32.85 (59.05 breast split) and placed second in the 200 medley relay (1:38.14/27.03 breast split) against No. 5 Ohio State and No. 6 Alabama
- Was on the third-place 200 medley relay team at the Minnesota Invitational that finished with a time of 1:36.66
- Runner-up in the 100 breast A Final with a NCAA A standard time of 57.54 at the Minnesota Invitational
- Part of the third-place 400 medley relay team that swam a time of 3:32.54 (NCAA B) at the Minnesota Invitational
- Won the 200 breast A Final at the Minnesota Invitational with her time of 2:07.14 (NCAA B)
- On the fourth-place 200 medley relay team with Meghan DiMartile, Morgan Brophy and Bridget Semenuk (1:38.81) against UVA and swam the second leg of the second-place 400 medley relay team that finished with a time of 3:35.39…
- Won the 200 breast with an NCAA-B standard time of 2:09.19 and finished third in the 100 breast (58.96) against Virginia
- Debuted for the Longhorns on the second-place 200 medley relay team (1:38.55) of Meghan DiMartile, Grace Cooper and Kyla Leibel against Indiana and Texas A&M
- Finished second in the 100 breast with her time of 59.93 against Indiana and Texas A&M and third in the 200 breast with a time of 2:11.31
Prior to Texas:
- 2021 Olympic Gold Medalist - 100 m Breast
- 2021 Olympic Silver Medalist - 4x100 medley relay
- 2021 USA Swimming Breakout Performer of the Year
- 2021 USA Swimming Female Race of the Year - 100m breaststroke at Tokyo Olympic Games
- 2021 USA Swimming Female Athlete of the Year finalist
- Alaska Sports Hall of Fame - Female Athlete of the Year
- 4x - Alaska Swimming Female Athlete of the Year
- 4x All-American & Scholastic All-American
- 2020 Short Course World Championships Silver Medalist
- 100 & 200 L Breast Alaska Swimming Record
Personal: Daughter to Leslie and Richard Jacoby... Wants to pursue a career in fashion... Valedictorian of her high school class... Enjoys photography, modeling, painting, coffee, thrifting and hiking... Came to Texas because of the coaches and team culture.
