Swimming & Diving

Jessica Botzum Season 2006-07

ClassJunior
HometownRaleigh, N.C.
Jessica BotzumEvent: Breaststroke/Individual Medley
Class: Junior
Hometown: Raleigh, N.C.
 
photoSkinner on Botzum: "Jessica is as impressive a student-athlete as I could ever ask to coach. Her impressive swimming resume is only surpassed by her amazing character."

2005-06: Placed ninth in the 200-yard breaststroke at the NCAA Championships to garner All-America Honorable Mention ... Also finished 19th in the 100-yard breaststroke at the national championships ... Earned All-ACC honors with third-place finishes in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke ... Individually scored 45 of the Hokies' 409 points at the ACC Championships ... Swam the second leg of the event-winning 400-yard medley relay against Clemson ... Also won the 200-yard breaststroke at the same meet ... Placed second in the 200-yard individual medley and third in the 100-yard breaststroke at the Maryland Quad ... Placed second in the 200-yard breaststroke at NC State ... Placed fourth in the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events at the Nike Cup ... Also placed fifth in the 200-yard individual medley at the Nike Cup ... Won the 200-yard butterfly at UNC-Wilmington ... Won the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard breaststroke at East Carolina ... Placed second in the 200-yard individual medley at West Virginia ... Placed second in the 200-yard individual medley against Pittsburgh.

2004-05: Earned All-America honors with her seventh-place finish at the NCAA Championships in the 200-yard breaststroke, setting a school record with a time of 2:12.34 ... Finished 17th at the NCAAs in the 100-yard breaststroke ... Named ACC Freshman of the Year ... Broke the school record in the 200-yard individual medley at the NCAAs ... Placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke at the ACC Championships ... Finished fourth at the same meet in the 100-yard breaststroke and sixth in the 200-yard individual medley ... Won the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley at the Nike Cup ... Placed second at the Nike Cup in the 100-yard breaststroke.

High School: Swam for coach Ron Turner at the YMCA of Triangle Area ... attended and swam for Cardinal Gibbons High School ... Finished 10th at the 2004 US Olympic Trials in the 200-meter breaststroke and fourth at the US summer nationals in the 200-meter breaststroke ... YMCA summer national meet record holder in the 200-yard breaststroke.

Personal: Jessica Ann Botzum was born Nov. 29, 1985, in Wayne, N.J. ... Daughter of Ted and Linda Botzum ... Majoring in biology.

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