Swimming & Diving
Jaclyn Hill - Swimming & Diving - University of Kentucky Athletics

JaclynHill

  • position Breaststroke
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Canton, Ga.
  • Major Kinesiology
  • High school The King's Academy
Top Times (SCY):
100 Breaststroke: 59.96 (2021 NCAA Championships, 3/19/21)
200 Breaststroke: 2:08.62 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/20/21)
500 Freestyle: 4:46.07 (2021 SEC Championships, 2/18/21)
200 IM: 2:02.95 (2017 Ohio State Fall Invite, 11/17/17)

Top Times (LCM):
100 Breaststroke: 1:11.68 (2019 Ohio State Fall Invite, 11/22/19)
200 Breaststroke: 2:35.40 (2019 Georgia Senior State Championship, 7/27/19)
400 Freestyle: 4:20.93 (2019 Ohio State Fall Invite, 11/21/19)
200 IM: 2:24.07 (2016 GA Futures Championships – Atlanta, 8/7/16)

Career Notes:

  • 2020*, 2021 NCAA qualifier
  • ^2020 All-America in 200 Breaststroke
  • 2020 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2019, 2020, 2021 SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll
  • 2018 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
  • 2021 CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team
  • 2018, 2019 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention

In the Record Book:

  • No. 3 in 100 breast (2021)
  • No. 5 in 200 breast (2021)

2020-21 (Senior): Won the B-final of the 200 breast in 2:08.62 while also taking 12th in the 100 breast (1:00.05) and 19th in the 500 free (4:46.07) at the 2021 SEC Championships as UK won their first-ever team title … Qualified for the NCAA Championships in both breaststroke events … Placed sixth in the 200 breast (2:12.58), eighth in the 100 breast (1:02.66), and ninth in the 500 free (4:50.43) at the Missouri Invitational … Recorded 10 top-6 finishes throughout the dual meet season … Inducted into the Frank G. Ham Society of Character … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll … Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team.

2019-20 (Junior): Contributed 33 individual points at the 2020 SEC Championships … Finished in 10th place in the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.01, a career best, at the SEC Championships … Finished in 11th place in the 200 breaststroke in 2:10.40, before earning a career-best 2:10.12 in the preliminaries, at the SEC Championships … Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 200 breaststroke … Named to the CSCAA Scholar All-America First Team … Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.

2018-19 (Sophomore): Scored points and set a career best in the 500 free at the SEC Championships … Hill recorded a 4:46.27 in the event, finishing in 22nd and moving into the 10th spot on UK’s all-time performance list … Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention … Named to SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
 
2017-18 (Freshman): Scored at the SEC Championships in the 100 breast, finishing 13th overall with a time of 1:01.34 … Recorded a personal-best 200 breast of 2:12.41 at the Ohio State Winter Invite in February … Named CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention … Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to UK: Swam for Chattahoochee Gold Swim Club … Held the state record in the 100 and 200 breast and 400 IM … Two-time state champion in the 100 breast … Three-time Scholastic All-America … Member of the 800 free relay team, which holds the national record … Was a member of Beta Club and National Honor Society.

Personal: Parents are Dana and Steven Hill … Has two siblings, Jessica and Jordan.

*The NCAA Championships were canceled because of the COVID-19 public-health threat.
^The CSCAA board adjusted the All-America selection criteria to recognize a group of individuals who would have had the opportunity to compete for All-America status at the canceled 2020 NCAA Championships.

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