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2024-25 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jackson Nester

Jackson Nester

  • Year:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Blacksburg, Va.
  • High School:
    Carroll County
  • Major:
    Engineering
  • Event(s):
    IM/Back

Summary

Biography

2024-25 // SENIOR SEASON
Named the Horizon League Winter Scholar-Athlete of the Season…Won his fourth straight 400-yard IM championship with a new school record time of 3:45.98…Placed third in the 200-yard backstroke (1:43.90) and 200-yard IM (1:47.08) events…Received All-Academic honors for a third time…Won the 200-yard backstroke, 200-yard IM, and 400-yard IM events at Magnus Cup…Competed in every competition on the year…Named Horizon League Swimmer of the Week twice.

2023-24 // JUNIOR SEASON
Won his third straight 400-yard IM Horizon League Championship with an NCAA B-standard time of 3:47.78…Clocked a school record time of 3:47.35 in the prelims…Runner-up in the 200-yard IM (1:46.66) and 200-yard backstroke a B-cut time of 1:44.06…Swam the third leg of the runner-up 800-yard freestyle relay…Named to the Academic All-League Team for a second straight year…Won 12 individual races in the dual season…Won the 200-yard IM, 400-yard IM, and 200-yard backstroke at Magnus Cup.

2022-23 // SOPHOMORE SEASON
Repeated as the 400-yard IM Horizon League Champion with an NCAA B-standard time of 3:48.34…Reached the podium in the 200-yard backstroke by finishing third with an NCAA B-standard time of 1:44.58…Finished fifth in the 500-yard freestyle…Swam the third leg of the third-place 800-yard freestyle relay team…Won ten individual races during the dual season including three times in the 1000 free, 400 IM, and 200 back...Named to the Academic All-League Team for the Horizon League.

2021-22 // FRESHMAN SEASON
Won the 400-yard IM Horizon League Championship with an NCAA B-standard time of 3:49.42...Placed fourth in the 200-yard backstroke (1:45.30) and sixth in the 500-yard freestyle (4:28.11) at the HL Championships…Won seven individual dual races on the year.

Pre-CSU
Appeared in the Olympic Trails…A three-time State Champion in Virginia…Recorded a fourth-place finish at the spring 2021 NCSA nationals in the 400 IM…Member of the National Honor Society…Swam for Club H2okie Aquatics.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Free/Back
  • 2021-22Freshman

    Free/Back
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Free/Back
  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior

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