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2011-12 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jimmy Lee

Jimmy Lee

  • Position:
    Back/Fly/IM
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    178
  • Letters:
    4
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Windsor, Ont.
  • High School:
    Riverside

Summary

Biography

2011-12:  Competed in five meets … placed eighth in both the 100 backstroke (51.70) and 200 backstroke (1:54.01), and 12th in the 100 butterfly (52.55) at the GLIAC Championships … top times in 200 IM (1:55.16) and 100 backstroke (51.45; relay leadoff) at the Eastern Michigan Invitational ... named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team.

2010-11:  Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team ... led off the fourth-place 200 medley relay (1:31.70) at the GLIAC Championships … came in sixth in the 200 backstroke (1:52.43) … finished seventh in the 200 individual medley (1:54.71) and the 100 backstroke (51.44) … swam in 10 meets … top time in the 200 butterfly (1:54.81) at the Kenyon Total Performance Invitational … 1:51.09 in the preliminary 200 back and 1:54.28 in the preliminary 200 IM at GLIACs.

2009-10: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Led off the seventh-place 400 medley relay (3:20.36) … finished 24th in the 200 backstroke (1:53.60), 25th in the 200 butterfly (1:55.72) and 30th in the 200 IM (1:54.58). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Led off the first-place 400 medley relay which set a pool record (3:21.70) … placed sixth in the 200 backstroke (1:53.09) … finished ninth in both the 200 IM (1:55.65) and the 100 back (51.55). SEASON: Named to the GLIAC All-Academic Team … top times of 52.51 in the 100 butterfly Oct. 23 at the Indy four-way meet, 4:16.76 in the 400 IM Oct. 31 at Oakland, and 1:53.39 in the 200 fly Dec. 4-5 at the Eastern Michigan Invitational.

2008-09: NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS: Claimed four All-America awards, two First Team and two Honorable Mention ... finished seventh in the 200 backstroke (1:48.11) and the 200 butterfly (1:50.10) ... placed 13th in the 100 backstroke (50.37) and 16th in the 200 individual medley (1:53.30). GLIAC CHAMPIONSHIPS: Finished third in the 200 backstroke (1:50.42) and seventh in the 100 back (51.88) ... also placed seventh in the 200 IM (1:54.60) after qualifying second and setting a school record in the prelims (1:53.14) ... led off the preliminary 400 medley relay, which qualified third (3:40.67).

High School: A 2008 graduate of Riverside Secondary ... was also a member of the Windsor Essex Swim Team ... worked with club coaches Andrei Semenov, Cord Kitson, Jeff Cowan, Matthew Covtsos, and Lou Pocock ... helped lead WEST to a ninth place finish, best in club history, at the 2008 Ontario Provincial Division I Team Championships ... set over 65 club records since 2002, including national age group records in the 100 back and Ontario age group records in the 200 back in 2003 ... competed at the 2008 Canadian Olympic Trials in Montreal, swimming the 100 back (30th; 2:10.19), 200 back (42nd; 1:01.13), 100 fly (57th; 58.65), 200 fly (54th; 2:11.93), and 200 IM (39th; 2:13.38) ... also earned two letters in volleyball.

Personal: Full name--Jimmy Lee ... born in Windsor ... son of Mike Lee and Kathleen DeFaria ... has three brothers: Joe, Alex, and Ben ... is a Kinesiology (excercise and sport science) major ... named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.5+) for Fall 2008 (4.00) and Winter 2009 ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term gpa 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2009, Winter 2010, Fall 2010 and Winter 2012.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09Freshman

    Back/Fly/IM
    5'11" 178 lbs
  • 2009-10Sophomore

    Back/Fly/IM
    5'11" 178 lbs
  • 2010-11Junior

    Back/Fly/IM
    5'11" 178 lbs
  • 2011-12Senior

    Back/Fly/IM
    5'11" 178 lbs