| Jacob Wilson |
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 | Class:
Sophomore
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| Hometown:
Kingwood, Texas
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| High School:
Kingwood
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| Height / Weight:
6-0 / 187
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| Event:
Fly/IM
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As a Freshman (2002-03): Competed in the breaststroke, butterfly and individual medley events for the Yellow Jackets … Had a time of 3:59.01 in the 400 IM at the ACC Championships to finish in 15th place ... Ended the 200 IM race at the conference meet in 20th place with a time of 1:53.85 … Finished 19th at the ACC meet in the 200 butterfly (1:53.06) … Had a personal-best 200-fly time in the preliminaries of the conference championship (1:52.77).
High School: Four-time letterwinner and two-time team captain for coach Lanny Landtroop at Kingwood High School…All-state honoree from 2000-02…All-American in 2001, as a member of Kingwood’s 200 and 400 free relays…Helped team to 2002 Texas 5A state championship…Member of state champion 400 free relay as a senior…2002 regional champion in 200 IM…District champion in 100 fly and 200 IM in 2000-02…Team captured ’99 and ’02 regional titles, as well as 1999 and 2001-02 district championships…Team MVP from 2000-02 and Rookie of the Year in ’99…Shared Region Competitor of the Year honors in ’02…Academic All-American…Holds Blue Tide Aquatics records in 200 fly and 400 IM…Two-year team captain for Blue Tide…Member of National Honor Society…Eagle Scout.
Personal: Jacob Norris Wilson…Son of Tom and Cissy Wilson…Born July 21, 1983, in Houston, Texas…Undecided major in the College of Engineering…Fifth-generation relative of Jim Bowie, a Texas folk hero who died at the Alamo in 1836 and was known for his famous “Bowie Knife.”
| Wilson's Career Top Times |
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| EVENT | TIME |
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| 200 breast | 2:14.50 |
| 200 fly | 1:52.77 |
| 200 IM | 1:53.85 |
| 400 IM | 3:59.01 |
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