Jeli Nixt

Position:
Breaststroke/IM
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Lake Oswego
Hometown:
Portland, Ore.

Honors and Awards:
All-Big 12 first team in 100 breast (08-09) ... All-Big 12 second team in 100 breast (07-08, 09-10) ... Cyclone Relay Swimmer (10-11) ... voted ISU’s Newcomer of the Year (07-08).

2010-11 (Senior):
Competed in 200 medley relay (6th, 1:42.35), 200 free relay (6th, 1:34.60), 50 free (31st, 24.16), 100 breast (11th, 1:03.13) and 200 breast (20th, 2:20.50) at the Big 12 Championships … earned five event wins on the season (two individual, three relay) … first place finishes against South Dakota and Nebraska in the 100 breast … top Cyclone in the 100 breast and ranked third in the 200 breast … member of winning 200 medley relay team against Nebraska-Omaha and South Dakota … picked up 12 top-3 finishes (four individual, eight relay).

2009-10 (Junior):
Competed in the 200 medley relay (fifth, 1:40.41), 50 free (26th, 23.96), 400 medley relay (third, 3:39.19), 100 breast (fifth, 1:01.64) and 200 breast (ninth, 2:15.46) at Big 12 Championships ... collected 15 wins (seven individual, eight relay) ... won three races at UNI/Green Bay and Kansas ... won 50 breast at TYR Indivational ... picked up two wins at Nebraska-Omaha and Nebraska.

2008-09 (Sophomore):
Competed in the 200 medley relay (fifth, 1:41.14), 200 IM (19th, 2:04.00), 100 breast (third, 1:01.84) and 200 breast (11th, 2:17.49) at the Big 12 Championships, earning all-conference honors in the 100 breast ... earned 14 victories (seven individual, seven relay) ... won her first seven 100 breast races ... won the 100 breast and 400 medley relay at Nebraska Invitational ... was member of winning 200 medley relay team against Nebraska-Omaha, Illinois, Northern Iowa, St. Olaf and Nebraska.

2007-08 (Freshman):
Competed in the 200 medley relay (Exh. 1:46.97), 200 IM (28th, 2:09.25), 100 breast (fifth, 1:03.81) and 200 breast (ninth, 2:18.19) at the Big 12 Championships ... recorded two first-place finishes for the year against UNI (100 breast, 1:07.70) and Iowa (100 breast, 1:05.28) ... swam to the second and third-fastest times in school history in the 100 and 200 breast, respectively, at the Big 12 Championships.

High School/Club:
Three time All-American ... finished first in the 200 IM and second in the 100 breast at high school districts as a junior ... was a member of the record breaking 200 and 400 IM relay teams in 2005 ... placed first in the 100 breast at club state ... placed first in the 100 breast and the 200 IM at high school districts in 2004 ... finished fourth at state in 100 breast in 2004 ... in 2003, placed first in 100 breast and 200 IM at districts ... placed third in the 100 breast at high school and club state as a freshman ... named Most Valuable Swimmer of her high school swim team as a freshman ... honored as Oregonian swimmer of the week her sophomore year.

Personal:
Communications Studies major ... born April 15, 1989 in Tamuning, Guam ... daughter of Matthew and Jenny Nixt ... relative of seven Iowa State graduates.

Personal Bests:
Event – Time – All-time school ranking
100 breast – 1:01.64 – first
200 breast – 2:15.46 – first
200 IM – 2:04.00 – fifth
200 medley relay – 1:40.19 – first
400 medley relay – 3:39.19 – first
200 free relay – 1:34.60 – 10th