Sydney Jackson

Photo by: Liz Parke

Position:
Distance Free/ IM
Class:
Junior
High School:
Great Oak
Hometown:
Temecula, Calif.

Personal Records

Event	Time	Opponent
500 Free	4:53.73	High School (19-20)
1000 Free	10:05.28	High School (19-20)
1650 Free	16:45.60	High School (19-20)
200 Fly	2:06.12	2021 Kansas Classic
200 Breast	2:15.48	2024 Big 12s
200 IM	2:06.77	High School (19-20)
400 IM	4:22.96	2024 Big 12s

Awards and Honors
All-Big 12 Second Team: 1650 free (2021); 400 IM (2023)
Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24)
Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team (2020-21)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F22, F23, S24)

2023-24 (Senior)
Set new personal best of 2:15.48 in the 200 breaststroke at the Big 12 Time Trials, 15th fastest time in program history... Set new personal best of 4:22.96 in the Big 12 400 IM finals, moved to No. 10 on 400 IM all-time top performers list... Secured two top 16 finishes at the conference meet, one at the 500 free (4:55.41, 15th) and the other being the 400 IM at 13th... Claimed the No. 20 spot on the career Big 12 points leaderboard with 91 points... Recorded second-fastest 1000 free time by a Cyclone in the 2023-24 season with a finish of 10:13.12 against Iowa... Recorded eight top-three finishes across her senior season... Set DakotaDome Pool record time of 9:10.98 (SCM) in 1000 free against South Dakota.

2022-23 (Junior)
Second Team All-Big 12 member in the 400 IM … posted a PR in the 400 IM at the conference meet with a time of 4:22.97 … collected a victory at the Kansas Classic in the 1650 free with a time of 17:01.21 … top-four swimmer in the 500 and 1650 free … second-best swimmer on the team in the 400 IM … No. 16 on the 500 free top performers list … 14th-fastest performer in the 1650 free … 10th fastest-performer in the 400 IM ... named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2021-22 (Sophomore)
Swam in finals of the 500 free (4:55.78, 13th), 1650 free (17:08.09, 9th) and the 400 IM (4:26.72, 15th) at the Big 12 Championships … posted season bests in the 500, 1000 and 1650 free at the conference meet … touched with fourth-place finishes in both the 500 and 1650 free and ninth in the 400 IM at the Kansas Classic … won the 100 free against UNI and the 800 free against South Dakota … top-five fastest on the team in the 500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free, 200 fly and 400 IM … named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.

2020-21 (Freshman)
Earned All-Big 12 Second Team honors in the 1650 free … swam in the ‘A’ finals of the mile (7th, 17:10.69) and the ‘B’ finals of the 500 free (13th, 4:56.93) and 400 IM (10th, 4:24.41) at the Big 12 Championship ... new all-time No. 17 500 free performer, No. 7 in the 1000 free and No. 10 in the 400 IM … fourth-fastest freshman all-time in the 1000 free with her Cyclone Championship time of 10:07.37 … won the 1000 free against Omaha and totaled four top-three finishes in dual action.

High School
Earned a USA Swimming Futures cut her freshman year and made the finals at the Mount Hood Futures Championship her sophomore year … placed seventh in the 800 free and sixth in the 400 free at the Futures Championship … voted MVP her junior year … swam for coach Al Pepito at Great Oak High School and for coach Mickey Murad for the NCA Swimming Club.

Personal
Majoring in kinesiology.