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2017-18 Men's Swimming and Diving

Jake Oeding

  • Height 5-9
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Bloomington, Ind.
  • High School Bloomington South
  • Event Free
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
200-Free - 2:08.47
500-Free - 5:39.03
1000-Free - 12:02.22
1650-Free - 19:48.17

2017-18: Competed in three meets as a sophomore … finished fifth in the 1000 free in the season opener against Springfield with a time of 12:41.58 … in exhibition action, placed 13th in the 500 free (6:09.16) and 14th in the 200 free (2:23.11) against WPI and Bowdoin.

2016-17:
Competed in seven meets as a freshman including the MIT Winter Invitational where he placed 18th in the 1650 free with a time of 20:04.00 and 29th in the 500 free with a time of 5:44.55 … during the regular season swam a season best time of 2:08.47 in the 200 free and posted a time of 12:02.22 as his best 1000 free during his best 1650 free (19:48.17) against Williams.

Out of the Pool at MIT: Majoring in mechanical engineering … also a member of the MIT men’s cross country team ... works with Harvard AXIS Center and MIT Camera Culture Group in design and development of a low-cost x-ray scanner for disease diagnoses in resource-poor nations.

High School:
 A 2016 graduate of Bloomington High School … two-time varsity letterwinner in swimming, cross country and track … two-time USA Triathlon Your and Junior Elite National Qualifier … Open-water State Qualifier … State Cross Country Qualifier … also competed for the Councilman Center Indiana Swim Team and for the IU Rowing Club … completed computational neuroscience research at Indiana University … Intel STS … Valedictorian … National AP Scholar.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    Free
    5'9"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Free
    5'9"