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2022-23 Women's Swimming/Diving Roster

Ken Metz

Sarah Jahns

  • Position Distance Free & Backstroke
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Parkview High School
  • Hometown Lilburn, Ga.

Biography

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Personal-Best 50-Yard Freestyle Time:  25.18 (10/14/22 at Valparaiso) *
Personal-Best 200-Yard Freestyle Time:  1:51.79 (2/18/22 at MVC Championships)
Personal-Best 500-Yard Freestyle Time:  4:59.20 (2/17/22 at MVC Championships)
Collegiate-Best 1,000-Yard Freestyle Time:  10:14.99 (3/19/21 at Southern Illinois & Illinois State)
Collegiate-Best 1,650-Yard Freestyle Time:  17:11.24 (2/22/20 at MVC Championships)
Personal-Best 100-Yard Backstroke Time:  1:00.94 (10/21/22 at MVC Showdown)
Personal-Best 200-Yard Backstroke Time:  2:00.17 (11/13/21 at A3 Performance Invitational)
* - Denotes Relay Split
 
UE School Record-Holder In The 1,000-Yard Freestyle (10:14.99 – 2021)
UE School Record-Holder In The 200-Yard Backstroke (2:00.17 – 2022)
Holds Part Of The UE School Record In The 800-Yard Freestyle Relay (7:31.74 – 2022)
3x Honorable Mention All-MVC Performer (2020, 2021, 2022)
MVC Swimmer of the Week – 10/19/21

 
2021-22:
  • Earned honorable mention All-MVC honors for the third year in a row after placing sixth in the conference in the 500-Yard Freestyle
  • Swam a personal-best time of 4:59.20 in the preliminary round of the MVC Championships (2/17/22) to become just the third woman in UE history to crack the five-minute mark in the 500 Free
  • Helped UE set a new school record in the 800-Yard Freestyle Relay (7:31.74) at the MVC Championships
  • Won the ‘B Final’ in the 200-Yard Backstroke at the MVC Championships with a finals time of 2:01.12
  • Lowered her own school record in the 200 Back at the A3 Performance Invitational (11/13/21) with a personal-best mark of 2:00.17
  • Swam a personal-best time of 1:51.79 in the 200-Yard Freestyle at the Valley Championships
  • Won the 200 Back (2:05.01), 500 Free (5:14.73) and 1,000 Free (10:48.47) in a dual meet with Bellarmine (1/15/22)
  • Earned MVC Swimmer of the Week honors on 10/19/21 after lowering her own Wyttenbach Pool record in the 200 Back (2:02.54) to win by over 13 seconds, while also winning the 200 Free (1:56.38) against Valparaiso (10/15/21)
 
2020-21:
  • Set the UE school record in the 200 Back (2:00.65) on her way to placing fifth in the event at the MVC Championships (4/14-16/21)
  • Also placed fifth in the Valley in the 1,650-Yard Freestyle with a time of 17.11.82 at the MVC Championships
  • Earned honorable mention All-MVC honors for the second-straight year
  • Set a new school record in the 1,000-Yard Freestyle by winning the event in a time of 10:14.99 in a triangular meet with Southern Illinois and Illinois State in Carbondale, Illinois (3/19/21)
  • Swept the individual titles in the 200 Back (2:00.96), 500 Free (5:02.48) and 1,000 Free (10:14.99) in the triangular meet with SIU and Illinois State
  • Won every individual race she competed in during UE’s four regular-season meets prior to the MVC Championships
 
2019-20:
  • Set a new school record in the 200-Yard Backstroke while winning the ‘B Final’ at the MVC Championships with a time of 2:01.34 (2/19-22/20)
  • Also became UE’s second-fastest female swimmer on record in the 1,650-Yard Freestyle by placing seventh at the MVC Championships with a collegiate-best time of 17:11.24 (2/22/20)
  • Earned honorable mention All-MVC honors
  • Turned in a season-best time of 5:01.38 in the 500 Free at the MVC Championships to place 11th in the conference
 
Prior To UE:
  • Lettered in swimming during all four years at Parkview High School
  • Was a 2019 Scholastic All-American while serving as Team Captain
  • USA Swimming Junior National Qualifier in the 200 backstroke
  • Holds the program records at her high school in the 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay
  • National High School All-American in the 400 freestyle relay
  • Named to the All-GHSA 1st Team in 2018 and 2019
  • Recognized as a Gwinnett County All-Star each year from 2016-2019
  • Gwinnett Prep Sports All-County 1st Team honoree in 2019 and a 2nd Team member in 2017 and 2018
 
Personal:
  • Daughter of Ed and Beth Jahns
  • Has an older sister, Anna, who was a collegiate swimmer at North Carolina State University from 2015 through 2019
  • Uncle Kalle was a minor league outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles in 1984
  • A nursing major at UE

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

  • 2020-21Sophomore

  • 2021-22Junior

    Distance Free & Backstroke
  • 2022-23Senior

    Distance Free & Backstroke
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