2013-14 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Connor Jaeger
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Distance
- Hometown:
- Fair Haven, N.J.
- High School:
- Rumson-Fair Haven
At Michigan ... Three-time NCAA champion (2014: 1,650-yard freestyle; 2013: 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle) ... 10-time NCAA All-American (2014: 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay; 2013: 200-yard freestyle, 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay; 2012: 500-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay, 1,650-yard freestyle) ... NCAA All-America Honorable Mention (2014: 200-yard freestyle) ... Nine-time Big Ten champion (2014: 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay; 2013: 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay; 2012: 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay; 2011: 800-yard freestyle relay) ... Two-time University of Michigan Male Athlete of the Year (2012-13, 2013-14) ... Two-time Big Ten Swimmer of the Year (2013, 2014) ... Two-time Detroit Athletic Club Michigan Male College Athlete of the Year (2012-13, 2013-14) ... Four-time All-Big Ten (First Team: 2011-14) ... Five-time Big Ten Swimmer of the Week ... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2012-14) ... Dean's List (Fall 2011, Winter 2012) ... Four-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement Award (2011-14) ... University Honors (Winter 2012) ... Two-time CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America Division I Men's At-Large selection (2014 - First Team; 2013 - Second Team) ... Two-time CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District Five Men's At-Large (2013-14 - First Team).
Olympics/Olympic Trials (2012) ... Finished sixth in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the 2012 London Olympics (14:52.99) ... Became the 80th U-M swimmer in program history to earn an Olympic berth (July 2) after taking second in the 1,500-meter freestyle with a time of 14:59.97 at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials ... Also placed 6th in the 400-meter freestyle (3:49.55) and 33rd in the 200-meter freestyle (1:50.72) at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials.
Senior (2013-14) ... U.S. National Team ... Big Ten Swimmer of the Year ... University of Michigan Male Athlete of the Year ... NCAA champion (1,650-yard freestyle) ... Three-time NCAA All-American (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay) ... NCAA All-America Honorable Mention (200-yard freestyle) ... Three-time Big Ten champion (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay) ... All-Big Ten (First Team) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America Division I Men's At-Large (First Team) ... CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District Five Men's At-Large (First Team) ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... Championships Meets ... Won his second consecutive national title in the 1,650-yard freestyle (14:29.27) at the NCAA Championships (March 27-29); also took third in the 500-yard freestyle (4:12.67), 16th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.48) and swam on the 800-yard freestyle relay ... Won the 500-yard freestyle (4:12.52), 1,650-yard freestyle (14:34.19), took fourth in the 400-yard IM (3:43.84) and helped set NCAA record as part of winning 800-yard freestyle relay team (6:09.85) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 26-March 1) ... Regular Season ... Swam three events at the SMU Classic (Jan. 17-18), including a win in the 500-yard freestyle (4:16.54) ... Won the 1,000-yard freestyle at Northwestern (Jan. 11) ... Won the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle at Purdue (Jan. 10) ... Swam four events at AT&T Winter Nationals (Dec. 5-7), winning the 500-yard freestyle (4:15.05) and the 1,650-yard freestyle (14:39.02), sixth in the 400-yard IM (3:45.50) and eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:35.32) ... swam the 50-yard freestyle and the 200-yard IM at the Univ. of Michigan Open (Nov. 22-24) ... won the 500-yard freestyle (4:22.13) and the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:07.66) against Indiana and Texas (Oct. 25) ... won the 500-yard freestyle (4:24.56) and 1,000-yard freestyle (9:02.50) and finished fifth in the 200-yard IM (1:52.16) against Notre Dame and Auburn (Oct. 12) ... won the 500-yard freestyle (4:27.09) and 1,000-yard freestyle (9:04.52) and swam in two other events vs. Iowa (Sept. 27).
Junior (2012-13) ... U.S. National Team ... Big Ten Swimmer of the Year ... University of Michigan Male Athlete of the Year ... 2012-13 Michigan Male College Athlete of the Year by the Detroit Athletic Club (DAC) ... Two-time NCAA champion (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle) ... Four-time NCAA All-American ... Three-time Big Ten champion (500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle, 800-yard freestyle relay) ... All-Big Ten (First Team) ... Big Ten Swimmer of the Week (Oct. 2) ... CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-America Division I Men's At-Large, Second Team ... CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District Five Men's At-Large, First Team (2013) ... Academic All-Big Ten ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... Championship Meets ... Won national titles in the 500-yard freestyle (4:10.84) and the 1,650-yard freestyle (14:27.18), finished eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:33.85) and swam on the 800-yard freestyle relay at the NCAA Championships (March 28-30) ... won the 500-yard freestyle (4:13.44) and 1,650-yard freestyle (14:34.87), finished seventh in the 400-yard IM (3:47.07) and aided to a win in the 800-yard freestyle relay at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 27-March 2) ... Regular Season ... Swam three events at Michigan State (Feb. 9) ... set a new Canham Natatorium record in a win in the 1,000-yard freestyle (8:59.17) and also won the 500-yard freestyle vs. Ohio State (Feb. 1-2) ... won the 500-yard freestyle, 1,650-yard freestyle and finished second in the 400-yard IM at the Hawkeye Invitational (Nov. 30-Dec. 2) ... won the 500-yard freestyle and 1,000-yard freestyle in each of the first three meets of the season -- vs. Wisconsin (Sept. 29), vs. Minnesota (Oct. 5), and at Texas/Indiana (Oct. 26) ... also finished third in the 400-yard IM against Texas and Indiana.
Sophomore (2011-12) ... Championship Meets ... Took third in the mile at the NCAA Championships (March 22) with a time of 14:35.14, nearly eight seconds faster than his previous best of 14:43.64, to earn All-America honors and the fifth-fastest time in the event in U-M history ... Placed fifth in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:15.67 after clocking a 4:13.67 in prelims ... Won the mile at Big Ten's with a time of 14:43.64, leading a 1-2-3 Wolverine finish in the event ... Swam third leg of Big Ten Champion 800-yard freestyle relay that set a pool record of 6:16.26 ... Took second behind teammate Ryan Feeley in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:15.65, the tenth-fastest time in school history, and in the 200-yard freestyle behind teammate Michael Wynalda (1:34.10) ... Regular Season ... Won the 400-yard individual medley against Michigan State (Feb. 4) with a time of 3:59.16 ... Hit a trio of Olympic Trial cuts at the Charlotte UltraSwim (May 10) with a 1:52.67 in the 200-meter freestyle, a 3:50.87 in the 400-meter freestyle (3:50.87) and an 8:00.81 in the 800-meter freestyle ... Won the 200-yard freestyle (1:38.36) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:27.43) against Indiana (Jan. 7) ... Won the 500-yard freestyle (4:15.94), the 800-yard freestyle relay (6:28.09) and 1,650-yard (14:55.70) and finished third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:36.86) at the Hawkeye Invitational (Dec. 2).
Freshman (2010-11) ... Championship Meets ... Won the 800-yard Freestyle Relay and placed 13th in the 500-yard freestyle (4:23.27 final, 4:22.45 prelim), 27th in the 200-yard freestyle (1:38.23) and 32nd in the 200-yard butterfly (1:50.31) at the Big Ten Championships (Feb. 23-26) ... Regular Season ...Posted a career best and NCAA 'B' time in the 200-yard freestyle (1:37.59) at the Last Ditch Meet (March 6) ... Swam a career best in the 100-yard freestyle (46.88) at Michigan State (Feb. 5) ... Posted a career best 200-yard individual medley (1:55.11) vs. Purdue (Jan. 16) ... Set a career best in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:26.44) vs. Eastern Michigan (Jan. 15) ... Recorded an NCAA consideration time in the 500-yard freestyle (4:24.56) and added career bests in the 200-yard butterfly (1:48.31) and 400-yard individual medley (3:59.35) at the USA Swimming Short Course Nationals (Dec. 2-4) ... Swam career best 50-yard freestyle (21.24) vs. Indiana/Texas (Nov. 5).
International ... U.S. National Team (2012-13, 2013-14) ... 2013 FINA World Championships (USA) ... Won bronze medal in the 400-meter freestyle at the 2013 FINA World Championships; also took fourth in both the 800-meter freestyle and 1,500-meter freestyle ... Won the 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyles at the 2013 Phillips 66 National Championships.
Prep ... Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (2010) ... Honor Roll ... All-State in 200-yard freestyle (2010) ... Owns five Shore Conference records.
Personal ... Enrolled in the College of Engineering ... mechanical engineering major ... Birthday is April 30, 1991.
Top Times
|
Event |
Time |
Date |
|
50-yard Freestyle |
21.24 |
11/5/2010 |
|
100-yard Freestyle |
46.88 |
2/5/2011 |
|
200-yard Freestyle |
1:33.80 |
3/28/2014 |
|
500-yard Freestyle |
4:10.84 |
3/28/2013 |
|
1,650-yard Freestyle |
14:27.18 |
3/30/2013 |
|
200-yard Butterfly |
1:46.40 |
1/18/2014 |
|
200-yard Breaststroke |
2:12.90 |
10/26/2012 |
|
200-yard Individual Medley |
1:55.11 |
1/16/2011 |
|
400-yard Individual Medley |
3:43.49 |
2/28/2014 |
