Army West Point Athletics
2015-16 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
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Jess Burkett
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Boiling Springs
- Hometown:
- Boiling Spring, Pa.
2016-17: All-Patriot League Second Team … placed fourth in the 400 IM at the Patriot League Championships with a time of 4:23.15 … anchored the 800 free relay squad that placed fifth with a time of 7:25.45 … won the 200 back in a tri-meet with Boston U. and George Mason after posting a time of 2:05.01 … claimed the top spot in the 200 breast (2:25.41) and the 400 IM (4:29.68) at the tri-meet with Colgate and Lafayette … took third in the 200 IM (2:05.07) and the 400 IM (4:25.89) at the Terrier Invitational.
2014-15: Another successful season for the Black Knights as a sophomore … All-Patriot League Second Team … was Army's second-best contributor at the Patriot League Championships with 31 individual points … topped her own Academy record in the 400 IM by swimming 4:24.250 at the conference championships where she placed fourth … clocked a seventh-place 2:04.83 in the 200 IM also at the meet to place her in the No. 2 slot on Army's All-Time Top 10 times list … won the 100 breast and 200 breast against Iona … was second in the 400 IM at the Terrier Invitational … contended to first-place in the 200 breast and 400 IM against Lehigh … won the 200 IM in the tri-meet against Colgate and Lafayette and was first in the 400 IM in the quad-meet versus American, Boston U and George Mason.
2013-14: Climbed to the top of the Academy and plebe top-times list in the 400 IM by swimming a 4:24.50 at the Patriot League Championships placing her fifth ... had the season's top-time in the 200 IM (2:04.93) also at the conference championships which set a new plebe record and placed her seventh ... contender in the 200 breast with a 2:22.04 ... All-Patriot League Second Team ... member of record-setting 200 medley team relay (1:42.14) ... member of plebe record setting 400 medley relay team (3:54.91) ... boasts first a place finish in the 100 breast against Boston U and Vermont ... touched the wall first in the 400 IM in the Army-American-Boston U-George Mason quad-meet.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American in 2011 ... placed in PIAA All-State top eight from 2010-13 ... member of the PIAA NISCA All-State top sixteen from 2010-1 3... voted onto the Sentinel News first-team from 2010-13 ... member of the West Shore YMCA club team coached by Mike Gobrecht ... part of the all-star team from 2011-13 ... graduated on the distinguished Honor Roll … member of the National Honor Society as well as the Spanish National Honor Society.
PERSONAL: First of family to embark on military career ... began swimming at the age of four ... earned Air Assault wings ... has earned the Superintendent’s Award … dream job is to be a Food Network chef … went to SCUBA PIAD in Key Largo, Fla., last summer … spirit animal is an ocelot because they are sneaky … Company F-3 … major is kinesiology.
