University of Texas swimmer Lydia Jacoby of Seward, already an Olympic gold medalist, has added the title of NCAA national champion to her growing resume.
University of Texas swimmer Lydia Jacoby of Seward competes in the 200 breaststroke in a meet against Virginia on Nov. 5, 2022. Now the 19-year-old freshman swimmer at the University of Texas has added the title of NCAA national champion to her growing resume.
Jacoby won the 100-meter breaststroke on Friday night at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, helping the Longhorns to a runner-up finish in the team competition. Jacoby was third after 50 meters of the race but turned in a speedy second half to earn the win in a time of 57.03.Jacoby broke onto the world stage in 2021 when she won the 100 breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.Texas finished with 414.5 points in the team competition, well behind NCAA champ Virginia, which posted 541.5 points.
For the win in the 100 breaststroke and her participation on the Longhorns’ 400 medley relay team, Jacoby earned All-American honors as a freshman. Jacoby is the first University of Texas swimmer to take a title at the national meet since 2013, when Laura Sogar won the 200 breaststroke.
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