Jesse Ecklund

Jesse Ecklund

  • Award
    Swimmer
  • Week Of
    12/9/2019
  • Sport
    Women's Swimming & Diving
  • School
    Vassar College
  • Year
    Sophomore
  • Position
    Backstroke/Freestyle
  • Hometown
    Missoula, Mont.
  • High School
    Hellgate
Vassar College sophomore Jesse Ecklund helped the Brewers achieve a school record, while also notching an NCAA B cut as the Brewers finished fifth at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational last weekend. Competing in eight events, Ecklund posted seven finishes in the top-nine and five in the top-four. She swam the opening leg of the 200-free relay, which took second overall in a school record mark of 1:38.42. Ecklund then helped the 400-medley relay to third with a mark of 3:58.47. Highlighting her weekend was a second-place finish in the 200-backstroke as she notched her first NCAA B cut of the season with a time of 2:03.06. Overall there were 11 competing teams at Ithaca.