| Jared White |
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Three-time All-American
NCAA Champion (200 MR)
SEC Champion (200 MR)
Sophomore Season (2008-09)
Swam in the 50m free and 100m back at the 2009 U.S. Senior National Championships ... Finished 14th in the 100m back in a time of 55.80 ... Earned three All-America honors at the NCAA Championships ... Member of the NCAA record-breaking 200 medley relay team that finished first in 1:22.36 ... As an individual, White took sixth in the 100 back in a time of 45.95 ... His time of 45.51 in the preliminary round ranks third all-time at Auburn ... Took eighth in the 200 backstroke in 1:43.35, while his prelims time of 1:40.21 ranks second all-time at Auburn ... Also swam in the 50 freestyle, finishing 18th overall in 19.38 ... At the SEC Championships, White was a part of the 200 medley relay that took the title in a SEC-record time of 1:23.69 ... Individually, he took seventh in the 100 back in 47.46 ... Swam in two B Finals, finishing 14th overall in the 50 free (19.97) and 15th overall in the 200 back (1:46.26).
2007-08 (At Minnesota)
Competed in the 100m backstroke at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials... Finished 54th in the 100m back with a time of 57.38... Made first Big Ten Championships appearance... Made an eighth-place finish in the 100 back in 48.88... Finished just out of the mix in the 200 back, clocking a career-best 1:47.83 to place 20th... Also swam the 50 free at Big Tens, finishing 44th in 21.01... Placed third in the 100 back at the Minnesota Challenge... Left Minnesota as the 11th-fastest performer in school history in the 100 back and 14th in the 200 back.
High School
A 2007 graduate of Hickory Grove Baptist Christian School... Won the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association title in the 200 freestyle and placed second in the 100 backstroke... Named all-state by the Charlotte Observer... Also swam for the Mecklenburg Aquatic Club under head coach Jay Benner... Had a strong 2007 U.S. Junior Nationals, finishing sixth in the 100 freestyle (51.78)... Also posted a seventh place finish in the 100 backstroke (58.51) and 16th in the 200 backstroke... Won a Junior National title on the 800-meter free relay, swimming the lead leg in 1:54.08... Swam at the 2007 U.S. Spring Championships in East Meadow, N.Y. in March, finishing 32nd in the 100 backstroke and 39th in the 50 freestyle... Also a 2006 U.S. Junior Nationals qualifier... Owns top times of 50.12 in the 100 backstroke (short course yards), 21.40 in the 50 freestyle, 46.32 in the 100 freestyle and 1:41.90 in the 200 freestyle.
Personal
Son of Wade and Carol White ... Majoring in political science.