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Jaime Ellis
  • Senior
  • Individual Medley/Freestyle
  • Spring, Texas (Klein Oak)
  • Eighteen-time All-American
  • All-SEC
Career Best Times
(Long Course Meters)
Event Time    
50 free 27.15 01.24.2004 Alabama
100 free 58.16 01.23.2004 Auburn
200 free 2:03.37 01.23.2004 Auburn
400 free 4:25.22    
200 IM 2:21.78    
400 IM 4:53.98    
200 back 2:47.82    
(Short Course Meters)
Event Time Date Opponent
200 IM 2:10.68 2004 NCAA Championships
200 free 1:59.55 2004 NCAA Championships
(Yards)
Event Time Date Opponent
200 IM 1:58.54 2004 SEC Championships
400 IM 4:11.36 2001 NCAA Championships
50 free 24.03 11.23.2002 Georgia
100 free 50.55 2003 NCAA Championships
200 free 1:47.05 2004 SEC Championships
500 free 4:52.37 10.17.2003 Michigan-FAU
200 back 1:58.82 10.26.2002 Penn State
100 fly 54.91 2004 SEC Championships

UF All-Time Ranking: Fifth in the 200 IM (1:59.22) ... Fifth in the 400 IM (4:11.36) ... First (1:30.18), fourth (1:30.57) and fifth (1:30.59) in the 200 FR ... Seventh in the 400 FR (3:18.11) … Tied for third (7:07.82), fifth (7:07.85), seventh (7:09.03) and 10th (7:11.06) in the 800 FR.

National/International Competition: Finished 34th in the 200 IM (2:22.59), and member of the 400 FR and 800 FR teams which placed fifth (3:54.22) and third (8:19.53), respectively at the 2003 U.S. Open (12/4-6) … Competed in several events at the 2003 Summer National Championships … Eighth in the 200-meter IM prelims (2:18.99) and fifth in the 200-meter IM (2:17.43) … Named to the World University Games roster in the 400-meter IM finishing seventh (4:53.98) … Named to the 2001 USA Swimming All-America Team in 400-meter IM (4:51.98) ... Placed seventh in the 400-meter IM at the 2001 World Championship Trials … Competed in the 200- and 400-meter IM and the 200-meter free preliminary events at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team Trials … Junior National Champion in the 400-meter IM at the Junior Nationals Southeast in August 2000 … Recorded her personal best time of 4:52.52 in the race … Also holds the All-time Junior National record in the 400-meter IM after that race … In the 800-meter free, placed second in addition to marking her personal best of 8:55.76 … Made seven Olympic Trial Cuts.

At Florida:
2003-04:
Earned seven All-America honors … All-SEC … Academic All-SEC … Qualified for the 2004 Olympic Trials … Eight first place finishes … Set a school record in the 200-meter IM (2:10.68), finishing fourth and finished 16th in the 200-meter free (2:00.05), but swam a career-best time of 1:59.55 in the preliminaries at the NCAA Championships … Member of the third-place 200-meter FR team (1:40.60), the fifth-place 800-meter MR team (7:57.90), the ninth-place 200-meter MR team (1:52.57) and the10th-place 400-meter MR team (4:03.98) at NCAAs … Runner-up in the 200 IM with a career-best time of 1:58.54, finished fourth in the 200 free (1:47.08), 11th in the 100 fly (54.91) at the SEC Championships … Member of the third-place 800 FR team with an automatic qualifying time of 7:07.82, the third-place 400 FR team with an automatic time of 3:18.11, the fourth-place 200 MR team (1:41.32) and the fourth-place 200 FR team (1:31.35) at SECs … First in the 50 free with a season-best time of 23.70 at Tennessee (1/31) … First in the 50-meter free vs. Alabama (1/24) with a time of 27.15 … Swam an Olympic Trials qualifying time of 2:03.37 in the 200-meter free vs. No. 1 Auburn (1/23) … Also runner-up in the 100-meter free with a provisional time of 58.16 vs. the Tigers … Against No. 16 Arizona State (1/9), finished first in the 500 free with a provisional time of 4:53.84 … First in the 200 IM (2:05.13), second best time in the 200 back (2:07.05), and swam on the 400 FR team which with the best time (3:28.40) vs. Kentucky (1/3) … Took third in the 200 back (2:05.76) and 50 free (24.04) at South Carolina (11/14) … 200 MR team placed second (1:47.29) at South Carolina … Swam a provisional qualifying time in the 100 free (51.17) and 400 MR team placed second (3:43.95) at Georgia (11/13) … Fourth in the 200 IM (2:05.40), member of the third-place 400 MR team (3:53.69), and a member of the 400 FR with the fourth best time (3:36.25) vs. FSU (11/11) … Finished second as a member of the 200 MR (1:46.98) vs. Arkansas (10/23) … Placed first in the 100 free (51.34) and 200 free (1:48.97), and swam on 200 FR team which placed second (1:37.33) at the Florida Invitational … Finished with a second-best time in the 500 free (4:52.37) at the Michigan-FAU (10/17) dual meet.

2002-03: Earned All-America honors as a member of the 800 FR team that finished fourth (7:10.54) at the NCAA Championships and also earned honorable mention honors in the 200 IM, finishing in 14th place (2:00.77) … Also finished 30th and 39th, respectively in the 100 and 200 free at the NCAA Championships … Earned All-SEC honors as a member of the 800 FR team that finished third at the SEC Championships, as she swam an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 1:47.38 in the 200 free as the lead-off leg (ranks sixth in school history) … Registered her first win of the season against Tennessee (2/1) in the 50 free (24.04) … Against Miami (1/13), recorded a second place finish in the 200 IM (2:06.60) and finished third in the 200 back (2:06.49) … Swam her first provisional time vs. Texas (1/11) with a season best time of 1:50.65 in the free … Finished third in the 500 free (4:56.50) vs. Texas … Touched the wall runner-up in the 200 free (1:52.08) against Penn State (10/28).

2001-02: Recorded 13 top-three finishes ... Named first-team All-SEC … Earned four All-America honors in the 200 and 800 FR, 200 IM and 400 IM … Placed fourth (7:07.85) in the 800 FR and sixth (1:30.57) in the 200 FR at the 2002 NCAA Championships … Scored two runner-up spots at the SEC Championships including a jump from sixth after the preliminaries of the 200 IM ... Member of the 200 FR team that set a school record at SEC Championships with a time of 1:30.18 … Three first-place finishes and 10 runner-up spots … Won the 200 free (1:50.28) against Alabama (1/26) and the 100 freestyle (51.32) against FAU (2/9), both season highs ... Team best times in both the 200 IM (1:59.87) and the 400 IM (4:12.83) … Second and had a collegiate best time of 24.36 in the 50 free vs. Tennessee (2/2).

2000-01: Second-team All-SEC … Earned All-America honors in the 400 IM, a member of the 200 and 400 FR teams along with honorable mention All-America honors in the 1,650 free and 200 IM at NCAA Championships … Swam in six events and her 48 total points were the second most for the Gators and the ninth most overall at SEC Championships where she set three collegiate bests … Third in the 200 free against Tennessee (2/3) with a collegiate best time of 1:50.99 … Second in the 1,650 free (17:02.83) against Miami (1/27) … Placed second in the 50 free (24.90) against Indian River C.C. and Florida Atlantic (1/26) … Second in the 500 free (4:56.78) against Arizona State and Auburn (1/6) … Placed fourth in the 400 IM (4:25.26) versus Auburn (1/5) … Swam on the winning 800 FR team, won the consolation finals of the 400 IM (4:21.56) and finished fourth in the finals of the 200 IM (2:05.32), at the SMU Women's Swimming and Diving Classic … Finished first in the 400 IM (4:23.82) against Alabama (10/21).

High School: A 2000 graduate of Klein Oak High School … Was a 24-time All-American … Holds the Texas state record in both the 200 free and 200 IM … Recorded both records at the Texas High School State Meet when she swam the 200 free in 1:48.76 and the 200 IM in 2:01.00 in back-to-back events … Those times also marked her personal best times in those events … Was the American Short Course Champion in the 400 IM and the 200 IM in March 2000 … Was a two-time recipient of the Jack Bialas Award for the outstanding female swimmer of the year … Holds eight team records … Was a six-time Texas State Champion … Named the Army Reserve Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Club: Member of the Woodlands and coached by Tim Bauer.


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