MITCHELL Jake

United States of America
Swimming
22 Dec 2001
19
Male

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
SWM Swimming Men's 400m Freestyle 8

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 400m Freestyle - Heat 5
Finished
Tokyo Aquatics Centre
Men's 400m Freestyle Final
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Junior Championships
YearLocation400Free800Free1500Free4x200Free
2019Budapest, HUN8th (3:51.19)7th (7:54.70)7th (15:16.28)1st (7:08.37)


Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final
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Athlete, Student
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Biology - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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English
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University of Michigan Wolverines [Ann Arbor, MI, USA]
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Mike Bottom [club]
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He began swimming at age six with a local summer league team. (usaswimming.org, 03 Jul 2020)
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He followed his older sister into the sport. (usaswimming.org, 03 Jul 2020)
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Qualifying for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 15 Jun 2021)
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"Getting to race your teammates and people from all over is such a fun part of the sport, and it's when you get to see all of your hard work pay off." (usaswimming.org, 03 Jul 2020)
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While competing for the University of Michigan he was named the 2021 Big Ten Conference Male Freshman Swimmer of the Year. (mgoblue.com, 21 Jun 2021)

General Interest

General
TIME TRIAL QUALIFICATION
At the 2021 US Olympic team trials he finished second in the 400m freestyle event which should have earned him a spot on the team, but his final time of 3:48.17 was slower than the Olympic qualifying standard of 3:46.78. "Obviously, I was pretty disappointed. All summer long, I've been training to go 3:44, 3:45, somewhere around there. Going 3:48 was not as good as I hoped." He was given a chance to meet the standard by swimming solo in the main pool in a time trial race at the trials. "I was super nervous in the staging area. Shaking almost. As soon as I walked out, I looked around. I made a point to look at everyone in the stands, to hear everyone cheering for me. That was an amazing feeling." He finished in 3:45.86 and secured his place on the Olympic team. "It's insane. I've wanted to be an Olympian since I was a kid. This is definitely a dream come true. I'm really grateful to get a second chance, to get a time trial." (olympics.nbcsports.com, 15 Jun 2021)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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