Jake Gibbons Season 2016-17

Top Times:

• 200 Free: 1:39.19
• 500 Free: 4:23:86
• 1000 Free: 9:05.38
• 1650 Free: 15:17.18
• 100 Back: 48.99
• 200 Back: 1:45.81
• 400 IM: 3:52.22

 
2019-20 (Senior): 

• Named to the 2019-20 Team Captains
• At the SEC Championships: clocked a season-best time in 500 free (4:24.63) and a personal-best time in the 200 back (1:45.81)
• At SMU: placed fourth in the 100 back (51.82)
• At LSU: placed fifth in the 200 back (1:55.91)
• At Boston University: Won the 200 back (1:52.40) 
• vs. No. 2 Texas: Notched a fifth place finish in the 100 back (51.21)
• vs. No. 5 Ohio State: Placed fourth in the 200 back (2:12.39) 

 
2018-19 (Junior):

• Finished second, making an NCAA B-cut in the 1650-yard freestyle at the Art Adamson Invitational (15:26.24)
• Named to winter SEC Academic Honor Roll
• Named the Chair of the SEC Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC)
• Named a team captain for the 2019-20 season at team's annual banquet.

2017-18 (Sophomore):

• Set school record 9:05.38 in the 1,000 free at the Texas A&M Last Chance Meet
• Posted a team season-best time of 15:17.18 in the 1650 freestyle at the American Short Course Championships
• Won the 1650 at the Art Adamson Invitational with an NCAA ‘B’ cut time of 15:18.95

2016-2017 (Freshman):

• At the SEC Championships, Gibbons saw action in the 500 free and 1,650 free
• Team leader in the 1,000 free (9:32.31) and the 1,650 free (15:36.58) and had the team’s second-fastest 500 free (4:30.15)

High School/Club:

• 2015 graduate of The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Fla.
• Coached by Sergio Lopez Miro and Jon D. Sakovich at The Bolles School
• NISCA All-America 2014, Second Team All-State 2014, All-First Coast 2013, 2014
• 2014 USA Swimming Scholastic All-America
• 2012 Connecticut Open Water Champion
• Four-time Connecticut Senior Champion with titles in 100 and 200-yard backstroke, 800-yard freestyle events
• Qualified for Winter Junior Nationals, Summer Junior Nationals and Winter Senior Nationals
• Won two Florida Team State Championships with Bolles
• Team won FHSAA District and Regional Championships in 2013 and 2014
• Won Winter Junior Nationals with Bolles School Sharks in 2014, runners-up in 2013.

Personal:
Jake Gibbons is the son of Geoffrey and Robin Gibbons of Jacksonville, Fla…. born January 8, 1997 in Connecticut… has one brother, Jared, 18… was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 18 and is a Team Type 1 Global Ambassador, an organization that fights for equal access to medicine for all people living with Type 1 diabetes… political science major… chose Texas A&M for “the coaching staff. Jay and Jason offer not only world-class swimming knowledge, but they are two of the most honorable and caring people I know.”
 
Up Close:
Favorite TV Show: House of Cards
Most Played Song on iPod: Juicy - Notorious B.I.G.
What do you drive? Dodge Durango
Favorite Movie: Talladega Nights
What I’m Currently Reading: Scar Tissue (Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Autobiography)
Bookmarked Websites: SwimSwam, ESPN
Worst Habit: Getting high CK levels
Superstition: “Transfer of Energy”
Favorite City to Visit: Charlestown, Rhode Island
Favorite Athlete in Another Sport: My brother, Jared, in lacrosse
Talent I’d Most Like to Have: Mateo’s extreme sociability
Dream Date: Late night bonfire on the beach
Pre-Competition Music: Old School Rap
Favorite Quote: “Momma aint raise no...”
Something about me that most people don’t know: I have Type 1 diabetes and was diagnosed at 18
Favorite Tradition at Texas A&M: MY FAVORITE SONG! The Aggie War Hymn

Describe in one word:
Coach Holmes: Haaw-dee.
Coach Calanog: YOOOOOO!