Jacob Steele

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Fort Wayne, Ind.
High School:
R. Nelson Snider
Club Team:
Fort Wayne Swim Team

CAREER BEST TIMES AT INDIANA
100-yard back: 45.39 (3/5/21)
200-yard back: 1:40.49 (3/27/21)
100-yard breast: 57.88 (1/25/20)
200-yard IM: 1:43.95 (3/3/21)
400-yard IM: 3:49.80 (11/22/19)

CAREER BEST LCM TIMES
100-meter back: 55.23
200-meter back: 1:59.76
200-meter IM: 2:03.03

CAREER ACCOLADES AT INDIANA
Three-Time All-American (2020, 21)

U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS 2020 (SUMMER OF 2021)
Finished 12th in the 200m Backstroke during a semifinal swim in the second wave of the Olympic Trials at 2:00.58 … placed 28th in the 100m Backstroke with a time of 55.27 … won the 100m Backstroke with a time of 55.23 during the first wave of the Olympic Trials to earn a spot in the second wave … placed fourth in Wave I in the 200m Backstroke with a time of 2:01.05 … touched 16th in the 200m IM with a time of 2:07.80.

SENIOR YEAR (2020-21)
Earned two All-America honors at the 2021 NCAA Championships … scored out of the Consolation Final (15th place) of the 100 Backstroke with a time of 1:41.44 at the NCAA Championships … placed 32nd in the 200 IM at the NCAA meet with a time of 1:44.96 … earned bronze in the 100 Backstroke at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 45.81 … secured second B1G bronze of the week in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:41.53 … placed either out of the Championship Final in the 200 IM at the conference meet with a time of 1:44.44 ... took first in the 100 back (47.38) against Michigan and Northwestern to open the season.

JUNIOR YEAR (2019-20)
CSCAA All-American ... placed sixth in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 46.61 at the Big Ten Championships … finished 11th at the Big Tens in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:42.98 … converted a career-best time of 1:45.22 in the 200 IM to a 12th-place finish at the conference meet … claimed the individual title in the 100 backstroke (46.35) at the Tennessee Invitational ... won the long-course 200 backstroke (2:05.31) in the Louisville-Texas tri-meet ... pulled off the backstroke double in the tri-meet against Iowa and Michigan with wins in the 100 back (47.99) and 200 back (1:46.41).

SOPHOMORE YEAR (2018-19)
Won bronze in the 100 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 46.13 … also won bronze in 200 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:41.52 … placed 16th in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships with a time of 1:45.87.

FRESHMAN YEAR (2017-18)
Finished sixth in the 100 breaststroke at the Big Ten Championships with a NCAA B cut of 46.91 … took 10th in the 200 backstroke at Big Ten’s with a NCAA B cut of 1:43.05 … placed 18th in the 200 IM at the Big Ten Championships with a NCAA B cut of 1:46.69.

PREP/PERSONAL
Placed third in the 100 backstroke at the IHSAA state championships in 2016 … won the 100 backstroke at both the 2015 and 2016 sectional championships, breaking sectional record twice … finished 12th in the 200 IM, ninth in the 200 medley relay and ninth in the 400 freestyle relay at the 2016 IHSAA state championships … helped team win eighth-straight conference championship and record the team’s best finish at state at 11th overall … holds school records in the 100 backstroke and 200 medley relay … team MVP in 2015-16 … son of Lauren and Scott Steele … has one brother, Alec.