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-She is 21 years old and is from Long Beach California.
-She competes for the University of California at Berkeley
-She holds the world record in the 50meter short course (25meter pool) breast stroke (not an Olympic event).
-She was close to making the 100 freestyle event for the US team. It’s rare to see swimmers that specialize in freestyle and breast stroke since biomechanically people are so different in each stroke events.
-Jessica caught my attention when I first read that she was the high school swimmer of the year. Soon after, she went to the World Championships in 2005. She did not win however.
-She broke the World record at her first international meet. She had been somewhat low key since till this year. I’m excited to see if she is going to light up something special.
-The breast stroke for women has been dominated by great swimmer from South Africa, Heyns, until Lesiel Jones (Australia) took over that role. It would be fun to watch an American crunch through swimmers like Jones to become the history making breast stroke champion for the United States.
Guest Blogger - Micah Belew
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