Lydia Alice Jacoby (born February 29, 2004) is an American competitive swimmer specializing in breaststroke and individual medley events. When she was 17 years old, she won the gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke and the silver medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, her first Olympic Games.[5] She was the first swimmer from Alaska to qualify for an Olympic Games, qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 100-meter breaststroke when she was 17 years old.[6][7] Her gold medal in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the first Olympic medal won by a swimmer from the state of Alaska in the history of swimming at the Olympic Games.[8]
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Full name | Lydia Alice Jacoby[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (2004-02-29) February 29, 2004 (age 18)[2] Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke, individual medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Seward Tsunami Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Texas at Austin[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup, Jacoby was the overall highest scoring female American competitor.[9] At the 2021 World Short Course Championships she won a silver medal as part of the 4×50-meter medley relay, swimming the breaststroke leg of the relay in the final.[10]
Jacoby formerly was a songwriter, lead vocalist, and double bass player for the Snow River String Band.[11][12]
Jacoby was born in Anchorage, Alaska and raised in Seward, Alaska.[3] She started swimming when she was six years old with her local swim team, the Seward Tsunami Swim Club.[3][13][11] By the time Jacoby was 12 years old, she had broken her first Alaska state record in swimming.[11] For high school, she started attending Seward High School in Seward in 2018, where she swam as part of the high school swim team, setting high school state records for Alaska in the 100-yard breaststroke in both 2018 and 2019. In 2020, she opted not to compete on the school swim team due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead choosing to be home-schooled.[12]
At the end of the 2020 year, Jacoby committed to swimming in college for the University of Texas at Austin starting in the fall of 2022.[12][14][15] One of the college majors she expressed interest in at the time of committing to the University of Texas was fashion design.[11][16] She returned to Seward High School in the fall of 2021 for her senior year.[17][18] She finished off her senior year swimming scholastically for Seward High School as well and graduated as valedictorian of her high school class.[19][4] She also served on her high school newspaper as a columnist and appeared in Port City Players productions, theatre productions, more than once.[11][15]
In the autumn of 2022, Jacoby started attending the University of Texas at Austin, majoring in textiles and apparel, and began competing collegiately for the Texas Longhorns.[4]
Jacoby sang, wrote songs, and played double bass as part of a bluegrass band named the Snow River String Band for six years performing at the Anchorage Folk Festival multiple times prior to 2021 (when she turned 17 years old).[11][12] In addition to bass and singing, Jacoby can play guitar and piano.[11]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jacoby was out of the pool for two months and found other forms of staying active including skiing and running with ice cleats. Jacoby and her father made a makeshift weight rack in the garage during the pandemic so she could continue lifting weights as well.[13][16] When pools re-opened in Alaska, the pool in Seward remained temporarily closed so Jacoby practiced at Service High School in Anchorage with the Northern Lights Swim Club. Her mother, Leslie Jacoby, helped with commuting to the pool and renting an apartment to make swim practices.[12]
Jacoby first qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in late 2018 when she was 14 years old. This first qualification was in the 100-meter breaststroke. She swam her qualifying time at the USA Swimming Winter Nationals swim meet in Greensboro, North Carolina.[3][12] That same year, Jacoby won titles in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley at the Alaska High School State Championships.[15] Her time of 2:09.31 in the 200-yard individual medley won her the state title in that event for girl's high school swimming.[20] Her time of 1:03.11 in the 100-yard breaststroke won her the girl's high school state title in that event as well as setting a new Alaska state record.[12][20] The following year, in 2019, Jacoby broke the Alaska state record she set in the girl's 100-yard breaststroke in 2018 with a time of 1:00.61.[12] Her swim also won her the title in the event at the 2019 Alaska State High School Championships.[12][21] Jacoby took third in the state in the girl's 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:09.83.[21]
At the 2019 Alaska Age Group Championships, held in February 2019, Jacoby competed in seven individual events including winning the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:02.68, the 200-yard breaststroke with a 2:28.65, and the 200-yard individual medley in 2:10.58.[22] One month later, she competed in five individual events at the 2019 Northwest Speedo Sectionals swim meet held in Federal Way, Washington, including swimming a 1:00.42 in the 100-yard breaststroke to place second and finish less than three-tenths of a second behind first-place finisher Kaitlyn Dobler.[23] Five months later, in August, she won the junior national champion title in the 100-meter breaststroke at the Speedo Junior National Championships.[3][24] Based on her results, she was named to the U.S. Junior National Team later in 2019.[3] For the whole 2019 year, Jacoby ranked 16th in the United States for the 100-meter breaststroke.[14]
In 2020 Jacoby qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in swimming in two events for the first time, the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke events.[12] At the time she was one of 12 swimmers in the history of the state of Alaska to qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials in swimming.[12] Towards the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, in March 2020, she expressed relief about the 2020 Olympic Games being postponed due to unfair conditions created with some pools closed and others open, sharing her perspective with Anchorage Daily News, "I feel like I'm in a good place now, because when they closed the pool I was really concerned about the Olympics and the trials — it's not a fair environment, because not everybody's pools are closed."[25] On November 6, 2020, at the 2020 Kenai Peninsula Virtual Invite, Jacoby swam a personal best time and set a new record for the state of Alaska in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:00.16.[26][27]
At the 2020 U.S. Open Swimming Championships, the only international championships hosted by USA Swimming in 2020 and held in December in San Antonio, Texas when Jacoby was 16 years old, she won the silver medal in the 100-meter breaststroke with a personal best time of 1:07.57, finishing only behind gold medalist Anna Elendt of Germany, which made her the highest ranking female American swimmer at the Championships in the event.[3][28][29] The time became the second fastest time swam by an American female in the race in the 15–16 age group in history behind Megan Jendrick who later won an Olympic gold medal in the event.[12][29] Jacoby dropped time off her 200-meter breaststroke swim at the 2020 U.S. Open as well, a total drop of about five seconds resulting in a new personal record time of 2:32.36 and a thirteenth-place finish.[28][30] Based on her time of 1:07.57 in the 100-meter breaststroke, she ranked as the third-fastest junior American female performer in the event for the year and was named to the 2021 roster for the U.S. Junior National swim team in the 100-meter breaststroke in affiliation with the club team she first started swimming with, the Seward Tsunami Swim Club.[29][31] At the 2021 Northern Lights Swim Club Winter Time Trial in January 2021, Jacoby broke the minute mark in her 100-yard breaststroke swimming a time of 59.87.[32] By the end of March 2021, Jacoby lowered her 100-yard breaststroke time to a 59.35 and her 200-yard breaststroke to a 2:08.61.[33][34]
In April 2021, less than two months after she turned 17 years old, Jacoby took second place in the finals of the 100-meter long course breaststroke at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet in Mission Viejo, California with a personal record time of 1:06.38.[35][36][37] She finished behind 2016 Olympic gold medalist and world record holder in the event, Lilly King, and before 2019 Pan American Games gold medalist in the event Anne Lazor.[11][36][37][38][39] Jacoby's swim garnered press coverage from NBC Sports, which featured her swim as a story highlight of the competition heading into the 2020 Olympic Trials in swimming in June 2021.[40] Jacoby's swim was the sixth-fastest time in the world for women in the event so far in the 2021 year.[38][39] It also catapulted her to the mark of the 14th fastest U.S. female swimmer in the event in history, and third fastest in the event in history for the U.S. females 17–18 age group.[11][38][39] In the same meet, she lowered her personal record in the 200-meter breaststroke by almost five seconds, swimming a time of 2:27.39 to win the b-final.[35][38] She also competed in the 200-meter individual medley, swimming a new personal record and finishing with a time of 2:29.38 in the preliminaries.[35][38] Her times in the 100-meter breaststroke and 200-meter breaststroke were fast enough to secure her spot in both events for Wave II of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials.[38]
Jacoby was one of two swimmers from Alaska to qualify for the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials.[41] She was the sole female qualifier from the state, while John Heaphy from Eagle River was the sole male qualifier.[25][42] Both Jacoby and Heaphy were state champions in both the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard individual medley in 2018.[20] There was much anticipation building up to the Olympic Trials as no Alaskan had made the USA Olympic Team in swimming, meaning if Jacoby and/or Heaphy made the team they would be the first Alaskan(s) to do so.[40] On May 24, 2021, Jacoby was listed as a top three pick by SwimSwam in the women's 100-meter breaststroke for the 2020 Olympic Trials held in June 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic (the top 2 finishers qualify for the USA Olympic Team).[43]
Building up to the Olympic Trials, Jacoby honed in on racing two events during a given meet at the 2021 Alaska Swimming Junior Olympics Championships from June 3–6, 2021 by swimming the short course 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard breaststroke events for Seward Tsunami Swim Club.[44] On the morning on Friday June 4, 2021, Jacoby swam the 2nd fastest time in all prelims heats of the 15 & over girls 100-yard breaststroke qualifying for the finals in the evening of the same day with a time of 1:04.29.[45] In the evening, Jacoby swam the fastest time in the 15 & over girls 100-yard breaststroke finals with a time of 58.87 seconds, swimming the first 50 yards in a time of 28.12 seconds and the second 50 yards in a time of 30.75 seconds.[46][47] The next day, Saturday June 5, 2021, Jacoby and Heaphy received special recognition following morning warm-ups and before the first of the day's swimming events for their accomplishment of making the US Olympic Trials.[48] During prelims in the morning session Jacoby swam the fastest time in the girls 15 & over 200-yard breaststroke heats with a time of 2:15.09.[48][49] Following warm-ups and before the first event of finals in the evening of the same day, Heaphy and Jacoby were featured in video form providing supportive messages to the swimmers of the 2021 Alaska Junior Olympics Championships.[50] Jacoby was not listed on the heat sheets for the finals of the girls 15 and over 200-yard breaststroke and she decided to not swim in the finals of the event.[50][51]
On June 10, 2021, Jacoby was called a "Dark Horse Threat" to the women's 200-meter breaststroke event for the upcoming US Olympic Trials by SwimSwam in part due her 15th place seed time and in part due to her stroke's similarity to the stroke of Leisel Jones.[52] The same day, NBC Sports previewed the women's swimming events for the USA Olympic Trials, highlighting swims by USA women from 2016 to the article's publishing date on June 10, 2021. Ordering best times swum during the 2021 year pre-Olympic Trials, Jacoby was NBC Sports's 2nd place designee for the women's 100-meter breaststroke event at the Olympic Trials.[53] Two days later, the Peninsula Clarion released an estimate of 50 people from Jacoby's coach for the number of people from Alaska traveling to watch her race in-person.[54]
In the morning on day two of the Olympic Trials, June 14, 2021, Jacoby competed in the prelims of the 100-meter breaststroke, swimming a 1:06.40 and coming in as the fourth-fastest swim for all heats.[55][56] With her swim, she became the second Alaskan to advance beyond preliminaries to the next round of competition, semifinals or finals, at a US Olympic Trials in swimming.[17] In the evening of the same day, she swam a 1:05.71 in the semifinals, ranking as number three for the semifinals heats and advancing to the final.[57][58] Her swim moved her up in the global rankings to fourth-fastest swimmer so far in 2021 for the event and earned her the National Age Group record for the long course 100-meter breaststroke in the girls 17–18 age group.[59][60] Lilly King's respect for Jacoby and Jacoby's leap day (February 29) birthday were covered in addition to Jacoby winning her semifinal heat in the NBC telecast of day two semifinals and finals of the Olympic Trials.[61] Press coverage followed Jacoby's semifinal win and both local and national news outlets mentioned her potential of making the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[62][63][64]
On day three, in the evening final of the 100-meter breaststroke, Jacoby swam a personal best time of 1:05.28 and placed second.[65] With this swim, 17-year-old Jacoby qualified for her first US Olympic Team in the 100-meter breaststroke, and lowered her National Age Group record from the day before.[66] She became the first swimmer from Alaska to qualify for an Olympic Games.[6][7][66] Jacoby's swim also made her the second-fastest swimmer in the world for the 2021 year up to that point in the women's long course 100-meter breaststroke and the eighth fastest swimmer all-time globally for the event.[67] In addition to being the first Alaskan swimmer to qualify for an Olympic Games, she was the second Alaskan in any sport to qualify to compete in the 2020 Olympics and the tenth Alaska-born Summer Olympian.[68][69] In the morning on day five of competition, Jacoby swam a 2:31.29 in the prelims of the 200-meter breaststroke, ranked 26th, and did not qualify for the semifinals.[70]
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![]() | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.95 (NAG) |
![]() | 4×100 m medley relay | 3:51.73 |
For her first Olympic Games, Jacoby was one of eleven teenage swimmers on the USA Olympic Swimming Team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[68] She was one of ten teenage female swimmers to make the team.[71] In the 100-meter breaststroke, she was one of 46 entrants in the event for the year's Olympic Games.[72] In the preliminaries of the 100-meter breaststroke, on the second day of swimming competition, she finished in a time of 1:05.52.[73][74] Overall she ranked second in the prelims, behind South African Tatjana Schoenmaker who swam a 1:04.82 and ahead of American teammate Lilly King who finished with a time of 1:05.55.[74] Jacoby swam a 1:05.72 in the semifinals of the event the following day and advanced to the final ranking third overall.[75][76] On the fourth day, she swam a time of 1:04.95 in the final and won the gold medal at 17 years, 149 days of age.[77][78][79] Her time was the fastest ever swum by a female American swimmer younger than 18 years of age, setting a new National Age Group record (NAG) for American girls in the 17–18 year old age group.[80] Her medal was the first gold medal won by an American woman in swimming at the 2020 Olympics.[77] It was also the first medal won by an Alaska-born swimmer at an Olympic Games.[8]
Based on her results in the 100-meter breaststroke as the fastest female American in the event at the Olympic Games, Jacoby was selected to swim the breaststroke leg of the 4×100-meter mixed medley relay in the final, where she helped the relay place fifth in a time of 3:40.58 alongside finals relay teammates Ryan Murphy, Torri Huske, and Caeleb Dressel.[81][82][83] For her 100-meter portion of the relay, Jacoby swam a 1:05.09 without her goggles as they came off her eyes when she dove into the pool to start her swim.[5][83][84] She improved upon her split time in the final of the 4×100-meter medley relay, swimming a 1:05.03 for the breaststroke leg of the relay, and helping win a silver medal as part of the finals relay consisting of her, Regan Smith, Torri Huske, and Abbey Weitzeil, in a time of 3:51.73.[5][85][86][87] Jacoby's swims caught the attention of Time magazine who acknowledged her as a "fresh face" highlight of the US swim team at the Olympic Games.[88]
Returning to Seward, Alaska following the Olympic Games, Jacoby was welcomed home on August 5 with a parade and took a few weeks off from swimming to rest.[18] In September, Jacoby was named to the 2021–2022 USA Swimming National Team in the 100-meter breaststroke based on her performances earlier in 2021, it was the first time she made the US National Team, which is open to all ages.[89][90][91]
2021 World Cup — Berlin | ||
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![]() | 50 m breaststroke | 30.04 |
![]() | 100 m breaststroke | 1:05.20 |
Taking full advantage of her national team status, Jacoby competed in the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup stop in Berlin, Germany on October 1, swimming personal best times in multiple short course meters events including a 2:24.99 in the 200-meter breaststroke.[92][93] Jacoby had a breakthrough in the short course 100-meter breaststroke race also at the World Cup stop in Berlin, swimming a time of 1:05.20, winning the bronze medal in the event, and ranking her as the 13th fastest female swimmer in the race in 2021 up to then.[94] In her third event in Berlin, the 50-meter breaststroke, Jacoby won the silver medal in a personal best time of 30.04 seconds, finishing less than half a second after Anastasia Gorbenko of Israel.[95] Jacoby was selected as one of a handful of competitors to participate in a press conference at the Berlin stop, with a picture of her at the press conference being featured on the FINA website.[96]
Continuing on the World Cup circuit, Jacoby was highlighted as an American swimmer to watch in Budapest, Hungary at the second stop of the series by Swimming World and FINA for her 100-meter breaststroke.[97][98] Her first day of competition in Budapest, October 7, Jacoby placed seventh in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:26.18.[99] The second day in Budapest, Jacoby swam a 1:05.40 in the 100-meter breaststroke final, capturing the silver medal in the event behind Nika Godun of Russia.[100][101] Jacoby broke 30 seconds for the first time in the final of the 50-meter breaststroke, winning the silver medal in the event with her time of 29.97 seconds.[101][102] Jacoby ranked 13th amongst female competitors for her score of 86.1 points across all four World Cup stops, she competed at two of the four stops and also ranked as the highest scoring female American swimmer for the entire 2021 World Cup circuit.[9]
The beginning of the 2021 awards season overlapped a bit with Jacoby competing at the 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup, receiving her first nomination in late September, prior to the commencing of World Cup competition, for the James E. Sullivan Award.[103][104] She joined skier Tommy Moe and bowler Ron Mohr as one of only a few Alaskans to ever be nominated for the accolade, though they tied in the sense that none of them, including Jacoby, won the award and the highest level achieved in the nomination process was finalist for the award.[104]
Following the first two World Cup stops, in mid-October, she was announced as a nominee for three Golden Goggle Awards, presented annually by the USA Swimming Foundation, in individual categories including "Breakout Performer of the Year", "Female Race of the Year", and "Female Athlete of the Year".[105] She was one of four swimmers who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics to receive three Golden Goggle Award nominations, with the other three being Katie Ledecky, Caeleb Dressel, and Bobby Finke.[106] Jacoby's nomination for "Breakout Performer of the Year" was inspired by her gold and silver medal performances at the Olympic Games as well as the historical significance of her being the first Olympic swimmer produced by the state of Alaska.[107] Her gold-medal-winning performance in the 100-meter breaststroke earned her the nomination for the "Female Race of the Year" for triumphing as a 17-year-old in a field of competitors composed of primarily of well-established senior swimmers including the current world record-holder and 2016 Olympic Games gold medalist in the event.[105] In addition to the reasons for her nominations for the two other awards, Jacoby was nominated for "Female Athlete of Year" for her silver-medal-win in the women's medley relay as well as contributing to making history for humankind by racing in the first-ever event at the Olympic Games in the sport of swimming in which men and women competed together, the mixed 100-meter medley relay, and overcoming the in-race adversity of swimming without goggles to split one of her fastest times swimming 100-meters of breaststroke.[108] On December 7, Jacoby won the Golden Goggle Awards for "Breakout Performer of the Year" and "Female Race of the Year".[109]
After receiving her awards nominations, Jacoby balanced the recognition out with some last high school competition, winning state titles in the 100-yard breaststroke, 59.66 seconds, and 200-yard individual medley, 2:05.70, for her high school senior, final, year of scholastic swimming for Seward High School at the 2021 Alaska State Swim and Dive Championship in early November.[19] Her time of 59.66 seconds in the 100-yard breaststroke set a new Alaska state high school record in the event, marking the first time in the history of the state of Alaska that a female swimmer swum the 100-yard breaststroke in less than one minute at a high school state Championship competition, and her accomplishments at the Championship earned her the "Outstanding Female Swimmer" award.[110] Jacoby edged out 2020 Olympian Jillian Crooks for the award, a swimmer from the Cayman Islands who moved to Alaska following the 2020 Summer Olympics to test out the American, and specifically Alaskan, competitive swimming scene.[110][111] Following her state-title-winning performances, Arena announced via SwimSwam and Swimming World on November 19 that it had signed a professional sponsorship deal with Jacoby.[112][113]
2021 World Championships | ||
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![]() | 4×50 m medley | 1:43.61 |
Not to have her competition progress halted by the awards season, Jacoby entered to compete in the 50-meter breaststroke and 100-meter breaststroke individual events at the 2021 World Short Course Championships in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates starting on December 16.[114] The United States World Championships team announcement was number two for week of November 1, 2021 as part of Swimming World's "The Week That Was" honor.[115] For a few days before the start of the competition, Jacoby and her teammates trained at the pool in Etihad Arena, the venue where the championships were held.[116]
Day one of championships competition, Jacoby ranked ninth in the prelims heats of the 50-meter breaststroke, qualifying for the semifinals later in the day with her time of 30.16 seconds.[117] In the semifinals, she was the only swimmer from the United States to compete, ranked 13th with a time of 30.21 seconds, and did not qualify for the final.[118] In the final of the 4×50-meter medley relay on day two, Jacoby split a 29.62 for the breaststroke leg of the relay, helping finals relay teammates Rhyan White, Claire Curzan, and Abbey Weitzeil achieve a 1:43.61 and win the silver medal.[10][119] Jacoby joined teammate Katie Grimes in withdrawing from the championships on December 18 in relation to procedures put in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[120][121]
Less than one week after turning 18 years old, Jacoby placed third in the 100-meter breaststroke at the 2022 Pro Swim Series in Westmont, Illinois with a time of 1:06.87.[122] In the 200-meter breaststroke, she placed third in the final with a 2:28.22.[123] On the second day of the 2022 USA Swimming International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina in late April, she ranked seventh in the prelims heats of the 200-meter breaststroke, swimming a 2:29.28 to qualify for the final.[124] In the final, she placed fifth with a personal best time of 2:26.60.[125] One day later, she advanced to the final of the 50-meter breaststroke ranking third with a time of 31.08 seconds.[126] She swam a personal best time of 30.35 seconds in the final, placing third.[127] The following day, she ranked fourth with a time of 1:07.58 in the prelims heats of the 100-meter breaststroke, qualifying for the evening final.[128] She finished in 1:06.21 in the final, placing fourth.[129] The following month, she swam a personal best time of 2:25.98 in the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2022 Mare Nostrum stop in Monaco, winning the gold medal and finishing less than half a second ahead of silver medalist in the event Sophie Hansson of Sweden.[130] Two Mare Nostrum stops later, in Canet-en-Roussillon, France, she lowered her personal best time in the 50-meter breaststroke to 30.20 seconds, finishing five-hundredths of a second ahead of Lara van Niekerk of South Africa to win the gold medal.[131]
At the first dual meet of her collegiate career, a double dual meet against the Indiana Hoosiers and the Texas A&M Aggies on October 21 her freshman year (first year), Jacoby placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 59.93 seconds and third in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:11.31 for her individual events to help her team, the Texas Longhorns, win both dual meets.[132][133]
Seven days later, in the morning preliminary heats of the 200-meter breaststroke at the 2022 Swimming World Cup in Toronto, Canada, Jacoby qualified for the final ranking seventh with a personal best time of 2:24.23, which marked a drop of 0.76 seconds from her previous best time of 2:24.99.[134] Approximately 40 minutes later, she swam a personal best time of 1:04.68 in the 100-meter individual medley and placed twenty-seventh.[135] In the evening final of the 200-meter breaststroke, she dropped 1.87 seconds from her personal best time in the morning session, placing sixth with a time of 2:22.36.[136] The following morning, she swam a personal best time of 1:04.70 in the preliminary heats of the 100-meter breaststroke, lowering her former personal best time by 0.50 seconds and qualifying for the final ranking third.[137][138] She further improved her personal best time in the final, placing fourth with a time of 1:04.62 that was 1.67 seconds slower than gold medalist and 2012 Olympic champion at 15 years of age in the 100-meter breaststroke Rūta Meilutytė of Lithuania.[139]
Six days after that, Jacoby placed third in the 100-yard breaststroke in a dual meet against the University of Virginia with a time of 58.96 seconds, less than nine-tenths of a second behind two junior-year (third-year) swimmers, each of whom was 21 years of age (three years older than Jacoby).[140] The following day, she achieved a win in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:09.19, which marked her first win in an individual event in her collegiate career and contributed to a win for her team over the University of Virginia.[141]
Meet | 100 breaststroke | 200 breaststroke | 4×100 medley | 4×100 mixed medley |
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USOC 2020 | ![]() | 13th | — | — |
OG 2020 | ![]() | ![]() | 5th |
Meet | 50 breaststroke | 100 breaststroke | 4×50 medley |
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WC 2021 | 13th | DNS | ![]() |
Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Note(s) | Ref |
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50 m breaststroke | 30.20 | 2022 Mare Nostrum - Canet | Canet-en-Roussillon, France | May 29, 2022 | 18 | [131] | |
100 m breaststroke | 1:04.95 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | July 27, 2021 | 17 | NAG | [80] |
200 m breaststroke | 2:25.98 | 2022 Mare Nostrum - Monaco | Monaco | May 22, 2022 | 18 | [130] | |
200 m individual medley | 2:29.38 | 2021 TYR Pro Swim Series - Mission Viejo | Mission Viejo, California | April 10, 2021 | 17 | [35] |
Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Ref | |
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50 m breaststroke | 29.97 | 2021 FINA Swimming World Cup | Budapest, Hungary | October 9, 2021 | 17 | [102] | |
100 m breaststroke | 1:04.62 | 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup | Toronto, Canada | October 29, 2022 | 18 | [139] | |
200 m breaststroke | 2:22.36 | 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup | Toronto, Canada | October 28, 2022 | 18 | [136] | |
100 m individual medley | 1:04.68 | h | 2022 FINA Swimming World Cup | Toronto, Canada | October 28, 2022 | 18 | [135] |
Legend: h – preliminary heat
Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Ref |
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100 yd breaststroke | 58.87 | 2021 Alaska Junior Olympics Championships | Anchorage, Alaska | June 4, 2021 | 17 | [47] |
200 yd breaststroke | 2:08.61 | 2021 Spring Speedo Sectionals - Phoenix | Paradise Valley, Arizona | March 20, 2021 | 17 | [33] |
200 yd individual medley | 2:05.70 | 2021 Alaska State Swim & Dive Championships | Anchorage, Alaska | November 6, 2021 | 17 | [19] |
The following medals Jacoby has won at Swimming World Cup circuits.[142]
Edition | Gold medals | Silver medals | Bronze medals | Total |
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2021 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Total | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
No. | Event | Time | Meet | Location | Date | Age | Age Group | Duration | Ref | |
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1 | 100 m breaststroke | 1:05.71 | sf | 2020 USA Olympic Trials | Omaha, Nebraska | June 14, 2021 | 17 years, 106 days | 17–18 | 1 day, 19 minutes, 5.28 seconds | [57][59][65][66] |
2 | 100 m breaststroke (2) | 1:05.28 | 2020 USA Olympic Trials | Omaha, Nebraska | June 15, 2021 | 17 years, 107 days | 17–18 | 1 month, 12 days | [65][66][80] | |
3 | 100 m breaststroke (3) | 1:04.95 | 2020 Summer Olympics | Tokyo, Japan | July 27, 2021 | 17 years, 149 days | 17–18 | Current | [80][143] | |
Legend: sf – semifinal
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