1999-00 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Jason Gillespie
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Largo, Fla.
- High School:
- St. Thomas Aquinas
UF All-Time Rankings:
Ranks 10th in the 200 breast (2:01.50).
National/International Competition:
Participated in 1999 summer nationals...Placed 22nd place with time 1:04.99...Timed 1:04.53 at Olympic time trial...Touched 24th in the 200 meter breast at '99 US Spring Nationals (2:25.68)...Placed 35th in the 100 meter breast at '99 Spring Nationals (1:06.58)...1997 U.S. Nationals' finalist in the 100-meter breast, clocking a personal-best time of 1:05.30...placed in top-ten at 1997 U.S. Nationals in the 200-meter breast, touching in at 2:21.90...touched in 56.89 in the 100-yard breast at '98 Spring Junior Nationals to place third...at Mid-Atlantic Championships had time of 2:02.01 in the 200-yard breast...finalist also at the '96 U.S. Open in both the 100- and 200-scm breast...additionally, swam on runner-up 400 medley relay and the sixth-place 800 free relay at U.S. Nationals in '98.
1998-99:
At the SEC Championships, placed 11th in the 100 breast (56.86) and 14th in the 200 breast (2:04.64)...clocked personal-best time in the 200 breast at the Auburn Invitational (2:01.50) which ranked 10th best in UF history...earned runner-up finish in the 100 breast against Indian River with career-best (56.21).
High School:
1998 graduate of St. Thomas Aquinas High School...All-American in both 1997 and '98 in 100-yard breast...Florida State 5A High School Champion in the 100 breast in 1996 (57.33)...District 4 Champion in Florida in 100 breast in both 1995 and '96...team co-captain and MVP, leading St. Thomas Aquinas to a third-place finish at 1997 state championship meet...placed third in '96 state competition in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 1:57.51.
Major: Business.
