2025-26 Women's Swimming Roster

John VanderMeer

Emi Jedryka

  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Buffalo Grove
  • Hometown Arlington Heights, Ill.
  • Major Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering

Biography

Career Top Times

2024-25: Second-Team All-RMAC (400-medley relay) ... Raced at eight meets for the Orediggers during the 2024-25 campaign ... Tallied team points for Mines in all four individual events and as part of three relays at the RMAC Swimming & Diving Championships ... Best individual finish at the conference meet was sixth in the 200-back while taking 10th in the 100-back, 15th in the 50-free, and 23rd in the 200-free ... Provided the leadoff leg on the Orediggers' top 400-medley relay at the RMAC meet and helped Mines to a bronze medal and second-team all-conference distinction ... The RMAC meet yielded lifetime best marks in the 50-back and 100-back ... For the season, ranked top-100 in the nation in the 50-back and 200-back ... Additional career-best times during the year came in the 50-breast and the 50-fly ... Regular-season racing highlights included a pair of first-place finishes at Adams State in the 100-back on Nov. 2 adn the 200-back on Nov. 1.

2023-24: Racked up team points for the Orediggers at the RMAC Championships in the 100-back and 200-back, and also as part of the 200-freestyle relay, 400-freestyle relay, 800-freestyle relay, and the 400-medley relay ... Top individual finish at the conference meet was eighth in the 200-back thanks to a time of 2:07.65 ... Took 10th in the 100-back after swimming 58.08 ... Was leadoff for the 400-freestyle relay which finished fifth in the RMAC, clocking an overall pace of 3:34.37 ... Served as the second leg on Mines' 12th-place 800-freestyle which produced a time of 7:49.93 ... Led off the Orediggers' second 400-medley relay and helped that quartet take 12th in 3:54.08 ... Her third leg on the 200-freestyle relay assisted an 11th-place finish wit ha time of 1:37.88 ... Also took 20th in the RMAC in the 200-free in 1:57.12 ... Finished the season ranked 57th in the nation in the 200-back after posting a converted time of 2:03.73 at the TYR CMU Invitational on Nov. 18.

2022-23: CSCAA Second-Team All-America (400-freestyle relay) ... First-Team All-RMAC (800-free relay) ... Qualified for the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships as a true freshman in the 200-back and as part of four different relays ... Earned all-America status by swimming the third leg of the 400-freestyle relay which finished 16th in the nation thanks to a combined time of 3:30.00 ... Was the second leg of the 800-freestyle relay that took 17th in the nation with a 7:34.40 pace ... Also took 17th in the nation in the 200-medley relay in which she was the anchor and helped stop the clock at 1:44.54 ... Individually placed 28th nationally in the 200-back with a time of 2:06.05 ... Her role on the 200-freestyle relay helped Mines take 23rd in all of DII with a time of 1:37.86 ... At the RMAC Championships, swam the anchor leg of the 800-freestyle relay, and helped Mines take silver in a time of 7:34.04 ... Scored team points for the Orediggers at the conference meet in the 200-back, 100-back, 200-free, and as part of the 400-medley relay and 400-freestyle relays ... Also appeared in the 50-free at the conference championships.

HIGH SCHOOL: Two-year captain at Buffalo Grove HS (Ill.) … Three-year Illinois state championships qualifier as a sprint freestyler and backstroker … Also swam for Patriot Aquatic Club … National Honor Society member … Spanish National Honor Society member.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

  • 2023-24Sophomore

  • 2024-25Junior

  • 2025-26Senior