2025-26 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Tim Flynn

Jennifer Pierson

  • Height 5-9
  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Chanhassen
  • Hometown Chaska, Minn.
  • Major Quantitative Biosciences and Engineering

Biography

Career Top Times

2024-25: CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America ... Second-Team All-RMAC (800-free relay, 400-medley relay, 200-free relay) ... Represented the Orediggers at 11 different meets as a true freshman, including qualifying for the NCAA Division II Swimming & Diving Championships ... Official collegiate swimming debut came at home against New Mexico State on Oct. 24 and resulted in a pair of second-place finishes in the 100-free and the 50-free ... Selected from the alternate list for the national meet and raced in the 50-free, 100-free, and 200-free ... Finished 38th in the nation in the 200-free in 1:52.42 ... Was 39th in the nation in the 100-free after stopping the clock at 51.33 ... Took 44th in the nation in the 50-free thanks to a time of 23.73 ... Scored team points for Mines at her first-ever RMAC Swimming & Diving Chamionships in three individual events and as part of three relays ... Best individual finish at the conference meet was sixth in the 100-free while also taking eighth in the 50-free and ninth in the 200-free ... Claimed two RMAC bronze medals with legs on the 200-freestyle relay and 400-medley relay with the former breaking the program record on a time of 1:34.59 ... Also helped the Orediggers' distance relay finish fourth in the conference for second-team all-league honors ... Helped the Orediggers' 400-freestyle relay break the program record earlier in the season at the TYR/CMU Invitational in Grand Junction as the quartet combined for an unadjusted time of 3:28.24 ... Churned out NCAA "B" times which were also lifetime bests in the 50-free, 100-free, and 200-free ... Those marks all ranked top-100 in the nation for the season including 35th for her 200-free pace ... Other career-best times from her inaugural collegiate season came in the 50-fly and 100-fly.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Three-sport student-athlete at Chanhassen High School in Minnesota, competing in swimming, cross country, and track & field … Swim events included freestyle, butterfly, and backstroke … Comes to Mines touting career times of 23.83 in the 50-free, 51.48 in the 100-free, 1:54.60 in the 200-free, 57.93 in the 100-fly, 58.22 in the 100-back, and 2:06.35 in the 200-back … Twice served as the captain for her prep swim and dive team … Was named MSHSCA All-State for swimming three times and was a MSHSL Class AA State Finalist three times … Also advanced to Section 2AA finals three times and earned Metro West All-Conference in three seasons … Her 50-free and 100-free both rank Top-100 in Girls Minnesota Swimming All-Time State Meet Performances … Voted MVP of her prep swim & dive team … Was a team captain for the track & field team as well, advancing to sectional finals twice and earning five Metro West Conference podium appearances … Voted Ms. Versatility on her track & field team … In cross country, was a member of two MSHSL State Teams and helped her squad to two runner-up finishes at Section 2AAA races … Was Metro West All-Conference and Metro West Honorable Mention All-Conference in cross country … Earned Rookie of the Year status too … Totaled 10 varsity letters at Chanhassen High School … As a member of the Aquajets National Team, twice qualified for the NCSA National Meet and Speedo Futures Qualifiers … Tallied numerous individual podium finishes and helped relays top the podium multiple times at short course and long course Minnesota Club State Championships … Also earned the Minneapolis Athena Award and MSHSL ExCEL Award … Added Academic All-State status in track and swimming to her resume thanks to her work in the classroom … Twice named Metro West Academic All-Conference in swimming … Graduated as an AP Scholar with Distinction, Summa Cum Laude, and was a member of the National Honor Society … Plans to major in quantitative biosciences and engineering at Mines.

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    5'9"
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    5'9"