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Janie Smith

  • position Freestyle/butterfly
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Charlotte, NC
  • High school Myers Park
  • position Freestyle/butterfly
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Charlotte, NC
  • High school Myers Park

Janie Smith Bio

SMITH’S TOP TIMES
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 Freestyle 22.27# 3/16/23 NCAA Championships Knoxville, TN
100 Freestyle 

200 Freestyle

100 Backstroke

100 Butterfly

200 Butterfly

48.32!

1:45.75

58.72

53.61p

1:49.75

2/18/23

2/16/23

10/23/20

2/19/21

1/21/21

SEC Championships

SEC Championships

vs. Georgia

SEC Championships

vs. Gardner-Webb

College Station, TX

College Station, TX

Columbia, SC

Athens, GA

Columbia, SC

! = School Record  |  t = Time Trial  |  # = Leadoff Split | p = Prelims

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 4x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • 3x CSCAA Scholar All-American (Honorable Mention 2020, First Team 2021, 2023)

IN THE RECORD BOOKS

  • 2nd – 50 freestyle
  • 1st – 100 freestyle
  • 4th – 200 freestyle
  • 6th – 100 butterfly
  • 1st, 5th, 6th – 200 medley relay
  • 2nd, 3rd, 8th – 400 medley relay
  • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th – 200 freestyle relay
  • 2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th – 400 freestyle relay
  • 2nd, 5th – 800 freestyle relay

2022-23 (SENIOR)

  • Proved herself as one of the program’s best sprint freestylers, setting the school record in the 100 free and making four individual entries into the program’s all-time top-10 and contributing to 17 top-10 relay teams
  • Won the 100 free three times during the regular season
  • Won the 200 free at the Gamecock Invitational
  • Made the SEC Championship team where she individually competed in the 50 free, 100 free and 200 free
  • Made the finals of all three individual events that she competed in at the SEC Championships, placing 18th in the 50 free, 9th in the 100 free, and 10th in the 200 free
  • Qualified for the NCAA Championships where she individually competed in the 50 free, 100 free, and 200 free with her top finish coming in at 30th place in the 50 free
  • Set a new personal best time in the 50 free as the relay leadoff leg at the NCAA Championships (22.27)

2021-22 (JUNIOR)

  • Earned first place in four different events throughout the regular season – 100 fly vs. Gardner-Webb, 50 free vs. Queens, 100 free vs. Queens, and 200 free vs. Gardner-Webb
  • Competed on the SEC Championship team in the 50 free and 100 free, made the finals of the 100 free
  • Swam the final leg of the program record setting 200 free relay during a time trial at the SEC Championships

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Achieved personal best times in all four events in which she competed (50 free, 100 free, 100 fly, and 200 free)
  • Entered the record book several times and broke the program record in the 100 freestyle
  • Competed in the final of three events at the SEC Championships

2019-20 (FRESHMAN)

  • Made an impact in the sprint freestyle events in her first season
  • Tallied 16 top five finishes on the season
  • Swam the third leg of the record setting 200 freestyle relay team at SECs

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Lettered for the Myers Park Mustangs for four years
  • Swam club for SwimMac Carolina
  • Holds the school record in the 50 free and 100 fly
  • Took third in the 50 free at the 2019 NCHSAA 4A State Championships after claiming a pair of firsts in the 50 and 100 free at the NCHSAA 4A Western Regional Championships

PERSONAL

  • Exercise science major