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2011-12 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jill Kearns

  • Position Butterfly/IM/Freestyle
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Milford, Mass.
  • Highschool Milford

Biography

2011-12: Finished first in the 200 butterfly (2:07.73), third in the 200 IM (2:11.02), sixth in the 200 backstroke (2:15.31) and was a member of the fifth-place 200 medley relay team in season-opening meet against BC and Houston (Oct. 15)...won the 200 butterfly (2:08.07) , the 400 IM (4:31.30) and was a member of the first-place 400 medley relay team against Bryant (Oct. 26)...claimed first in the 200 butterfly (2:05.02) and finished fourth in the 200 IM (2:08.20), third int he 300 IM (4:32.23) and was a member of the fifth-place 400 freestyle relay team and the ninth-place 400 medley relay team at the CAA Pod Meet (Nov. 4-5)...won the 200 butterfly (2:02.63) and finished 11th in the 100 butterfly (57.52), third in the 200 IM (2:06.64), third in the 400 IM (4:26.87) and was a member of the 10th-place 400 medley relay team at the Terrier Invitational (Nov. 18-20)...

2010-11: All-CAA selection in the 400 IM...won the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:08.75 and claimed fourth in the 500 freestyle (5:18.14) against Vermont (Oct. 16)...placed first in the 100 butterfly (1:00.02) and 200 butterfly (2:09.63) against Boston College (Oct. 29)...registered two second-place finishes in the 200 butterfly (2:06.05) and 400 IM (4:32.22) and a third place finish in the 200 IM (2:11.15) at the CAA Pod Meet (Nov. 6-7)...named Northeastern Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 8)...placed first in the 200 IM (2:05.89), third in the 200 butterfly (2:02.69), fourth in the 400 IM (4:30.66), seventh in the 100 butterfly (57.14) and was a member of the second-place 400 medley relay team (3:50.64) at the Terrier Invitational (Nov. 19-21)...placed first in the 100 butterfly (58.82) and third in the 500 freestyle (5:14.87) and set a new school record in the 100 IM (1:01.62) against Massachusetts (Dec. 4)...finished second in the 200 freestyle (1:59.33) against Siena (Jan. 22)...claimed second in the 200 IM (2:15.52), third in the 200 butterfly (2:07.62), fifth in the 100 butterfly (58.96) in a tri-meet against Dartmouth and Rhode Island (Feb. 5)...finished third in the 400 IM (4:21.41), fourth in the 200 butterfly to set a new school record (2:01.02) and was a member of the 400 medley relay team tat finished seventh while setting a new school record at the CAA Championship (Feb. 23-26).

2009-10: Won the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:09.03 and finished third in the 400 freestyle (5:20.01) against Dartmouth (Feb. 6)…Earned a victory in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:56.97 and was part of the winning 400 medley relay team against Siena (Jan. 30)…Swam to victory in the 200 butterfly with a winning time of 2:08.39, earned third-place in the 200 IM (2:14.05), and took fifth-place in the 500 freestyle (5:14.90) against Vermont (Jan. 23)….Claimed third-place in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:08.17 and seventh-place in the 500 freestyle (4:10.72), as well as seventh in the 200 IM (2:13.45) in the tri-meet versus Boston University and New Hampshire (Jan. 18)… Won the 200 butterfly (2:09.18) and took second in the 500 freestyle against Massachusetts (Dec. 5)…Place eighth in the 400 IM (4:37.11) and 200 butterfly (2:07.94) at the Terrier Invitational (Nov. 20-22)…Took first in the 200 butterfly (2:06.47), third in the 400 IM (4:35.01), and fifth in the 200 IM (2:10.93) against Old Dominion, James Madison, and William & Mary (Nov. 6-8)…Finished first in three events against Boston College, winning the 200 butterfly (2:07.57), 500 freestyle (5:12.20), and 200 IM (2:12.08) (Oct. 30)…Won the 200 butterfly (2:11.23) and placed third in the 500 freestyle (5:17.20) in the tri-meet versus Maine and Central Connecticut State (Oct. 17).

2008-09: Named All-CAA...won the 200 butterfly (2:10.31) and placed third in the 200 IM (2:13.80) against Boston College (Oct. 17)...won the 200 butterfly (2:08.88) and placed fourth in the 1000 freestyle (11:04.97) in a tri-meet against Maine and Central Connecticut State (Oct. 25)...placed second in the 200 butterfly (2:07.50) and fifth in the 400 IM (4:39.28) in a pod meet (Oct. 31-Nov. 1)...contributed with a third place finish in the 200 butterfly (2:06.01) at the Terrier Invitational (Nov. 21-23)...won the 200 IM (2:13.50) and placed second in the 500 freestyle (5:16.05) and 200 butterfly (2:08.71) against UMass (Dec. 6)...won the 200 butterfly (2:11.96) and came in third in the 200 IM (2:12.62) versus James Madison (Jan. 10)... won the 200 butterfly (2:08.37) and came in fourth in the 200 IM (2:13.80) and fifth in the 500 freestyle (5:20.08) in tri-meet against Boston University and New Hampshire (Jan. 17)...won the 200 butterfly (2:08.09) and came in third in the 200 IM (2:13.73) and fourth in the 500 freestyle (5:11.91) against Vermont (Jan. 24)...won the 200 butterfly (2:08.05), came in third in the 500 freestyle (5:15.35) and 200 IM (2:15.65) and was part of the second-place 400 medley relay team against Dartmouth (Feb. 7)...broke two Northeastern records by coming in third in the 400 IM in 4:20.85, besting the previous mark by 6.05 seconds, and sixth in the 200 butterfly in 2:02.44, beating the previous record by 32 hundredths of a second, at the CAA Championship (Feb. 25-28).

High School: Swam varsity for four years, serving as captain for one season...named Rookie of the Year...Southern Conference All-Star all four years...State Champion in 200 IM her sophomore year...named Globe Swimmer of the Year her junior year...holds school records in the 100 and 200 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 butterfly and 200 IM.

Personal: Born Jan. 17, 1990...majoring in Psychology...Class of 2013.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Sophomore

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  • 2010-11Junior

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  • 2011-12Senior

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