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2011-12 Swimming & Diving Roster

Jimmy Brabbins

  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Beverly Hills, Mich.
  • High School Brother Rice

Biography

2010-11
Once again swam the lead-off leg of the 200-yard medley relay at the A 10 Conference championships, breaking the school record set the year prior (1:32.65)...swam the 100-yard backstroke at the A 10 championships, turning in a time of 52.51 - the second-fastest time for the event in school history...also cracked the all-time top ten in the 200-yard backstroke with his time of 1:55.95 at the A 10 Championship...also set a new personal best in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:49.82 in his junior campaign...

2009-10
Swam the leadoff leg of the 200-medley relay, which registered the second-fastest time in program history (1:34.00) at the A-10 Championships ... tied for 21st in the 100-fly prelim (52.23) and came in 26th in the 100-back (53.24) and 200-back (1:57.24) prelims at the A-10s ... his 100- and 200-back performances were personal bests ... was a member of the 400-free relay that turned in the fifth-best time (3:07.57) in SLU annals at the A-10s ... recorded a second-place finish and a personal best in the 1000 free (10:20.04) vs. Eastern Illinois ... garnered second-place honors in the 200 IM (2:06.73) vs. IUPUI ... touched second in the 100 back (56.87) vs. Evansville ... placed third in the 100 free (50.04) at IUPUI ... came in third in the 100 fly at the Lindenwood Invitational and at the Wash U dual ... finished third in the 200 back (2:05.75) at Western Illinois ... named to the fall 2009 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2008-09
Helped the 400-free (3:06.42), 200-medley (1:33.81) and 400-medley (3:24.99) relays shatter school records at the A-10 Championships ... also swam on the 200-free relay that turned in the fourth-fastest time in SLU annals (1:24.96) at the A-10s ... was a member of the 200-medley relay that clocked the seventh-best time in school history (1:36.68) at the IUPUI dual ... finished 18th in the 100 fly (51.69) at the A-10s ... came in first in the 100 fly (52.14) and 500 free (4:52.86) at IUPUI ... earned four personal bests at the league championships ... named to the A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll both semesters.

At Brother Rice
Was a two-time All-American and four-time All-State selection ... led his team to a Division I state championship in 2007 as a junior ... helped the Warriors finish among the top four teams in the state all four years ... competed in the state meet every year ... guided his team to four Catholic League crowns ... was selected to the All-Area and All-County teams ... was a four-year letterwinner ... was a member of the Birmingham Blue Dolphins club team ... helped the Blue Dolphins finish fifth at the 2008 YMCA Nationals despite battling food poisoning for much of the meet ... was a member of Phi Beta Kappa ... earned the Award of Excellence/Achievements for English II and French II.

BRABBINS' CAREER BESTS

50 Free 21.70 at A-10 Championships, 2/19/09 (trials)
100 Free 48.06 at A-10 Championships, 2/21/09 (trials)
1000 Free 10:20.04 vs. Eastern Illinois, 11/20/09
100 Back 52.69 at A-10 Championships, 2/25/11
100 Fly 51.69 at A-10 Championships, 2/20/09 (prelim)

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09Freshman

  • 2009-10Sophomore

  • 2010-11Junior

    6'4"
  • 2011-12Senior

    6'4"