2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Biography
Accolades
- ACC team championship (2025)
At Cal
- Placed 10th in the 200 back at the NCAA Championships (1:38.46)
- Finished 9th in the 200 free at NCAAs (1:34.91)
- Won the 500 free in a dual meet against ArizonaÂ
- Took second in the 200 back at the Minnesota Invitational (1:40.23)Â
High School/Club/Internatinoal
- Competed in the 200 back for Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics and took fifth place with a time of 1:55.39
- Graduated from Higley High School in Gilbert, Ariz.Â
- Named the No. 5 recruit in SwimSwam.com's "Way Too Early List of Top-20 Boys"
- Named the No. 9 overall recruit for the 2023 class by SwimSwam.com.Â
- Won gold in the 200m backstroke at the TYR Pro Swim Series on May 19Â
- Defeated Cal alum, Ryan MurphyÂ
- Became the first American to break an ice swimming world record
- Set records in the 50m backstroke and 100m butterfly at the 5th Ice Swimming World Championships this week in Samoens, France.
- Two-time Division I Arizona Swimmer of the Year
- Set a USA Swimming National Age Group Record in the 13-14 200-backstroke as a freshman, qualifying as one of the youngest at the Olympic Trials in 2021.
- He won at the Junior Nationals.
- He medaled at the Junior Pan Pacs in August 2022.
- Named to the Junior National Team three years in a row.
- Holds all of Higley's school records.Â
- Swam Swim Neptune and coach Alex Popa
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Personal
- Full name is Jackson Keaton Jones
- Born Oct. 13, 2004.Â
- Parents are Elizabeth and Randy Jones.Â
- Has one sister.Â
- His grandfather played football for the Oklahoma Sooners
- hobbies include rubix cubes, traveling, and eating good food.Â
Historical Player Information
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2023-24Freshman
Backstroke/Multi
6'3"
200 lbs
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2024-25Sophomore
Backstroke/Multi
6'3"
200 lbs
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2025-26Junior
Backstroke/Multi
6'3"
200 lbs