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Jake Mortensen
Jake Mortensen

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Albuquerque, NM

High School:
Albuquerque

Height:
5-10

Event:
IM/Back

Major:
Civil engineering



03/11/2013

GW Men's and Women's Swimming Teams Land CSCAA Scholar All-America Honors

Colonials Programs Earn Academic Award for Fall 2012 Semester

03/08/2013

Graeter and Mortensen of GW Men's Swimming Named to A-10 All-Academic Team

Annual Award Marks Second for Graeter, First for Mortensen

02/24/2013

Freshman Oliver Keegan Leads GW Men's Swimming on Final Day of A-10s

Rookie Claims Gold in 200-Fly, Colonials Take Fourth at Conference Championships

02/22/2013

Graeter's Gold Highlights GW Men's Swimming's Third Day of A-10 Championships

Senior Claimed First Gold Medal with NCAA 'B' Cut Time in 400 IM

02/20/2013

GW Men's Swimming Breaks a Pair of Records on First Day of A-10 Championships

Men's 800-Yard Freestyle Relay Team Lands Third-Place Finish

02/05/2013

GW Swimming vs. George Mason (1.26.2013)

Senior Day (1.26.2013)

11/13/2012

GW Men's & Women's Swimming vs. Drexel

GW vs. Drexel (11.03.2012) Photos by: James Lang


2011-12: Swam second leg of school-record setting 800-yard freestyle relay team that finished third at Atlantic 10 Championships (Feb. 22) with a time of 6:40.15...Finished eighth at A-10 Championships in 100-yard backstroke with a time of 51.03 seconds...Posted a career-best time of 1:51.69 in the 200-yard backstroke at A-10 Championships...Named to GW Department of Athletics and Recreation Academic Dean's List...Named to Fall 2011 Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2010-11: At the Atlantic-10 Championship Meet: Finished fifth in the 100-yard backstroke, seventh in the 200-yard backstroke and 11th in the 200-yard individual medley...Led off the fifth-place 400-yard medley relay... Performances rank eighth in the 200-yardIM, 100-yard backstroke and 200-yard backstroke on the program's top times list...Named A-10 Rookie of the Week (Jan. 31) following performances at Towson and GMU...Finished second in the 100- and 200-yardbackstroke events against Drexel...Finished first in the 200-yard backstroke, second in the 200-yardIM and second in the 200-yard backstroke against Towson and Howard...Finished second in the 100- and 200-yard backstroke eventsand third in the 200-yard individual medleyagainst GMU.

High School: Named the Albuquerque Winter Athlete of the Year in 2008, 2009 and 2010...Holds the New Mexico state record in the boys 100-yard backstroke (50.69)...Three-time state champion in the 200-yard individual medley...Swam for LOBO Aquatic Club from 1999-2010.

Personal: Born Jacob Gustav Mortensen on June 20, 1992, in Albuquerque, NM...Son of Nancy and Jeffery Mortensen...Has one sister, Savannah...Majoring in mechanical engineering.

CAREER BESTS (Through 2011-12 Season)
50-Yard Freestyle 22.76 Patriot Invitational (11/19/2010)
100-Yard Backstroke 50.97 Atlantic 10 Championships (2/22/2012)
200-Yard Backstroke 1:51.69 Atlantic 10 Championships (2/22/2012)
100-Yard Butterfly 54.05 Patriot Invitational (11/17/2011)
200-Yard Individual Medley 1:54.34 Atlantic 10 Championships (2/23/2011)
400-Yard Individual Medley 4:18.54 Patriot Invitational (11/19/2010)

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