2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

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Jacques Laeuffer

  • Events Breast
  • Height/Weight 6-2 / 198
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Abtwil Aargau, Switzerland
  • High School AKAD College
  • Major Undeclared
  • Instagram @jacques_l

Biography

Accolades
  • NCAA team championship (2022)
  • Pac-12 team championship (2020, 2021, 2022)
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American (2020)
  • Pac-12 Winter Academic Honor Roll (2021)

At Cal
2021-22 (Jr.)
  • Junior member of Cal's 2022 NCAA & Pac-12 championship squad
  • Contributed six individual points to help the Bears win their fifth consecutive Pac-12 team title
    • 12th in 200 breast (1:55.87)
    • 16th in 100 breast (54.20)
  • Swam a season-best time of 53.98 in 100 breast prelims at Pac-12s
  • Swept the breaststroke events (100 breast, 56.85; 200 breast, 2:02.48) at Pacific Invite (Oct. 23)
2020-21 (So.)
  • Tallied 18 points at the Pac-12 Championships to help Cal capture its fourth consecutive conference team title
  • Placed fifth in the 200 breast (1:56.05) & 13th in the 100 breast (54.32) at Pac-12s
  • Both breaststroke performances at Pac-12s were NCAA "B" cuts & ranked third & fourth on the Cal squad
  • Owned the 47th-fastest 200 breast (1:54.95) in the country
2019-20 (Fr.)
  • Played a role in Cal's third consecutive Pac-12 Championship as a freshman
  • Cleared the NCAA "B" cut in the 200 breast with a 1:54.87 during Pac-12 Championships time trials
  • Scored seven individual points at the Pac-12 Championships
    • 10th in 200 breast (1:57.04)
  • Had Cal's fifth-fastest 100 breast (54.83) & 200 breast (1:54.87) during the 2019-20 season
  • Won 200 breast (2:00.37) in first collegiate dual meet at Pacific (Oct. 3)

National (Switzerland)
  • Has represented Switzerland on the international stage
  • Swam at 2018 Swiss Short Course Nationals
    • 3rd in 100 breast (1:00.16)
    • 4th in 50 breast (27.89)
    • 6th in 100 IM (56.75)
  • Competed at 2018 LEN European Aquatics Championships
    • Swam the 100 breast (1:02.29) & 200 breast (2:12.44)

High School/Club
  • Graduated from AKAD College (Jungholzstrasse, Zurich, Switzerland) in 2018
  • Swam for Limmat Sharks under head coach Dirk Reinicke
  • Played multiple sports including ice hockey, handball, soccer & was a triathlon athlete

Personal
  • Full name is Jacques Noel Laeuffer
  • Born on Dec. 4, 1997 in Connecticut & is a dual citizen (USA, Switzerland)
  • Son of Joerg & Sapa Laeuffer
  • Has one sibling, Jeannine Laeuffer
  • Hobbies include music & reading

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20Freshman

    Breast
    6'2" 198 lbs
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Breast
    6'2" 198 lbs
  • 2021-22Junior

    Breast
    6'2" 198 lbs
  • 2022-23Senior

    Breast
    6'2" 198 lbs