2025-26 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Biography
Accolades
- ACC team championship (2025)
- 3x CSCAA All-American
- 2025: 200 back
- 2024: 200 back, 200 free
At Cal
2024-25 (So.)
- Swam in six event during 2024-25 season
- Had eight individual top five finishes
- Finished fifth in the 200 back at the ACC Championships (1:39.81)
- Posted two NCAA B-times during the season:
- 500 free (4:16.76) at Minnesota Invitational
- 200 back (1:39.76) at Minnesota Invitational
- 200 free (1:32.97) at ACC Championships
- Recorded a personal best in two events at NCAA Championships
- 500 free (4:13.62)
- 200 back (1:38.29)
- Placed 9th in the 200 back at NCAAs
2023-24 (Fr.)
- 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 Arizona
- Took second in the 200 back at the Minnesota Invitational (1:40.23)
High School/Club/National/International
- Participated at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in Singapore as a member of Team USA
- Had two top five finishes at the 2025 USA Swimming National Championships
- 100 back - 4th (53.79)
- 200 back - 2nd (1:54.85)
- 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.
- 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.
- Won gold in the 200m backstroke at the TYR Pro Swim Series on May 19
- Defeated Cal alum, Ryan Murphy
- 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.
- Swam Swim Neptune and coach Alex Popa
Personal
- Full name is Jackson Keaton Jones
- Born Oct. 13, 2004.
- Parents are Elizabeth and Randy Jones.
- Has one sister.
- His grandfather played football for the Oklahoma Sooners
- hobbies include rubix cubes, traveling, and eating good food.
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