Jenna Ravarino Season 2024-25
Career Honors
• 2023-24 SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2022-23 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
Career-Best Times (collegiate)
50 Free: 23.29 at SEC Championships, 2.21.24
100 Free: 52.13 at SEC Championships, 2.24.24
50 Fly: 25.77 at SEC Championships, 2.22.24
100 Fly: 55.24 at SEC Championships, 2.22.24
Commodore Record Watch
• Ranks among the top 10 in program history in both the 50 free (tied for sixth) and 100 fly (eighth)
• Swam the third leg on the school’s record-setting 200 free relay team also
As a Junior (2024-25)
• Posted fastest times of the season in the 50 (23.82) and 100 (53.04) free as well as the 100 fly (57.46) at South Carolina and 13th-ranked Georgia (Oct. 11)
• Recorded third-place finish to lead the Dores in the 50 free (24.28), also swimming a leg for 200 free relay team that finished second in season-opening meet at Tulane (Sept. 27)
• Competed in the 50 (26.73) and 100 (59.27) fly, swimming legs on the 200 free and 200 medley relays, at Illinois’ House of ’Paign Invite (Oct. 25-26)
As a Sophomore (2023-24)
• Posted the team’s third-fastest times of the season in both the 50 free and 100 fly
• Had best times of her career in the 50 and 100 free as well as the 100 fly at the SEC Championships (Feb. 20-24)
• Made the B Final with a 56.44 time in the 100 fly at the Gamecock Invitational (Nov. 15-17)
• Also advanced to the D Final in the 100 free with a 52.93 mark and the 50 free D Final (24.31) at the meet
• Won the 50 free (24.18) in defeat of Tulane (Feb. 2) on Senior Day
• Finished with a season-best time in the 50 free (24.15) and swam the 100 free (53.09) in Vandy’s win over Iowa (Oct. 28)
• Recorded season-low 52.84 mark in the 100 free with her lead-off leg in the 400 free relay at Little Rock and North Texas (Jan. 27), also competing in the 50 free and 50 fly in the Dores’ sweep of the tri-meet
• Raced in both the 50 (24.30) and 100 (53.30) free in season-opening match-up with Florida (Sept. 29)
• Competed in the 50 free (24.31) and 100 fly (57.33) at Illinois (Nov. 4)
• Posted mark of 53.08 in the 100 free in tri-meet with Georgia and Florida State (Jan. 13)
As a Freshman (2022-23)
• Ranked fourth on the team’s performer list in the 50 free
• Recorded season-best time in the 100 fly (56.97) at the SEC Championships (Feb. 14-18), also competing in the 50 (23.96) and 100 (52.84) free
• Posted season-low marks in the 50 (24.05) and 100 (52.78) free and also raced in the 100 fly (56.99) at the Gamecock Invitational (Nov. 16-18), qualifying for the C Final in each event
• Led Vandy with a first-place finish in the 50 free and placed second in the 100 free in Dores’ defeat of North Florida and Georgia Southern (Oct. 15)
• Finished sixth in the 100 fly (58.59), participating in the 50 free (24.84) and 50 fly (26.74) as well, in regular-season finale against Arkansas and Little Rock (Jan. 28)
• Also competed in the 50 (24.80) and 100 (54.53) free in collegiate debut against Auburn (Oct. 7)
The Ravarino File
• Majoring in human & organizational development
• Prepped at Carondelet High School
• Swam for the Orinda Aquatics as well
• Earned All-America, Academic All-America and All-East Bay Athletic League recognition as a senior
• Was a Scholastic All-American and a member of the National Honor Society
• Also earned academic honors from the California Scholarship Federation
• Recorded personal-best marks at the time in both the 50 (23.81) and 100 (52.75) free at the DLS Swim Invitational in 2022
• Ended up finishing fifth in the A Final of both events at that meet
• Bettered those times at the California Interscholastic Federation North Coast Championships later in the spring
• Touched the wall in 23.74 and 52.13 seconds, respectively, in the preliminary heats of the 50 and 100 free, going on to place sixth in the A Final of the former event
• Had a career-best time of 55.66 while competing in the B Final of the 100 fly at the Speedo Sectionals held in Carlsbad, California, during her senior season
• Was chosen the MVP of the CHS water polo team in 2018
• Daughter of Lexanne and David Ravarino
• Father played football at St. Mary’s (Calif.)
• Is the oldest of two children
Why Vanderbilt: “I chose Vanderbilt University because of the incredible academic rigor and the high-level SEC athletics. I am excited to be a part of an outstanding swim program that will challenge me to be the best swimmer, teammate and person I can be.”