fullname club birth_place weight height birth_date article_title strokes name collegeteam
jenna marie gresdal etobicoke swim club terrace bay , ontario 56 kg lb on 1.70 m ftin on 19 september 1984 jenna gresdal
 freestyle jenna gresdal university of arizona
jenna gresdal

jenna marie gresdal -lrb- born september 19 , 1984 -rrb- is a canadian former competitive swimmer who specialized in sprint freestyle events .
she became one of the youngest athletes -lrb- aged 15 -rrb- to be selected for the canadian team at the 2000 summer olympics .
while studying in the united states , she earned six all-american honors for the university of arizona at the ncaa championships .
gresdal started swimming at the age of 7 , and later trained for kevin thorburn at the etobicoke swim club in toronto .
after graduating from high school at silverthorn collegiate institute , gresdal received an athletic scholarship to attend the university of arizona in tucson , arizona , where she majored in education and swam for the arizona wildcats swimming and diving team under head coach frank busch .
while swimming for the wildcats , she received six all-american honors for the team relays at the ncaa women 's swimming and diving championships , and also set team records in the 50-yard freestyle -lrb- 23.23 -rrb- at the pacific-12 conference championships .
gresdal also competed in the women 's 50-metre freestyle , as a 15-year-old , at the 2000 summer olympics in sydney .
she achieved a fina a-standard of 25.93 from the canadian olympic trials in winnipeg , manitoba .
she challenged seven other swimmers in heat ten , including dutch rising star inge de bruijn and defending olympic champion amy van dyken .
she rounded out the field to last place in 26.79 , just 2.33 seconds off an olympic record , set by de bruijn .
gresdal failed to advance into the semifinals , as she placed thirty-eighth overall out of 74 swimmers in the prelims .
