Jameson Mitchum
Jameson Mitchum
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Year:
    So.
  • Hometown:
    Signal Mountain, TN
  • High School:
    The Baylor School
  • Events:
    Back
  • Major:
    Biology
  • College:
    Claremont McKenna

Bio

At CMS
Entering her sophomore season as a member of the CMS swimming and diving team, where she competes in the backstroke events ... Set the CMS record in the 200 back as a first-year, winning the SCIAC title in 2:00.70 to knock 1.4 seconds off the old record, which had held for 10 years ... Also part of an 800 free relay record (7:33.68) ... Places fourth in CMS history in the 100 back (56.31) ... Part of 400 medley and 200 medley relays that rank second and fourth in school annals, respectively. 

2019-20 (First-Year)
All-American (100 back, 200 back, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 800 free relay) ... SCIAC Champion (200 back, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay) ... All-SCIAC (100 back, 800 free relay) ... CSCAA First-Team Scholar All-America ... Missed the fall semester due to injury but had a huge impact in the spring ... Set a new SCIAC Championship meet record, as well as a CMS meet record, in the 200 back with a time of 2:00.70 ... Was also the runner-up in the 100 back in 56.31, qualifying her for nationals and placing her fourth in CMS history ... Swam the backstroke leg of medley relay teams that won SCIAC titles (1:43.83 in the 200, 3:45.87 in the 400) ... Swam the first leg of an 800 free relay team that set a new school record in 7:33.68 to come in second at SCIACs. Also came in fourth in the 100 fly in 56.56 to give her 58 individual points in her three events towards the SCIAC winning total ... Won the 100 back in her first collegiate meet, a dual with La Verne ... Took the 200 back in a dual with Redlands. 

Prior to CMS
Attended The Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she was a member of the swimming team ... Earned All-American, All-State and Scholastic All-American honors ... Helped Baylor to a state championship ... Also swam for the Baylor Swim Club. 

Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna, where she majors in biology ... Aunt, Wendy Oakes, was a swimmer at the University of Tennessee.  

News Mentions

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Championship Memories Saturday: 2020 Women's Swimming and Diving Takes Back SCIAC Title

CLAREMONT, Calif. - After coming in a close second place for the previous two years, the CMS women's swimming and diving team earned back the...

November 14, 2020