CJ Jensen
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- Height:
- 5-7
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- Hometown:
- Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Year:
- Junior
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- Events:
- Butterfly, IM
Bio
2019-2020: The junior was named Bluegrass Mountain Conference Female Swimmer of the Week after she dominated C-N's tri-meet against Emmanuel and SCAD. Jensen won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:08.32 and the 200-yard butterfly in 2:04.45. She also led off the winning 200-yard medley relay for the Eagles. Jensen placed forth in the 'B' final of the 100-yard breaststroke's 'B' final at the Bluegrass Mountain Conference championships. Jensen took second in the 200-yard individual medley on the first day of the NCAA National Championships. She also teamed up Allyson Metcalf, Laurel Sankowski and Mary Northcutt teamed to secure bronze in the 200-yard medley.
2018-2019: Grabbed fourth place at the Conference Championships for her first individual All-BMC mark with a time of 4:26.65 in the 400-yard IM, nearly four seconds better than her prelim race.Placed 16th in the 400-yard IM at the national championships
Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships
400-yard IM: 4:26.65
2017-2018: CSCAA Scholar-All America. Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) earned a trip to the D2 National Championships earning two honorable mention All-America swims with one coming in the 200 butterfly which set a new lifetime-low time, which went along with a first-place finish in the consolation final for the 400-yard individual medley that set a school record. The freshman held a 3.79 GPA in Psychology.
UT Mid-Season Invitational:
400-yard Individual Medley: 4:28.76 (Lifetime best time, 8th-best time in the country)
NSU Shark Invitational:
200-yard butterfly: 2:09.12 (Third-best time in the nation)
News mentions
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman swim team had 18 athletes named to The College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America’s Scholar All-American team.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman swim team had 15 athletes named All-Americans by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America on Wednesday.
GENEVA, OH. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw stellar results in the preliminaries of day two of the NCAA Swimming and Diving National Championships.
GENEVA, OH. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw two All-American-worthy swims in the opening day of the Swimming and Diving National Championships in Geneva, Ohio.
GENEVA, OH. – The Carson-Newman swim team will march a program-record nine individual athletes to the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving National Championships in Geneva, Ohio from Mar. 11 to Mar. 14.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman swim team will have a program-record nine athletes attend the NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving National Championships in Geneva, Ohio from Mar. 11 to Mar. 14.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The C-N swim team saw 10 Eagles win All-Conference honors during final events at day two of the BMC Conference Championships.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw multiple swimmers qualify for All-Conference laurels at day three of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman Eagles swim team saw 16 different athletes qualify for either ‘A’ or ‘B’ finals times during the preliminary events of day two of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw two school records broken and multiple athletes qualify for ‘A’ and ‘B’ finals in the preliminary races on the first day of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships in the Tar Heel state.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Carson-Newman swim team saw two school top-three finishes and multiple All-Conference-worthy performances at the finals of day one of the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships in the Queen City.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - Junior CJ Jensen (Copenhagen, Denmark) has been named the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Female Swimmer of the Week Award after her performance in C-N's tri-meet against Emmanuel and SCAD on Jan. 18 in Franklin Springs, Georgia.
FRANKLIN SPRINGS, Ga. – The Carson-Newman swim team took down the Savannah College of Art and Design and Emmanuel on the women’s side and defeated SCAD on the men’s end in a tri-meet in the Peach State.
The Carson-Newman swim team will open up their 2019-2020 campaign at the CSCAA Open Water National Championships in Lawrence, Kansas on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 8:30 a.m.