NITTANY LION SENIORS
ALEX
JEFF
GOMEZ
Event 100 Back 200 Back 200 IM
MARCHINSKI
Morristown, N.J. Morristown
Shillingtown, Pa. Governor Mifflin
Senior • BACKSTROKE
Senior • DIVING
CAREER BEST TIMES Time Date Site 49.27 2/25/11 Last Chance Meet 1:46.04 2/26/11 Big Ten Championships 1:50.37 2/22/12 Big Ten Championships
Event 1-Meter 3-Meter
CAREER BEST SCORES Score Date Site 314.63 2/4/12 vs. Lehigh 308.85 2/3/12 vs. Buffalo
2012 BIG TEN ALL-ACADEMIC LION CAREER 2011-12: Qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200 back in the summer of 2012…Recorded two first place finishes against Georgia Tech in the 100 back (51.75) and 200 back (1:52.34)…Swam the 100 back at the Ohio State Invitational in 50.21 seconds…Earned first place in the 200 back with a time of 1:52.64 against Lehigh and St. Francis…Competed in three events at the Big Ten Championships, including the 100 back (50.80), 200 back (1:48.70) and the 200 IM...Recorded a personal best time in the 200 IM (1:50.37) at the Big Tens. 2010-11: Saw action in three different events in the Big Ten Championships (100 backstroke, 200 backstroke and 200 individual medley)... Earned a career-best finish in the 200 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships, swimming a time of 1:46.04 and finishing in 14th place...Swam 49.27, shattering his previous career-best time in the 100 backstroke at the Big Ten Championships while taking 18th place...Posted first individual victory in the 200 backstroke (1:50.60) on 10/23/10 vs. Virginia Tech...Earned a second individual victory in the 400 individual medley vs. St. Bonaventure, notching a time of 4:09.80...Helped the team win the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:33.42 on 1/22/11 vs. St. Bonaventure.
LION CAREER 2011-12: Earned fourth place in the Ohio State Invitational one-meter springboard diving finals with a score of 270.15, after qualifying with a third place score of 283.55...Recorded a second place finish with 304.20 points in the one-meter board against Navy...Led Penn State against Ohio State and Michigan (1/28/12) with seventh-place showings on both boards...Placed third against Buffalo in the one-meter board with a score of 310.50 and placed third in the three-meter event with a season and career-high score of 308.85...swept the competition for the one- and three-meter events against Lehigh (2/4/12) with scores of 314.63 and 306.15, respectively...One-meter board score against Lehigh was a career-high. 2010-11: Appeared in two events in the Big Ten Championships...Scored a 227.60 in the one-meter dive at Big Ten Championships and placed 26th... Placed 27th in the three-meter dive at Big Ten Championships after he achieved a score of 218.00...Named Big Ten Diver of the Week (1/4/11)... Had a season-best three-meter dive score of 292.40 (1/14/11) and placed second against Maryland and Pittsburgh...Tied for third against Maryland and Pittsburgh after he posted a season best one-meter dive score of 288.75 (1/15/11).
2009-10: Qualified for the C Final at the Big Ten Championships in the 200 backstroke after a preliminary and season-best time of 1:47.75...Finished 20th overall in the 200 back at Big Tens with a time of 1:47.81... Posted a season-best time of 49.96 in the 100 backstroke at Big Tens... Swam a 4:42.84 at Big Tens in the 500 freestyle...Finished third in the 200 back vs. Buffalo.
2009-10: Dove team-highs in the one-meter (254.70 vs. Buffalo) and three-meter (262.65 vs. Buffalo), notching third-place finishes in both... Best finish of the season was a second-place showing at St. Bonaventure in the one-meter...Notched three third-place showings in both the one-meter and three-meter (vs. Buffalo, vs. Virginia and vs. West Virginia).
HIGH SCHOOL Two-time All-American in the 100 backstroke...Named Scholastic AllAmerican...Holds Morristown records in the 100 back, 100 fly, and 200 IM...Earned four letters in swimming...2009 short course Harvard Sectionals champion in the 200 back...Third in the 100 back and fourth in the 200 back at the U.S. Open qualifier...Junior National qualifier in the 100 and 200 backstrokes...Letterwinner in cross country.
HIGH SCHOOL PIAA State Championship qualifier four years running at Governor Mifflin... Finished Top 10 at States his junior and senior years...Named Berks County Diver of the Year senior season...Won league and district championship his senior year...Finished in the top five all four years in league and district competitions...Four-time honor roll member...National Honor Society member...Served as student government treasurer senior year.
PERSONAL Jeffrey Felix Gomez II was borth August 3, 1990 in Denville, N.J. to Marianne and Jeff Gomez...Has an older brother, Chris, and a younger sister, Julie...Majoring in landscape contracting.
PERSONAL Alexander James Marchinski was born April 16, 1991 in Reading, Pa. to Nancy Scheiepe and Leonard Marchinski...Has brother, Alonso, and sister, Lindsay...Majoring in landscape architecture.
ON CHOOSING PENN STATE “I chose Penn State because of the team spirit.”
ON CHOOSING PENN STATE “I chose Penn State because of the great academics, athletics and campus atmosphere.”
15 INDIVIDUAL BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
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