Jennifer Parmenter Class: Senior Hometown: Granada Hills, Calif. High School: Granada Hills HS Height: 5-7 Event: Free/IM Birthdate: 03/13/1981

THIS SEASON: One of USC’s top sprinters and gutsiest relay swimmers, Parmenter enters her 2003 senior season as a four-time career All-American and Troy’s record-holder in the 100y free. She shares in seven relay records and is also one of USC’s top IM swimmers.

2002: Parmenter had a fantastic 2002 NCAAs as a junior, serving as one of the key components on USC’s 400y and 800y free relays that both reached the finals as well as the 200y medley relay. She led off both freestyle relays which both finished seventh and anchored the medley relay. Each relay set USC records, the 400y free relay doing it both in prelims and in finals. Her lead-off 100y leg of the 400y free relay (49.61) broke Sue Habernigg’s school record of 49.66 that stood since 1984 … Individually, Parmenter was 19th in the 100y free (49.80) and 29th in the 200y free (1:48.54) ... At the 2002 Pac-10s, she was fourth in the 50y free (23.31) and seventh in both the 100y free (50.41) and the 200y free (1:48.94) … Parmenter finished with USC’s top times in the 50y (23.03), 100y (49.61) and the 200y free (1:48.05).

2001: For the second consecutive year, Parmenter earned All-American honors as a member of a USC relay ... She earned the nod by helping the Trojans to an eighth-place mark in the 200y medley relay. She also led off each of USC’s free relays ... Individually, Parmenter was 14th in the 200y free (1:47.93), 15th in the 200y IM (2:02.68) and 33rd in the 100y free (50.64) ... At the 2001 Pac-10s, Parmenter was fifth in the 200y IM (2:02.32), seventh in the 400y IM (4:22.42) and 14th in the 200y back (2:03.64) ... At the 2001 U.S. Spring Nationals, Parmenter was 15th in the 200m free (2:03.90), 16th in the 100m free (57.08) and 19th in the 200m IM (2:20.86) ... She also swam on two U.S. national title-winning relays, helping USC to victories in the 400m medley relay and in the 800m free relay ... In the former event, Parmenter swam the anchor leg ... In the latter race, the Trojan quartet set a USC record of 8:14.90... At the 2001 U.S. Summer Nationals, she was 10th in the 100m free (56.86) and 14th in the 200m free (2:03.57) ... She earned a pair of gold medals at the 2001 World University Games, swimming on the 400m and 800m free relays in prelims that eventually won gold in the finals.

2000: Parmenter became an All-American as a freshman in 2000 as a member of USC’s eighth-place 400m medley relay team at the NCAAs ... She scored individually by finishing 15th in the 400m IM (4:46.06, sc) and was 20th in the 200m IM (2:15.49, sc) ... She also swam on USC’s 11th-place (tied) 200m medley relay, its 11th-place 800m medley relay and its 14th-place 400m free relay ... At the 2000 Pac-10s, Parmenter made a final appearance in the 400y IM, taking fourth in 4:14.64. She was also 13th in the 200y IM (2:02.49).

HIGH SCHOOL: Parmenter graduated from Granada Hills (Calif.) High and also attended L.A. Baptist High ... She was a seven-time U.S. national champion while in high school and finished her prep career as the ninth-fastest American woman ever in the 400m IM and the 15th-fastest in the 200m IM (and she never lost a high school meet) ... Parmenter swept the medley events at the 1997 U.S. Spring Nationals, the 1996 U.S. Summer Nationals and the 1995 U.S. Spring Nationals. She also won the 400m free at the 1996 U.S. Summer Nationals and earned the Kiphuth Award as the high point scorer of the meet ... She just missed qualifying for the Olympics in 1996, finishing third in the 400m IM ... She has qualified in every event, except two, for the U.S. Nationals ... She competed at the 1997 World Short Course Championships (finalling in the 400m free and 400m IM), the 1997 and 1995 Pan Pacific Championships (finalling in the 400m IM both times) and won the 200m back at the 1993 Olympic Festival.

PERSONAL: Parmenter was born March 13, 1981 ... She is majoring in psychology. She lists Janet Evans and Kristine Quance-Julian as her biggest sports heroes ... She is a red belt in Tang So Dokarate.

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