Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby outkicked the lead group to earn a come-from-behind victory Friday in the women’s 100-yard breaststroke at the Big 12 Championships in Morgantown, W.V. The University of Texas sophomore defended her title in 57.27 seconds, a time that broke...
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Jacoby wins bronze medal in specialty event at FINA World Cup in Germany
Seward's Lydia Jacoby won another medal in the 100-meter breaststroke, this time claiming bronze at the FINA World Cup in Germany. The 17-year-old reigning Olympic gold medalist again showed moxie, traveling across the globe to deliver another strong swim in...
Jacoby wins silver, third Alaskan w/ 2 Summer Olympic medals
Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby picked up her second Olympic medal of these Tokyo Games, winning a silver medal in a relay to go with the individual gold she claimed earlier this week. Team USA turned to Jacoby for the women's 4x100-meter medley relay, picking the...
Olympic champion swimmer named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Lydia Jacoby of Seward came from behind to win the gold medal in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke at the Summer Olympics in Japan. The 17-year old was third at the turn and closed strong to pop a blistering time of 1:04.95, a quarter second ahead of South Africa’s...
Jacoby shocks world champion at Olympics, wins gold medal
Lydia Jacoby lit up Seward all the way from Tokyo. The 17-year-old swimmer created massive electricity in her hometown after coming-from-behind to win the gold medal in the women's 100-meter breaststroke at the Summer Olympics in Japan. Dozens of Seward residents...
Jacoby wins semifinal heat, will go for Olympic gold Monday
Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby won her semifinal heat to advance to the finals of the 100-meter breaststroke at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. The 17-year-old comes into the finals with the second-best qualifying time of 1:05.52, just better than world-record holder Lilly...
Olympian Jacoby named Alaska Athlete of the Week
Seward’s Lydia Jacoby was named Alaska Athlete of the Week after becoming the first swimmer from Alaska to qualify for the Olympics, recording a sizzling second-place finish in the 100-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. The 17-year-old...
Jacoby becomes first Alaskan to make U.S. Olympic swim team
You can now call Seward’s Lydia Jacoby an Olympian. The 17-year-old became the first swimmer from Alaska to qualify for the Summer Olympics after she recorded a sizzling second-place finish in the 100-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska....
Heaphy finishes 27th out of 49 swimmers at Olympic Trials
Eagle River’s John Heaphy beat out 22 swimmers in the men’s 100-meter breaststroke to place 27th out of 49 finishers at the Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska. The 20-year-old touched the wall in 1 minute, 1.92 seconds and was sixth in his prelims heat. Heaphy just...
Jacoby is unanimous pick for girls Pride of Alaska Youth Award
The only unanimous winner among the seven Directors' Awards handed out this year, Seward swimmer Lydia Jacoby has made everyone a believer. Jacoby lapped the field in winning the girls Pride of Alaska Youth Award after all eight Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Board of...
Bailey, Jacoby, ‘Uhila named finalists for girls Pride of Alaska
A state champion runner from Fairbanks, a state champion and MVP basketball player from Anchorage and an Olympic hopeful swimmer from Seward were picked by the Alaska Sports Hall of Fame Board of Directors as finalists for the 2021 girls Pride of Alaska Youth Award....