- See Less -As a Sophomore in 2007-08: NCAA champion in the 400 IM with a pool-record setting time of 4:02.41, which was the second-fastest time in Stanford history...became the first Cardinal swimmer to win a national title in the 400 IM since Summer Sanders captured back-to-back crowns in 1991 and 1992...meet was held at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion at Ohio State University...also finished fourth in the 200 IM, but broke her own school record in the prelims with a time of 1:54.97...placed seventh in the 200 back (1:54.94)...helped the Cardinal to third in the 400 medley relay (3:33.77), a tie for fourth in the 800 free relay (7:04.83) and fifth in the 400 free relay with a school-record 3:13.77...logged a second-place finish in the 200 IM at the Pac-10 Championships with a time of 4:08.09...placed third in the 200 IM (1:57.03), third in the 200 back (1:57.02) and second in the 800 free relay (7:05.70)...logged the second-fastest 200 free time in Stanford history (1:44.52) and the sixth-best 500 free ledger (4:41.74) during a Feb. 16 meet against California...earned honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic team accolades.
As a Freshman in 2006-07: Had a prolific freshman season on The Farm...was a six-time All-American, a three-time Pac-10 champion and the Pac-10's Newcomer of the Year...at her first NCAA Championships experience, finished second in the 200 back with a time of 1:53.39 - the second-best mark in Stanford history...also finished third in the 200 IM (1:56.43), third in the 400 IM (4:06.10), third in the 400 medley relay (3:34.86), fifth in the 200 free relay (1:29.57) and seventh in the 800 free relay (7:09.50)...dominated at the Pac-10 Championships with three titles and a trio of additional top-three finishes...won the 200 IM with a school-record 1:55.38, breaking Summer Sanders' 15-year-old standard of 1:55.54...also won the 400 IM in 4:04.02 and the 200 back at 4:04.02...finished second in the 200 free relay (1:29.48), third in the 400 free relay (3:17.70) and third in the 800 free relay (7:06.59).
International Competition Highlights: Is one of only three active collegiate swimmers to win two medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, earning silver in the 400-meter free relay and bronze in the 800 meter free relay...did not participate in either event final, but swam key legs in both preliminaries...helped the U.S. to the third seed in the 400 relay final with a time of 54.73, while she swam the anchor leg of the 800 relay as the Americans posted a heat-winning time of 7:52.43...is on the 2008-09 United States National Team...won four gold medals and a silver at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil...won the 100-meter backstroke, the 200 IM, the 400 free relay and the 400 medley relay...also earned silver in the 200 back...had three runner-up finishes at the 2006 FINA World Cup, finishing second in the 200 back, the 200 IM and the 400 IM...also finished second in both the 200 IM and 400 IM, along with third in the 200 back, at the 2005 World Cup...competed in her first World Cup in 2004, finishing second in the 400 IM...was a member of the 2004 U.S. Junior National Team...competed with her American teammates at the 2004 Queensland State Championships, where she won the 400 IM...finished third at that meet in the 200 IM and fifth in the 200 free.
National Competition Highlights: Was the only swimmer at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials to finish in the top six in both the 100- and 200-meter free...was sixth in the 100 free (54.99), third in the 200 free (1:56.73), third in the 400 IM (4:35.73) and 18th in the 200 back (2:13.89)...tallied four top-10 finishes in the 200 IM, four in the 200 back, three in the 400 IM and two in the 100 back at Summer Senior Nationals between 2003-07...won the 200 back at the 2006 Spring Senior Nationals, while placing second in the 100 back, third in the 400 IM and eighth in the 200 IM...also competed in the 2004 and 2005 Spring Senior Nationals...finished sixth in the 200 IM at the 2006 World Championship trials...had a trio of top-10 finishes at the 2005 World Championship Trials (sixth in the 200 back, sixth in the 400 IM and seventh in the 200 IM)...made a pair of finals at the 2004 Olympic Trials, finishing seventh in the 400 IM and eighth in the 200 IM.
High School, Club and Personal Data: Daughter of Peter and Louise Smit...graduated from Mt. Sinai (N.Y.) High School...was named the back-to-back Speedo and Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association of America Swimmer of the Year in 2004 and 2005...tabbed the 2006 National High School Swimmer of the Year...established the national High School record in the 200 IM with a time of 1:58.29...was featured in Sports Illustrated's Faces in the Crowd section of the 2005 Year in Sports Issue...swam for Three Village Swim Club between 1999-2006...coached by her father, Peter, for Spirit Swimming...brother, Peter, swam at Cornell University...majoring in anthropology.
*Bio from gostanford.cstv.com
Smit's Top Times
Event -Time
200 free -1:44.52
500 free -4:41.74
100 back -53.77
200 back -1:53.39
200 IM -1:55.31
400 IM -4:02.41
Julia Smit
