JJ Kim
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- Height:
- 5'5"
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- Year:
- 2025
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- Hometown:
- New Haven, Conn.
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- High School:
- Wilbur Cross
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- Position:
- Back/Fly/IM
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- Major:
- Undeclared
Bio
Link to CollegeSwimming.com Career Statistics
Collegiate Career Honors:
- 2022-23 NEWMAC Women's Swimming & Diving Academic All-Conference
2022-23:
- Opened season with seventh place finishes in 100 Y Back and 100 Y Free against Wheaton (1:04.64, 1:05.15)
- Second place in 100 Y Back against Simmons (1:04.98)
- Finished third in 200 Y IM against Merrimack (2:23.08)
- Eighth in "B" Finals at NEWMAC Championship in100 Y Fly with season-best 1:01.50, 25th in prelims in 200 Y IM (2:18.25), 29th in 100 Y Back (1:02.87)
2021-22:
- Made collegiate debut and recorded two eighth place finishes in the 100 & 200 Back at Wheaton on Oct. 30
- Placed third with a time of 59.05 in the 100 Free against Simmons on Nov. 6
- Took third in the 100 Back with a time of 1:07.11 in a home meet versus Mount Holyoke
Before Wellesley:
- Attended Wilbur Cross High School
- Graduated in 2021
- Was a four year varsity swimmer and team captain senior year
- 2020 CIAC Scholar Athlete Award recipient
- Swam club for 10 years
Personal:
- Daughter of Ingyu Kim and Yoon Jung Chang Kim
- Born in Seoul, South Korea
- Has one younger sister, Kate Kim