JJ Kim
JJ Kim
  • Height:
    5'5"
  • Year:
    2025
  • Hometown:
    New Haven, Conn.
  • High School:
    Wilbur Cross
  • Position:
    Back/Fly/IM
  • 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