Returned From ACL Tear, Carolyn Jungers Commits To Miami (Ohio)

Schroeder YMCA’s Carolyn Jungers will continue a swimming career that was at one point almost dead via injury after verbally committing to the Miami (OH) Redhawks.

Jungers missed 8 months of swimming in her early teens due to an ACL tear, a debilitating injury that has ended many a sporting career. Doctors told Jungers she may never swim again, and almost certainly not to her previous level, but Jungers has worked her way both back into the sport and back into lifetime-best performances.

After defying those odds, she’ll now continue her career with the Redhawks as an IMer/breaststroker with freestyle potential to boot.

Jungers’ Top Times

  • 200 IM: 2:06.02
  • 400 IM: 4:27.92
  • 100 breast: 1:05.96
  • 200 breast: 2:19.96

Jungers currently swims for Schroeder YMCA in Brown Deer, Wisconsin, and is wrapping up her senior year at Greendale High School before heading to Miami next fall.

“Miami always stuck out to me,” she said. “The coaches and team are amazing. I had never met such kind and outgoing people until I stepped onto campus.

“It is so beautiful and it just felt like home to me. My heart definitely belongs there.  I can see myself improving there and making a difference on the team.”

Jungers also said Miami’s business school was a major perk for her in making her recruiting decision.

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dmswim
8 years ago

Is that 200 breast time correct? With that 100 time, the 200 doesn’t make much sense.

Swimp
Reply to  dmswim
8 years ago

After lookinh at the rest of her times, she appears to be much more talented in the mid-distance stroke races, so I think it is believable. Maybe she split it:
1:07
1:12
That seems reasonable in my book.

Swimp
Reply to  Swimp
8 years ago

*looking

dmswim
Reply to  Swimp
8 years ago

They corrected it. It originally was a 2:12. A 2:19 is correct and makes sense.

cj
8 years ago

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