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Distance Specialist Jackson Mueller To Stay In-State With William & Mary (2024)

January 16, 2024

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Jackson Mueller of Glen Allen, Virginia, has announced his commitment to swim and study at the College of William & Mary. Mueller, a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American, trains and competes year-round with NOVA of Virginia Aquatics.

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Mueller is a distance freestyler, and is a Winter Juniors qualifier in the 800m and 1000-yard freestyle. He recently competed at Winter Juniors – East, where he notched personal best times in the 500 and 1650. In the 500, he took off nearly 4 seconds, while in the 1650 he improved by over five seconds. He added another best time in a time trial of the 200 free, where he stopped the clock at 1:42.14.

Mueller capped off his summer long course season this year at the NCSA Summer Championships. He recorded his highest finish in the 800m free at 21st with a time of 8:30.28, marking a new personal best by over six seconds. Mueller also hit a PB in the 400m free, where he clocked a 4:07.85 for 26th overall.

Top SCY Times

200 free – 1:42.14
500 free – 4:31.67
1000 free – 9:24.50
1650 free – 15:49.52

Under the direction of head coach Nate Kellogg, the William & Mary men finished 5th as a team at the 2023 Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Championships. Mueller is in a strong position to make an impact for William & Mary at the conference level, as it took a 4:35.23 to advance to finals in the 500, while everyone in the 1650 scored last season.

Will Glass was the team’s top finisher in the 1650 at 4th with a time of 15:37.35. He was also the top performer in the 500, where he recorded a 10th place finish at 4:31.94. Glass is a sophomore this season, and will overlap with Mueller for two seasons.

Joining Mueller in William & Mary’s incoming class next fall is Beck Hastings, Ethan Hadsell, Connor Vargas, and Thomas Duncan. Hastings and Duncan are fellow Virginia natives, while Hadsell and Vargas hail from North Carolina.

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