Jessica Antiles

Jessica Antiles

Personal information
Full name	Jessica Antiles
Nationality	United States
Born	(1996-12-25) December 25, 1996 (age 27)[1]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
College team	Columbia University
Medal record Women's swimming Representing the United States Maccabiah Games 2017 Israel 400 m individual medley 2017 Israel 200 m individual medley

Jessica Antiles (born December 25, 1996) is an American swimmer. Antiles was one of 24 swimmers who swam for Team USA at the 2017 Maccabiah Games,^[2] where she won two medals.^[3]

Antiles grew up in South Orange, New Jersey,^[4] is the daughter of Seth and Janette Antiles, and is Jewish.^[5][6] She is a member of the Maplewood Jewish Center, where her father is president.^[6] Her mother Janette competed in the Maccabiah Games herself, in tennis, representing Venezuela.

Antiles graduated from Golda Och Academy in 2015.^[7] She continued her education at Columbia University, where she majors in psychology and competes on the varsity swimming team, graduating in 2019.^[1][8] In 2017, Antiles received an honorable mention by the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) as recognition for Scholar All-America.^[9]

Antiles has been competitively swimming since childhood, including competing for her hometown swim team, the South Orange Dolphins.^[10]

In 2013 as a high school sophomore, she tied the prep championships record for the 200-yard individual medley with a 2:08.88 finish. The following year as a junior, Antiles broke the record in the event that had stood for 35 years with a time of 2:03.50.^[11] As a senior in 2015, Antiles once again broke the record, with a time of 2:02.63.^[12] In addition, at the 2015 championships, Antiles broke the 100-yard butterfly record with a time of 00:56.01, breaking the previous record of 00:56.85.^[13] These records were added to her other previous prep championships record in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:03.91.^[13] She also holds the Essex County meet record in the 200 IM with 2:02.62, along with the 100 freestyle with 51.47,^[13] and was the New Jersey record holder in the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.84, from March 2014 until December 2015.^[14]

In 2014, at the CeraVe Invitational, Antiles qualified for the Olympic trials, finishing in second place in the 400-meter long course individual medley with a time of 26.93.^[15] Prior to her official qualifiers however, Antiles required surgery due to a sinus infection, which left her unable to swim for 75 days, impacting her training and resulting in her failure to qualify.^[5]

Representing Team USA at the 2017 Maccabiah Games,^[16] Antiles won the silver medal in the 400-meter individual medley with a time of 4:58.27^[17] and a bronze medal in the 200 Individual Medley.^[18] She also had a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:20.89 and 100-meter breaststroke with a time of 1:13.59.^[19] She also finished in 20th place in the 200-meter butterfly.^[20]

When asked about the experience Antiles stated: "this was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. It was such an honor and such a special opportunity to be able to compete in Israel among some of the greatest Jewish athletes in the word."^[21]

In 2014, while living in Israel, Antiles won four gold medals during the Israeli National Championship. She won in all four events she competed in,^[13] which were the 200-meter individual medley, the 400-meter individual medley, the 800-meter freestyle, and the 400-meter freestyle.^[22]