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2023-2024 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

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Jillian Starace

  • Class Senior
  • Event(s) Fly / Back
  • Height 5-5
  • Hometown Toms River, N.J.
  • High School Toms River East

Biography

2023-24 SEASON
Relay Victories
  • 200 medley: 2:06.91 (vs. Purchase, 11/04/23), 2:05.74 (at Moravian, 11/11/23), 2:05.72 (at Brooklyn, 12/02/23), 2:04.09 (at Maritime, 12/05/23)

2022-23 SEASON
Metropolitan Conference Championships (2/16-19/23)
  • Helped WP finish 11th in the 800 free relay (9:47.75), 12th in the 200 medley relay (1:57.65) and 400 medley relay (4:20.32), and 13th in the 200 free relay (1:46.78) and 400 free relay (3:54.60)
Individual Victories
  • 100 Fly: 1:11.31 (at John Jay, 12/9/22)
  • 200 Free: 2:31.81 (at John Jay, 12/9/22)
Relay Victories
  • 200 Free: 2:04.13 (at Montclair State, 1/31/23), 2:11.55 (at Purchase, 11/5/22), 1:49.22 (at Sarah Lawrence Invitational, 10/22/22)
  • 200 Meter Free: 2:20.67 (at Baruch, 10/28/22)
  • 200 Medley: 2:00.32 (at Montclair State, 1/31/23), 2:02.58 (vs. Western Connecticut, 1/28/23), 2:01.76 (at Bard, 1/21/23), 1:58.45 (vs. Mount Saint Mary, 1/14/23), 2:07.03 (vs. Maritime, 12/6/22), 2:08.76 (vs. Brooklyn, 12/3/22), 2:06.59 (at Purchase, 11/5/22)
  • 400 Medley: 4:34.08 (at Ramapo, 1/27/23)
 
2021-22 SEASON
  • Did not compete
 
2020-21 SEASON (COVID BLANKET WAIVER)
  • Posted season-best times in the 50 free (29.24), 50 back (32.90), 50 fly (26.69) and 100 fly (1:12.94) against Kean and Ramapo (2/27/21)
  • Had a season-best time of 2:34.67 in the 200 free against The College of New Jersey (2/13/21)
2020-21 WP Tennis
  • Played in four singles and four doubles matches
 
2019-20 SEASON
Honors
  • The Oct. 21 NJAC Rookie of the Week
Metropolitan Conference Championships (2/21-23/20)
  • Touched seventh during the 100 fly C Final (1:06.35)
  • Helped WP place second in the 200 free relay B Final (1:47.45) and 200 medley relay B Final (1:58.66) and 10th in the 800 free relay (8:58.59)
Individual Victories
  • 100 Back: 1:13.37 (at SUNY Delhi, 12/7/19)
  • 100 Free: 1:03.88 (at Brooklyn, 11/23/19), 1:05.31 (vs. Old Westbury, 10/15/19)
  • 200 Free: 2:24.67 (at Purchase, 11/12/19), 2:23.96 (vs. Old Westbury, 10/15/19)
Relay Victories
  • 200 Free: 2:00.45 (vs. Lehman, 1/11/20)
  • 200 Medley: 2:12.70 (vs. SUNY Cobleskill, 1/14/20), 1:58.23 (vs. Kean, 12/3/19), 2:11.81 (at Brooklyn, 11/23/19), 2:08.33 (at Purchase, 11/12/19), 2:00.83 (vs. FDU-Florham, 11/2/19), 2:08.56 (at Maritime, 10/29/19), 2:07.67 (vs. Old Westbury, 10/15/19)
  • 400 Medley: 4:39.58 (at SUNY Delhi, 12/7/19)
 
PRIOR TO WILLIAM PATERSON
  • Swam a personal-best 1:07 butterfly as a senior captain at Toms River H.S. East
  • Also named team captain as a junior
 
PERSONAL/ACADEMICS
  • Her sister, Courtney, swam at William Paterson (2011-15)
  • Majoring in health studies
 
STARACE'S PERSONAL BESTS
Event Time Season
50 Back 32.90 2020-21
100 Back 1:11.38 2019-20
200 Back 2:35.45 2019-20
100 Breast 1:25.75 2023-24
50 Fly 27.63 2019-20
100 Fly 1:06.35 2019-20
50 Free 27.20 2019-20
100 Free 1:01.41 2019-20
200 Free 2:15.58 2019-20
1,000 Free 14:58.22 2023-24
100 IM 1:15.00 2023-24
200 IM 2:41.65 2019-20

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-2020Freshman

    Fly / Back / Free
    5'5"
  • 2020-2021Sophomore

    Fly / Back
    5'5"
  • 2022-2023Senior

    Fly / Back
    5'5"
  • 2023-2024Senior

    Fly / Back
    5'5"