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2022-23 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster

Jonah Venos

  • Position Breaststroke / Freestyle
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • Highschool Brother Rice
  • Major Psychology

Biography

Swim Cloud Profile 

Career Honors
  • National
    • 2023 NCAA Division III All-American: 100 Backstroke, 100 Breaststroke, 200 Medley Relay
    • 2023 NCAA Division III All-American Second Team: 400 Medley Relay
    • 2022 NCAA Division III All-American: 200 Medley Relay
    • 2022 NCAA Division III Honorable Mention All-American: 400 Medley Relay
    • 2021 NCAA Division III All-American: 100 Breaststroke, 400 Freestyle Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
    • 2021 NCAA Division III All-American Second Team: 200 Breaststroke
    • 2020 NCAA Division III All-American: 100 Breaststroke, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
  • Conference
    • OAC Swimmer of the Year: 2022
    • OAC Champion 100 Breaststroke: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
    • OAC Champion 200 Breaststroke: 2021, 2022
    • OAC Champion 200 IM: 2022
    • OAC Champion 200 Medley Relay: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
    • OAC Champion 400 Medley Relay: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 
    • OAC Champion 400 Freestyle Relay: 2021
    • OAC Champion 800 Freestyle Relay: 2022, 2023
    • All-OAC 200 Breaststroke: 2020, 2023 
    • All-OAC 500 Free: 2020, 2021
Records
  • Conference
    • 200 Breaststroke (2:02.03) 2022
    • 800 Free Relay (6:41.27) 2022
    • 200 Medley Relay (1:28.22) 2022
    • 400 Medley Relay (3:17.18) 2022
  • School
    • 100 Breaststroke (54.62) 2020
    • 200 Breaststroke (2:02.03) 2022
    • 200 IM (1:51.30) 2022
    • 800 Free Relay (6:41.27) 2022
    • 200 Medley Relay (1:27.85) 2022
    • 400 Medley Relay (3:16.00) 2022
Career Top Times
  • 50 Breaststroke = 54.33 (2/17/2023)
  • 100 Breaststroke = 54.33 (2/17/2023)
  • 200 Breaststroke = 2:02.03 (2/19/2022)
  • 200 IM = 1:51.30 (2/17/2022)
  • 100 Free = 45.95 (3/27/2021)
  • 500 Free = 4:38.49 (2/13/2020)
2021-2022
  • Swam notable Breaststroke splits on both Medley Relays at the 2022 NCAA Division III National Championships. Additionally swam three individual races: 200 IM, 100 Breaststroke, and 200 Breaststroke. (3/16-19)
  • Scored a perfect 60 points in a 3 for 3 individual gold performance at the 2022 OAC Championships. Individual performances included: 200 IM (1:51.30), 100 Breaststroke (54.89), and 200 Breaststroke (2:02.03). Additionally was a member of the 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, and 800 Freestyle Relay victories. (2/16-19)
  • Swam notable performance in the 100 Breaststroke (3rd, 55.92), 200 Breaststroke (2:06.12) and contributed to the third place finish in 200 Medley Relay at Kenyon Invitational. (11/18)
  • Won the 50 Breaststroke, 100 Breaststroke, and third in the 100 IM in the victory against Notre Dame. (12/3)
  • Swam a notable performance in the 100 Breaststroke (1st, 1:00.71) against Ohio Northern. (10/30)
2020-2021
  • Individually placed first in both the 100 Breaststroke (54.92) and 200 Breaststroke (2:02.82), and second in the 500 Free (4:40.66). Additionally contributed towards first place finishes in the 200 Medley Relay (1:28.90), 400 Medley Relay (3:17.46), and 400 Free Relay (2:59.93) in the team conference victory. (3/27)
  • Took third in the 500 Free (5:03.68) in victory over Ohio Northern. (2/20)
  • Placed third in the 1000 Free (10:46.87) in team's win over Wilmington. (2/19)
  • Came in first in 100 breast (1:00.60), second in the 100 free (48.16), and helped secure a victory in the 400 Medley Relay (3:31.01) in the win against Baldwin Wallace. (2/13)
  • Finished first in the 100 breast (59.62), third in the 200 breast (2:21.70), and contributed to the 200 Medley Relay team's win (1:35.21) in a victory over Mount Union. (2/6)
2019-2020
  • Became a champion by placing first in the 100 Breast with a time of 54.62. Also, placed second in the 200 Breast (2:02.31) and third in the 500 Free (4:38.49) at the OACs (2/13-2/15)
  • Placed third in the 500 Free against Ashland with a time of 4:53.15 (1/24)
  • Took first in both the 100 Free (49.60) and the 100 Breast (59.36) against Baldwin-Wallace (1/18)
Prior to John Carroll:
  • Attended the University of Cincinnati for one semester before transferring to JCU
High School
  • 4x All American (2x 100 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay)
  • 7x All State (2x 100 Breast, 2x 100 Free, 2x 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay)
  • 5x League Champion (200 Free, 500 Free, 2x 200 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay)
Academics and Personal
  • Son of Angela and Mike Venos
  • Brother Drew Edson ('13) is a JCU graduate

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    BR
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Breaststroke / Freestyle
  • 2021-22Junior

    Breaststroke / Freestyle
  • 2022-23Senior

    Breaststroke / Freestyle

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