2014-15: Northwestern's distance freestyle and U.S. National Team wunderkind continued to improve in his junior season … Academic All-Big Ten … The 2015 Big Ten Champion in the 1,650 freestyle broke school records in the 500, 1,000 and 1,650 freestyle races this season … Earned two All-America honors, finishing a career-best third in the 1,650 free at the NCAA Championships for his first NCAA podium finish as well as taking 15th overall in the 500 free ... All-Big Ten first team ... Ranked on NU's top times list in five different events, including rating first in the 500 free, 1,000 free, 1,650 free and 400 IM … Ranked second for NU on the year in the 200 fly … Shattered the Northwestern record to win the Big Ten Championship in the 1,650 freestyle with an NCAA 'A' cut of 14:33.50 that also set the pool record at Iowa's Campus Recreation and Wellness Center … He also earned a B1G podium finish with a third-place school-record and NCAA 'B' cut of 4:14.70 in the 500 freestyle … Qualified 17th overall with a career-best 3:50.75 in the 400 IM at the Big Ten meet before scratching his finals swim to concentrate on the mile … Broke his career-best times in all three of his stroke "off events" during the finals of NU's home TYR Invitational (11/21-11/23), swimming a 3:53.82 to win the 400 IM, a 1:53.63 to win the consolation final of the 200 fly and a 1:54.39 during the bonus heat of the 200 IM … Won the 500 free and 1,650 free at the TYR while finishing fourth in the 200 free … Named Big Ten Swimmer of the Week following the TYR Invitational thanks to his career-best efforts, his event victories and his NCAA 'B' cuts of 4:21.70 in the 500 free and 15:00.91 in the 1,650 free … Competed in three events at the AT&T U.S. Winter Nationals (12/3-12/6), scoring points in the 500 free and 1,650 free … 'B' cut time of 14:51.10 placed him fifth overall and first among collegiate entries in the 1,650 free … Placed 13th in the nation in the 500 free at Winter Nationals via a 'B' time of 4:22.02 … With the exception of one second-place finish against Minnesota/Purdue to end the dual-meet season, is undefeated against collegiate competition in the 1,000 free and 1,650 free events this year … Had 19 top-three dual-meet race results comprised of 11 first-place, seven second-place and a third-place finish.
2013-14: All-American ... NCAA Qualifier ... All-Big Ten second team ... Qualified for second-consecutive trip to NCAA Championships ... Finished fourth in the nation in the mile at NCAA Championships (14:44.36) ... Swam in 500 free at NCAA Championships, with time of 4:28.78 to go No. 51 in the nation ... Automatically qualified for NCAAs with 14:42.99 "A" Cut time at Big Ten Championships in the 1,650 free ... Finished No. 2 at US Open Water National Championships in Castaic Lake, Calif (6/15) in 5K and 10K swims ... Times at National Championships earned him bid to USA Swimming's Pan-Pac Team, to compete in Melbourne, Australia ... Reached Big Ten bonus final of 400 IM, finishing No. 18 with time of 3:54.76 ... Reached consolation final of 500 free at Big Tens, finishing No. 10 in the prelims with NCAA "B" Cut time of 4:19.86 ... Would finish No. 15 in 500 free consolation final with time of 4:22.08, also NCAA "B" Cut time ... Ranked on NU's top times in six individual categories ... Led NU with best times in 500 free (4:19.86 B at Big Tens), 1,000 free and 1,650 free ... Broke own NU record in mile, posting 14:42.99 "A" time at Big Tens ... Is only NU swimmer to post sub-15:00 mile ... Broke own record for 1,000 free, with a split time of 8:54.03 in first 1,000 of 1,650 race ... Also ranked No. 5 on NU in 200 back and 200 fly and No. 2 in 400 IM ... Swam 4 "B" cut times and one "A" cut during the year ... Reached TYR Finals in 500 free, 400 IM, 200 free and 1,650 free ... Finished first at TYR in 500 free and 1,650 free (11/24)...Finished first in first four races of the year, at 500 free and 1,000 free vs. E.Mich/Illinois (10/18) and WKU (10/25) ... Finish first vs. UIC/Wyoming in 500 and 1,000 free (11/15) ... Took first vs. Iowa (1/25) in 500 and 1,000 free ...Finished first in 200 free and 200 back vs. Milwaukee (1/31).
2012-13: Exceptionally talented young member of Northwestern's distance group who qualified for the NCAA Championships as NU's first freshman participant since 2008 and first freshman participant in an individual event since 2006 ... Broke Northwestern's nine-year-old school record in the mile with an eighth-place and NCAA `B' consideration time of 15:03.07 at the Big Ten Championships to take down Brian Davis' 2004 mark of 15:08.78 ... That time punched his ticket into the field at the NCAA meet ... Further lowered that school record to 14:58.80 to take 24th at the NCAA Championships, becoming the first Wildcat to ever swim a sub-15:00 mile ... Also competed in the 500 free at the NCAA meet, placing 48th (4:25.56) ... Swam a 4:24.29 in the 500 free to qualify for the bonus final at the Big Ten meet where he lowered his career-best to an NCAA `B' and NU season-best time of 4:23.82 to finish 20th ... Also competed in the 400 IM (29th) at the conference meet, cutting 4.95 seconds from his seed to touch in 3:57.38 ... Ranked on NU's top times list in five different events for the year ... Was first in the 500 free, 1,000 free and 1,650 free, and third in the 400 IM and 200 fly ... Quickly moved up to second in Northwestern history in the mile during the fall after a Norris Aquatics Center pool record and NCAA `B' provisional qualifying time of 15:10.75 to win the event at NU's own four-team TYR Invitational (11/16-11/18) ... Was second in the 500 free and fourth in the 400 IM in two TYR Championship finals appearances ... Won the consolation final of the 200 free at the TYR and was 11th overall in the 200 IM ... Member of the five-Wildcat contingent at the AT&T USA Swimming Winter Nationals (11/29-12/1) where he finished fourth overall in the country in the 1,650 free with another NCAA `B' cut of 15:11.91 ... Also was 25th in the 500 free and 37th in the 400 IM at the USA meet ... Undefeated in three 1,650 freestyle and five 1,000 freestyle races during the regular season while finishing in the top three in every 500 free competed prior to Big Tens, including a win at that distance at Milwaukee (1/16) ... All told, scored dual-meet points 18 different times with top-five finishes ... Outside of collegiate competition, took fourth in both the 5K and 10K races at the 2013 U.S. Open Water National Championships to earn a berth on the USA Swimming National A Team -- the same team that goes to the Olympic Games in Olympic years -- at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
High School: Competed in swimming for three years and water polo for two years at the varsity level, both under head coach Mike Mulligan ... Took 17th among the 91-member men's 1,500-meter freestyle field at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials with a career-best time of 15:33.29 ... Fourth-fastest 18-and-under swimmer at that distance in the nation ... Prior to arriving in Evanston, Wilimovsky -- the No. 71 overall swimmer in this class nationally according to Collegeswimming.com-- represented the U.S. at the inaugural FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Welland, Ontario, Canada ... Holds three high school records ... Named Rookie of the Year and Swimmer of the Year by Malibu High School ... Swam four years of club with Team Santa Monica, earning Swimmer of the Year honors twice ... Owner of two 2012 Olympic Trial cuts, one in the 400 IM and one in the 1,500 free ... Qualified for the U.S. Junior National Open Water Team for the World Junior Open Water World Championships after placing second in the 5K and ninth in the 10K at the US Open Water Championships on April 27, 2012, on Miromar Lake in Fort Myers, Fla. ... Won the 1,500-meter freestyle at the USA Swimming Junior National Championships in August of 2012 with a meet record 15:23.01 before earning two medals later that week at the World Junior Open Water Championships as a member of Team USA.
Personal: Born Jordan Matthew Wilimovsky ... Son of Wendy and Rolf Wilimovsky ... Chose Northwestern over Michigan and UC Santa Barbara ... Major is political science.
WILIMOVSKY'S PERSONAL BESTS
| Event | Personal Best |
| 200 freestyle | 1:41.40 |
| 500 freestyle | 4:14.70 |
| 1,000 freestyle | 8:45.66 |
| 1,650 freestyle | 14:33.50 |
| 200 butterfly | 1:51.98 |
| 200 individual medley | 1:54.39 |
| 400 individual medley | 3:53.82 |