Completed Event: Swimming & Diving versus Richmond on January 25, 2025 , Win , 174, to, 124
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Final
James Madison
174
vs Richmond
124
James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
2008-09 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Gennari, Christina
Fly/IM
/ Swimming & Diving
Breast
/ Swimming & Diving
Sprint Free
/ Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Swimming & Diving
IM/Breast
/ Swimming & Diving
Fly
/ Swimming & Diving
Sprint Free
/ Swimming & Diving
IM/Free
/ Swimming & Diving
Back
/ Swimming & Diving
Back
/ Swimming & Diving
Free
/ Swimming & Diving
Free
/ Swimming & Diving
IM/Breast
/ Swimming & Diving
Breast/Spr. Free
/ Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Swimming & Diving
Dist. Free
/ Swimming & Diving
IM/Free
/ Swimming & Diving
Fly
/ Swimming & Diving
Free
/ Swimming & Diving
Breast/Spr. Free
/ Swimming & Diving
Breast
/ Swimming & Diving
Back
/ Swimming & Diving
Sprint Free
/ Swimming & Diving
Sprint Free
/ Swimming & Diving
IM/Back
/ Swimming & Diving
Diving
/ Swimming & Diving
Sprint Free
/ Swimming & Diving
Breast
/ Swimming & Diving
Free
/ Swimming & Diving
Breast
/ Swimming & Diving
Christina Gennari
- Events:
- Butterfly
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Westerville, Ohio
- High School:
- Trinity Catholic
Bio
As a junior: CAA Commissioner's Academic Award... won 50 freestyle against VMI/Georgetown (26.93)... second in 100 butterfly at both the Bucknell Invitational (57.51) and against VMI/Georgetown (59.98)... second in 200 butterfly against Radford (2:12.57)... third in 200 butterfly against Bucknell (2:05.91)... helped her team win the 200 yard freestyle relay against Radford (1:40.50)...
As a sophomore: Set JMU top 10 times in the 100 and 200 fly along with 200 and 400 medley relays... first in 200 butterfly against both Georgetown/ODU (2:12.08) and Del/VMI (2:11.46)... second in 100 butterfly against Northeastern (1:00.63), Del/VMI (1:01.07), and Richmond (59.32)... second in 200 butterfly against Radford/G-W (2:13.33), Northeastern (2:11.88), and Richmond (2:10.51)... third in 100 butterfly against AU/Georgetown (1:00.48)... twelfth in 200 butterfly at the CAA Championships (2:07.94)... also qualified to compete in both 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly at the CAA Championships at George Mason...
JMU Highlights:Â 2007-08 CAA Commissioner's Academic Award... 2006-07 CAA Commissioner's Academic Award... spring 2007 Dean's List... As a freshman, won 100 fly against ODU... 18th in 100 fly at CAA Championships.
Before JMU: MVP three years in a row... swam for Bobby Stark at Trinity Catholic... state qualifier in 100 fly all four years... school record holder in 100 fly and 100 back and team record in 100 fly... also swam for Central Florida Marlins... also played volleyball as a sophomore... National Honor Society... 4.0 Honor Roll
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Getting to know Christina...
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Name: Â Christina Gennari
Hometown:Â Westerville, Ohio
High School:Â TrinityCatholicHigh School
Parents’ names: John and Diane Gennari
Siblings’ names and ages: Nicole Gennari 27, and Marisa Billips 25
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Why did you choose JMU?Â
Because of the nursing and swimming programs, and the flowers all around campus in the springtime.
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What is your major?Â
Nursing
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What do you enjoy most about JMU Swimming and Diving?
Feeling like part of a family.
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What are your goals for this season?
Keep improving in my best events and contributing to a successful team.Â
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What is your pre-meet ritual and/or music?
 I eat a banana and stretch behind the blocks looking at my lane upside-down.
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What are your favorite things about JMU?
 The campus in the springtime, the food, the snow days, the mountains, the down-to-earth people.
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What is your favorite place on campus?
 The village!!!
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What are your favorite:
           Foods: My mom’s polenta, ribs, and chocolate-covered strawberries.
Movies:Â The Family Man, The Count of Monte Cristo, Walk the Line, Grease
           TV Shows: Friends and American Idol
Music:Dixie Chicks, Jack Johnson, Alicia Keys, The Beatles, Dave Matthews Band, etc.
           Athlete: Dara Torres and David Ortiz
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Who on the team (is):
           Silliest/goofiest: Allison Gould
           Most stylish: Jessica Lee
           Hardest worker: Julie Stefanski
           Sleeps the most: Jessica Lee
           Eats the most: Lisa Colapietro
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What do you want to do after college?
 Go to grad school to become a nurse anesthetist or nurse practitioner.
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What is your favorite event and why?Â
The butterfly events because butterfly is definitely the coolest stroke.
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What other activities or hobbies do you enjoy?
 Piano, skiing, and drawing
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Something people don’t know about you?
 I can fold my toes together.
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The best part of your day at JMU is... Â
Going to Klines.
As a sophomore: Set JMU top 10 times in the 100 and 200 fly along with 200 and 400 medley relays... first in 200 butterfly against both Georgetown/ODU (2:12.08) and Del/VMI (2:11.46)... second in 100 butterfly against Northeastern (1:00.63), Del/VMI (1:01.07), and Richmond (59.32)... second in 200 butterfly against Radford/G-W (2:13.33), Northeastern (2:11.88), and Richmond (2:10.51)... third in 100 butterfly against AU/Georgetown (1:00.48)... twelfth in 200 butterfly at the CAA Championships (2:07.94)... also qualified to compete in both 100 backstroke and 100 butterfly at the CAA Championships at George Mason...
JMU Highlights:Â 2007-08 CAA Commissioner's Academic Award... 2006-07 CAA Commissioner's Academic Award... spring 2007 Dean's List... As a freshman, won 100 fly against ODU... 18th in 100 fly at CAA Championships.
Before JMU: MVP three years in a row... swam for Bobby Stark at Trinity Catholic... state qualifier in 100 fly all four years... school record holder in 100 fly and 100 back and team record in 100 fly... also swam for Central Florida Marlins... also played volleyball as a sophomore... National Honor Society... 4.0 Honor Roll
Â
Â
Getting to know Christina...
Â
Name: Â Christina Gennari
Hometown:Â Westerville, Ohio
High School:Â TrinityCatholicHigh School
Parents’ names: John and Diane Gennari
Siblings’ names and ages: Nicole Gennari 27, and Marisa Billips 25
Â
Why did you choose JMU?Â
Because of the nursing and swimming programs, and the flowers all around campus in the springtime.
Â
What is your major?Â
Nursing
Â
What do you enjoy most about JMU Swimming and Diving?
Feeling like part of a family.
Â
What are your goals for this season?
Keep improving in my best events and contributing to a successful team.Â
Â
What is your pre-meet ritual and/or music?
 I eat a banana and stretch behind the blocks looking at my lane upside-down.
Â
What are your favorite things about JMU?
 The campus in the springtime, the food, the snow days, the mountains, the down-to-earth people.
Â
What is your favorite place on campus?
 The village!!!
Â
What are your favorite:
           Foods: My mom’s polenta, ribs, and chocolate-covered strawberries.
Movies:Â The Family Man, The Count of Monte Cristo, Walk the Line, Grease
           TV Shows: Friends and American Idol
Music:Dixie Chicks, Jack Johnson, Alicia Keys, The Beatles, Dave Matthews Band, etc.
           Athlete: Dara Torres and David Ortiz
Â
Who on the team (is):
           Silliest/goofiest: Allison Gould
           Most stylish: Jessica Lee
           Hardest worker: Julie Stefanski
           Sleeps the most: Jessica Lee
           Eats the most: Lisa Colapietro
Â
What do you want to do after college?
 Go to grad school to become a nurse anesthetist or nurse practitioner.
Â
What is your favorite event and why?Â
The butterfly events because butterfly is definitely the coolest stroke.
Â
What other activities or hobbies do you enjoy?
 Piano, skiing, and drawing
Â
Something people don’t know about you?
 I can fold my toes together.
Â
The best part of your day at JMU is... Â
Going to Klines.
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