The College of New Jersey Women's Swimming

Harnett and the Lions captured their seventh straight New Jersey Athletic Conference title last season and placed third at the 2015 Metropolitan Conference Championships. They posted a 4-3 overall dual meet record and were a perfect 4-0 in conference competition. TCNJ is a perfect 28-0 since the NJAC re-established women's swimming and diving as a conference sport in 2008. The women's team won five consecutive Metropolitan (MET) Conference Championship from 2008 through 2012 after finishing runner-up in 2007. The Lions have won eight MET titles during Harnett's tenure to go along with eight NJAC titles. Harnett was selected as the MET Coach of the Year in 2012 for the seventh time. She has also been tabbed NJAC Coach of the Year seven times. TCNJ has enjoyed tremendous success in recent years at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving national championships. They placed 17th overall in 2013, which came off two of the best finishes in program history when TCNJ finished fifth in the country in 2011 and 7th in 2012. During her first 13 seasons at TCNJ, the Lions have had 81 NCAA Division III Championship qualifiers with 40 of those going on to earn All-American honors. With Harnett at the helm, Danica Roskos won four national titles in diving competition and Ava Kiss captured the 100-butterfly national championship in 2008. In 2011-12, Laura Pierce became the most decorated swimming in program history, eclipsing the record of 18 All-American citations established by Harnett as a swimmer at Trenton State College. An alumna of the College, Harnett earned 18 All-America citations during her collegiate career. Specializing in the 200 individual medley and the 100- and 200-free, she placed in the top eight every year at the NCAAs in her respective events. Considered the schools most successful female swimmer, Harnett was recognized as the College Female Athlete of the Year by the New Jersey Sports Writers Association as a senior in 1993. She was also named the 1993 NJAC Woman Athlete of the Year after earning four straight selections as the MET Most Valuable Swimmer during her career. Harnett was awarded the schools Varsity T Award as the top senior female athlete in 1993 and held several school records including the 200-free and the 200-IM. She was listed in the 199394 edition of Whos Who among Students in American Universities and Colleges. Harnett was inducted into TCNJs Athletic Alumni Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2005. She currently chairs the committee for the athletic hall of fame at TCNJ.   Jennifer Harnett '93 Year of Service Hometown: Education: Harnett's Year by Year Log Year Overall NJAC METS NCAAs 2001-02   8-2 4-0* Champions 25th 2002-03   11-3 4-0* Champions 13th 2003-04   6-4 N/A Champions   26th 2004-05 2-7 N/A 2nd Place   44th 2005-06 3-7 N/A 2nd Place   33rd 2006-07 2-8 N/A 2nd Place 41st 2007-08 4-7 N/A Champions 33rd 2008-09 8-2 4-0* Champions 53rd 2009-10 8-1 4-0* Champions 9th 2010-11 9-0 4-0* Champions 5th 2011-12 8-2 4-0* Champions 7th 2012-13 6-0 4-0* 2nd Place 17th 2013-14 5-2 4-0* 3rd Place N/A 2014-15    4-3 4-0* 3rd Place N/A Overall 78-48 36-0 - (9) Titles 8 Titles (5) Top-20 Finishes