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Freshman (2024-25)
Jenna Gogel displayed promising showings in her inaugural season as a Husker. She recorded four top-five finishes this season. She swam in several exhibition swims this season namely in the 100 breast. In the Big Ten trials, she recorded her career best time of 1:02.99 in the 100 breast. In the 200 breast event, Gogel grabbed a 25th-place finish at the Hawkeye Invitational Finals with a time of 2:19.82. Jenna proved to be a strong force in the IM events as well. She captured a career best in the 200 IM against the Iowa Hawkeyes and Rutgers Scarlet Knights, notching a 2:06.75. In the 400 IM, Gogel recorded a 39th-place finish with a 4:33.19.

Before Nebraska
Gogel capped off her senior campaign at Bentonville West with runner-up finishes in conference and at the Arkansas State Swim Meet. Individually, she captured first in the 100 breaststroke and second in the 200 IM at the 6A West Conference Championship. Gogel placed first in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.86) and second in the 200 IM (2:10.33) at the state championships, earning All-Arkansas Preps honors. She swam for Northwest Arkansas Aquatics where she was named to the Scholastic All-American Team and was the 2022-2023 Swimmer of the Year. Gogel also qualified for the US Open in the 100 breaststroke. 

Personal
The daughter of Jeff Gogel and former Husker swimmer, BriAnna (Wilkins) Gogel, Jenna Gogel was born on September 1, 2005. She has two brothers, Chris, who swam at Minnesota State University, Mankato and Kyle, who played baseball at Morningside University and one sister, Brylee, who is a current member of the Track and Cross Country teams at Drury University. Gogel will study Business and Marketing at Nebraska. 

“I chose Nebraska because of the incredible academic support for student athletes,” Gogel said. “The team and their team culture was beyond amazing and I felt like I fit right in. I believe Coach Pablo (Morales) and Coach Pat (Rowan) will take me to the next level in my swimming career.”

Career-Best Times

Event Time Meet (Date)
100 Breast      1:02.99 Big Ten Championships (2025)
200 Breast 2:19.82 Hawkeye Invite (2024)
200 IM 2:06.75 Rutgers & Iowa (2025)
400 IM 4:20.35 Hawkeye Invite (2024)
100 Back 1:01.34 Omaha (2024)
50 Free 26.18 Rutgers & Iowa (2025)