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- Year:
- Fr.
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- Hometown:
- Trumbull, Conn.
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- High School:
- Saint Joseph
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- Major:
- Applied Psychology
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- Event(s):
- Free
Bio
As a freshman: Put together an outstanding freshman season in 2015-16 ... Three-time NEC Rookie of the Week ... Finished 10th in the 200 free (1:53.20), 12th in the 100 free (52.15) and 17th in the 500 free (5:07.73) at the NEC Championships ... Won 11 events on the year ... Won multiple events on three different occassions ... Took home two first-place finishes in her first collegiate meet against Boston College ... Member of 800 free relay team that took home a bronze medal at the NEC Championships ... NEC Academic Honor Roll selection.
Before Bryant: A four-year varsity letterwinner at Saint Joseph's ... Captained the team her junior and senior year ... Won the state title in the 200 free and the 200 free relay as a senior ... Finished second in the FCIACS in the 200 free.
Personal: The daughter of Mary Beth and Louis Rice, Jillian Rice was born on May 26, 1997 ... Has two sisters, Danielle and Avery.
News Mentions
Abernethy becomes first diver in program history to win gold; Bulldogs in third after day three of NECs
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Bryant University women’s swimming and diving freshman diver Kelci Abernethy (Chandler, Ariz.) made school and...
February 27, 2016
Abernethy wins NEC Diver of the Meet; Locurto named NEC Diving Coach of the Year
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Freshman diver Kelci Abernethy (Chandler, Ariz.) took home Northeast Conference Diver of the Meet honors and assistant...
February 27, 2016
800 free relay takes home bronze on day one of NECs
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and team opened the 2016 Northeast Conference Swimming and Diving Championsh...
February 25, 2016
Women's Swim & Dive heads to Cambridge for NEC Championships
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team will compete in the 2016 Northeast Conference Swimming and...
February 23, 2016
Rice, Salzano tabbed by the NEC, ECAC
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Bryant University women’s swimming and diving sophomore Nicole Salzano (Elmwood Park, N.J.) and freshman Jillian...
February 2, 2016
Bulldogs dominate Holy Cross on Senior Day
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team swept four events on their way to a dominating 190-67...
January 30, 2016
Rice named NEC Rookie of the Week for second time
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Bryant University women’s swimming and diving freshman Jillian Rice (Trumbull, Conn.) has been named the Northeast...
January 19, 2016
Messina wins two events Saturday against UMass
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Senior Julia Messina (Canandaigua, N.Y.) won both breast events but the Bryant University women’s swimming and...
January 16, 2016
Abernethy, Rice honored by Northeast Conference, ECAC
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Freshmen Kelci Abernethy (Chandler, Ariz.) and Jillian Rice (Trumbull, Conn.) have been named the Northeast Conference...
December 8, 2015
Bulldogs take home two relays, finish second at WPI Invite
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Paced by a pair of relay victories, the Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team finished second at the...
December 7, 2015
Bulldogs in second after two days of WPI Invite
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team is currently in second place after an outstanding performanc...
December 6, 2015
Abernethy wins both dives, Bulldogs finish fifth at Harold Anderson Invite
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team finished fifth at the Harold Anderson Invitational following...
November 22, 2015
Bulldogs fall to Central Conn. despite Abernethy's two victories
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Freshman diver Kelci Abernethy (Chandler, Ariz.) won both the 1 and 3 meter dives but Central Connecticut was able to...
November 6, 2015
Rice wins twice but Bulldogs nipped late by Colgate
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Freshman Jillian Rice (Trumbull, Conn.) won a pair of events but the Bryant University women’s swimming and diving...
October 24, 2015
WSWM picks up first dual meet victory Friday night
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving team received an outstanding team performance on its way to a...
October 23, 2015
Divers shine Saturday at Wagner
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – The Bryant University women’s swimming and diving received outstanding performances from all four of its divers but...
October 18, 2015
Rice leads trio of Bulldogs with two wins in season opener Friday
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Freshman Jillian Rice (Trumbull, Conn.), sophomore Nicole Salzano (Elmwood Park, N.J.) and senior Julia Messina (Canandai...
October 9, 2015