| Career Best Times |
| 50y free | 23.92 |
| 100y free | 52.42 |
| 100y breast | 59.42 |
| 200y breast | 2:12.07 |
| 100y fly | 54.55 |
| 200y fly | 2:02.00 |
| 200y IM | 1:59.27 |
| 100m breast | 1:12.05 |
2008-09: Set a Southeastern Conference record, won a conference individual championship, earned three All-America awards and set three UT records...Swam a leg on the third-place and UT-record-setting 200y medley relay (1:36.82) team at NCAAs...The quartet had the highest Lady Vol relay finish ever at the national championships...Also earned All-America honors on the eighth-place 400y medley relay that broke the UT record (3:32.61) in the prelims and finished 11th in the 100y breast at NCAAs...Set the SEC Championship record in the 100y breast during prelim heats with a time of 59.79 before grabbing the conference title in the final to earn All-SEC First Team honors...Also was part of the fourth-place 200y and 400y medley relays at SECs...Nearly led Tennessee to an upset of No. 1-ranked Georgia in January, nabbing UT[apos]s first NCAA `A[apos] cut of the season, while setting the Lady Vol record in the 100y breast (59.42) against the Bulldogs...Her 100y breast performance was the fastest ever in a dual meet in NCAA history, and she also won the 200y breast, 200y IM and 200y medley relay against UGA...For her efforts versus Georgia, she was named the National Collegiate Swimmer of the Week, SEC Female Swimmer of the Week and the Lady Vol Athlete of the Week...Also nabbed first-place in the 100y breast in the regular-season finale at Florida, at the Indiana quad meet, at the Tennessee Swimming Invitational, at Kentucky and versus Arkansas/Vanderbilt...Had at least one top-three placement at every single meet of the season...In addition to being the top performer in Big Orange history in the 100y breast, ranks No. 2 in the 200y IM (1:59.27) and No. 3 in the 200y breast (2:12.07)...Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2007-08: Earned her first Olympic Trial cut at the NCAA time trials in the 100m breast with a clocking of 1:12.05...Earned All-America honors by finishing 13th in the 100y breast with a career-best time of 1:01.14...Also swam the 200y breast at NCAAs, finishing in a career-best 2:14.29...Scored points for UT at SECs in the 100y (ninth) and 200y (seventh) breast...Her 2:05.00 readout at SECs in the 200y IM was a career-best mark...Snagged first in the 200y breast versus Florida...Also grabbed first in the 100y breast at the Hoosierland Open and Bulldog Invite with then-career bests.
2006-07: Had a great freshman campaign, recording three career-best times in the 100y and 200y butterfly and the 100y breaststroke...Started the year off by placing second in the 100y and 200y fly in UT[apos]s win over Louisville...Nailed a then-career-best time at the Minnesota Invite with a 2:02.00 in the 200y fly, giving her second place...Finished second in the 200y breast and third in the 200y fly against Northwestern... Registered a season-best time at SECs with a 2:21.73 in the 200y breast...In the same competition, she placed ninth in the 200y fly and 11th in the 100y breast.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: Competed in the 100m breast at 2008 Olympic Trials, finishing 86th in 1:13.29.
HIGH SCHOOL: Had a dominating prep career...In 2006, she snagged second-place in the 100y butterfly and 100y breaststroke as well as swimming with the victorious 200 and 400y freestyle relays at the Georgia State High School Championships...Named Swimmer of the Meet for her accomplishments...Efforts lifted Centennial High School to the team championship...Graduated as the school record-holder in seven events...Garnered All-America status from 2003-06, with a win in the 200y IM in 2004 serving as the highlight...Received the 2006 North Atlanta Swimming Association (NASA) Swimmer of the Year award.
PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in journalism and electronic media...Admires Olympic swimming medalist and former Lady Vol teammate Christine Magnuson...Cites winning the Georgia State High School Championships with Centennial High School as her biggest thrill in swimming...Enjoys gymnastics and reading away from the pool...Is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha sorority...Has one sister, Anna, 19...Daughter of Phil and Michele Saffer...Jamie Catherine Saffer was born on March 14, 1988, in Bath, Maine.
