2022-23 Swimming & Diving Roster
Marcum, Jake

Jake Marcum
- Position:
- Back/Free
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Chattanooga, Tenn.
- High School:
- McCallie
Bio
Career Accolades
- 2024 Academic All-America Third Team
- 2024 CSC Academic All-District Team
- 2022 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American
- 2021 SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Ranks fourth all-time at Alabama in the 200 backstroke (1:40.75)
- Ranks ninth all-time at Alabama in the 100 backstroke (46.49)
2023-24
- Qualified for the 100 and 200 backstroke at the NCAA Championships
- Recorded a career-best time and ninth place finish in the 200 backstroke (1:40.10) at the SEC Championships
- Clocked a season-best in the 100 backstroke at the SEC Championships
- Posted top-10 finishes and season-bests in the 100 and 200 backstroke at the Tennessee Invitational
- Named a College Sports Communicators Academic All-America honoree
2022-23
- Finished 11th in the 200 backstroke at the SEC Championships, scoring points for the Tide in the event
- Also competed in the 100 backstroke (28th) and 50 freestyle (57th) at the SEC Championships
- Swam a career-best time in the 50 freestyle (20.87) at the Art Adamson Invitational
- Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22
- Earned 2022 Second-Team All-American honors by placing 15th in the 200 backstroke at the 2022 NCAA Championships
- Scored in the 100 backstroke and 200 backstroke at the 2022 SEC Championships placing 15th and 6th
- Swam a career-best time of 1:40.16 in the 200 backstroke at the 2022 Bulldog Invitational, ranking him fourth all-time at Alabama
Summer 2022
- Competed in the 100 and 200 backstroke at the 2022 Phillips 66 National Championships, placing 17th in the 200.
2020-21
- Competed at the NCAA Championships in the 100 and 200 backstroke
- Qualified for the championship finals of the 200 backstroke at the SEC Championships, placing sixth
- Finaled in the 100 backstroke at the SEC Championships, winning the B final to take ninth overall
- Recorded a career-best 1:48.68 in the 200 individual medley at the SEC Championships
- Swam a career-best 1:40.48 in the 200 backstroke at the Tennessee Invitational, which ranks him third all-time at Alabama
- Posted a career-best time of 46.49 in the 100 backstroke at the Tennessee Invitational, which ranks him seventh all-time at UA
- Earned CSCAA First Team Scholar All-America honors and a place on the SEC Academic Honor Roll
Summer 2021
- Swam the 100 and 200-meter backstrokes at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials
2019-20 (Indiana)
- Took 17th in the 200 backstroke and 20th in the 100 backstroke at the 2020 Big Ten Championships
- Also swam the 500 freestyle at the 2020 Big Ten Championships
- Honorable Mention CSCAA Scholar All-American
Prep Highlights
- Coached by Stan Corcoran at the McCallie School and Roger Dahlke at McCallie / GPS Aquatics
- 3x USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
- Silver medalist in the 100 backstroke at the 2018 TISCA TN HS Championship
- Led off McCallie's bronze medal winning 200 medley relay and anchored the silver medal winning 400 freestyle relay at the 2018 TISCA TN HS Championship
- Top-10 finisher in the 200 backstroke at the 2018 NCSA Spring Championships
- USA Swimming Summer Junior National Championships qualifier and finalist in the 100 and 200 backstrokes
- 2019 TISCA TN HS State Champion as part of the 200 and 400 freestyle relays
- 2019 NCSA spring champion in the 200 backstroke
Personal Information
- Full name: James Lewis Marcum III
- Son of Jim and Sonya Marcum
- Sister, Kelli
- Psychology major
- Birthdate Oct. 7, 2000
Top Times
- 100 backstroke 46.49
- 200 backstroke 1:40.16
- 500 freestyle 4:27.67
Poolside with Charlie Hawke
Friday, July 11
NCAA Championships Preview: Coach Geer
Thursday, March 14
NCAA Championships Preview: Avery Wiseman & Charlie Hawke
Thursday, March 14
SEC Championships Preview: Coach Geer
Monday, February 13