Jenna Gogel Season 2025-26

Honors & Awards

• One Letter (2025)
• Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2025) 
• Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2025)

Sophomore (2025-26)
Breaking four of her career records, Jenna Gogel made impressive strides in her second year as a Husker with nine top-five finishes throughout the season.

The Bentonville sophomore swam the third-fastest time for a Husker this season in the 200 IM in the Hawkeye Invite finals. Her career-best of 2:04.31 gave her a 20th-place finish in the event. She went on to another career time of 4:31.05 in the 400 IM. 

After swimming a 1:03.19 in the 2026 Big Ten Championships prelims, Gogel swam a 1:02.96 in the 100 breast time trials giving her a lifetime best in the event. She additionally swam a 31st-placing swim in the 200 breast with a career time of 2:16.20. 

Freshman (2024-25)
Jenna Gogel put up promising performances in her first season as a Husker. She recorded four top-five finishes in 2024-25. In the Big Ten trials, she recorded a career-best 1:02.99 in the 100 breaststroke. In the 200 breast event, Gogel grabbed a 25th-place finish at the Hawkeye Invitational with a time of 2:19.82. Gogel added strong showings in the IM events as well, including a career-best 2:06.75 in the 200 IM against Iowa and. In the 400 IM, Gogel added a time of 4:33.19 in the 400 IM.

Before Nebraska
Gogel capped 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 2022-23 Swimmer of the Year. Gogel also qualified for the U.S. Open in the 100 breaststroke. 

Personal
The daughter of Jeff Gogel and former Husker swimmer, BriAnna (Wilkins) Gogel, Jenna Gogel was born on Sept. 1, 2005. She has two brothers, Chris, who swam at Minnesota State-Mankato and Kyle, who played baseball at Morningside, and one sister, Brylee, who is a member of the Drury track and cross country teams. Jenna studies business administration and earned a spot on the Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall of 2025. She was a member of the 2025 Tom Osborne Citizenship Team.

“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	1:02.96	Big Ten Championships (2026)
200 Breast	2:16.20	Big Ten Championships (2026)
200 IM	2:04.31	Hawkeye Invite (2025)
400 IM	4:31.05	Hawkeye Invite (2025)
100 Back	1:01.34	Omaha (2024)
50 Free	26.18	Rutgers & Iowa (2025)