Roko Jelavic '16 Recruiting Profile

Croatian Jun­­or National Swim Team –U18 (Breaststroke)

2nd place 100 m Breast 1.06.91 (57.94 SCY) U18/National championship 2015.

1st place 100 m Breast 1:11.11 (1:01.58 SCY) U14/National championship 2011.

My name is Roko Jelavic , I am a high school senior and a competitive swimmer for the Medveščak Zagreb Swimming Club in Zagreb, Croatia, Europe. I'm writing this regarding college admissions for 2016-2017 academic year, as I will be graduating from high school in 2016.

I have been an active swimmer for 12 years. I have competed at the national, regional and high school level, as well as competitions with the Croatian Junior National Swim Team. My main discipline is the breaststroke, below you can find some of my many accomplishments and a link to the Croatian Swimming Federation with all my results throughout my swimming career.

Link to my results

My academic performance during my high school career at 'Sportska Gimnazija' (which is a high level college prep high school for athletes) in Zagreb, Croatia has been very good. My GPA is 4.0/5.0 (1-insufficent, 2-sufficient, 3-good, 4-very good, 5-excelent) which means I am in the top 15% of my class. My strengths are social studies (history, geography, psychology, sociology, etc.) and languages (English, Italian, Latin, Russian) with overall grades about 4.6/5.0.

*Swimming World Time Conversion Utility

I am in search of a college where I can excel in the classroom and shine in the pool as well.