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Julia Craddock
Position: Fly, IM
Height: 5'7"
Year: Senior
Hometown: Litchfield Park, Ariz.
High School: Millenium HS
Club: YMCA Westside Silver Fins
Experience: 3 Letters
SPARTAN NOTES: In her fourth year as a  Spartan...School record holder in the 400 individual medley (4:19.06)...Owns the program's second-fastest times in the 200 fly (2:00.52) and 200 IM (2:02.01)...Also posted a top-10 program mark in the 1000 freestyle (7th, 10:25.82)...Has earned eight All-WAC awards (two first team, six second team)...A three-time Academic All-WAC honoree...Team representative on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC).
 
2011-12: Garnered two first team All-WAC awards by taking home silver medals in the 200 fly (2:00.52) and 200 IM (2:02.01)...Earned second team All-WAC honors in the 400 IM... Named Academic All-WAC...Scored 49 individual points at the WAC Championship...Broke her own school record and swam an NCAA "B" Cut Consideration qualifying time in the 400 IM with a 4:19.06 at the Arena Invitational (11/17)...Totalled 15 top-three individual finishes and was part of two winning relays during dual meets...Best dual meet performance came at Fresno State (2/4) where she won three individual events (100 fly, 200 fly, 200 IM) and swam a leg on the winning 200 medley relay...Winner of the 200 IM at Stanford (Sept. 30)...Took first in the 200 back at UC Santa Cruz (10/28)...Won the 400 IM at CSU Bakersfield (1/6), then took the 100 fly title against the Roadrunners (1/20)...Collected four top-five finishes (50 fly, 100 fly, 200 fly, 100 IM) at the George Haines Invitational (10/14-15)...Part of three top-four finishing relay teams (300 fly, 500 free, 4x100 IM) at the University of San Diego Relay Meet (1/7).

2010-11: Four-time second team All-WAC in the 200 medley relay, 200 IM, 400 IM and 200 fly...Set school record in the 400 IM with a time of 4:22.73 at the WAC Championship (2/25)...Named Academic All-WAC and a San Jose State Scholar-Athlete...Won the 200 IM at Stanford (10/1)...Won the 200 fly and was part of the winning 200 medley and 400 free relays at UC Santa Cruz (10/8)...Scored in the 200, 100 and 50 butterfly, and the 100 IM, and was part of the 100 medley relay team that scored at the George Haines Invitational (10/15-16)...Grabbed victories in the 100 and 50 fly at CSU Bakersfield (1/8)...Swam in six different events at the University of San Diego Relay Meet (1/9), including a leg on the winning 1500 free relay team...Finished first in the 200 free at Cal State East Bay (1/14)...Grabbed first place in the 200 fly versus Fresno State (2/5).
 
2009-10: Was selected to the 2009 All-WAC Second Team...Named Academic All-WAC...Competed in nine different events...Earned best marks in the 200 fly (2:04.21) and the 200 IM (2:06.63) at the Toshiba Classic (11/21)...Best mark in the 500 free, 5:03.27, was second fastest time on the team...Led the team and set a school record at the WAC Championship finishing the 400 IM in 4:26.55...Was a team leader in a dual meet against UC Davis and the University of Pacific finishing the 1000 free in 10:25.82.
 
MILLENIUM HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated in 2009 from Millenium High School in Goodyear, Ariz....was a four-year varsity letterwinner in swimming (Coach Erin Shields)...high school All-American as a freshman member of Millenium's 200 medley relay and 400 free relay in 2005...at the state meet in 2008, posted a pair of consideration All-America marks in individual events, the 500 free and 200 IM...holds school records in 500 free and 200 IM...maintained a 4.04 grade point average, and was a 2007-08 USA Swimming Scholastic All-America Team honoree...top marks at one time included 1:55.64 in the 200 free, 4:58.86 in the 500 free, 17:36.44 in the 1650, 2:07.06 in the 200 fly, 2:06.07 in the 200 IM and 4:26.69 in the 400 IM.

JULIA: Majoring in business finance, with a minor in economics...enjoys reading and music...competed for the  YMCA Westside Silver Fins (Coach Matt Rankin, former U.S. national team swimmer), based in Goodyear, Ariz....served as Arizona Swimming's athlete representative to USA Swimming...uncle, Rich Beck, is the president of Gatorade...has one older brother, John...parents are John Craddock and Lisa Wolfe...nicknamed Jules...Julia Wolfe Craddock was born in St. Petersburg, Fla., on December 20, 1990.

Event Career Best Date Meet (Location)
200 Free 1:54.35 01/14/2011 Cal State East Bay (Hayward, Calif.)
500 Free 5:03.27 02/25/2010 WAC Championship (San Antonio, Texas)
1000 Free 10:25.82 01/17/2010 UC Davis/Pacific (Aquatics Center)
200 Back 2:07.67 11/17/2009 Toshiba Classic (Long Beach, Calif.)
100 Fly 57.22 10/14/2011 George Haines Invitational (Stanford, Calif.)
200 Fly 2:00.52 02/25/2012 WAC Championship (San Antonio, Texas)
200 IM 2:02.01 02/23/2012 WAC Championship (San Antonio, Texas)
400 IM 4:19.06 11/17/2011 Arena Invitational (Long Beach, Calif.)

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