Joe Pickering
Availability status: Committed
University: University of Wisconsin Green Bay
Country: United Kingdom
Date of birth: 06/11/2007
Height: 5 feet 11 inches
Weight: 165 lbs
Sex: Male
Graduation Year: 2026
Enrolment Year: 2026
Qualifications:
High School Grades: PE: A, History: A, Maths: A, Physics: B, Biology: B, Chemistry: B, English Language: B, English Literature: B, Spanish: B, Computer Science: C;
SAT: Not taken yet
PERSONAL BEST TIMES
50m Fly (SC): 26.80
50m Fly (LC): 27.71
100m Fly (SC): 58.10
100m Fly (LC): 59.58
200m Fly (SC): 2:07.73
200m Fly (LC): 2:07.51
200m IM (SC): 2:11.78
200m IM (LC): 2:20.80
100m IM (SC): 1:01.86
400m IM (SC): 4:49.79
400m IM (LC): 4:56.06
50m Back (SC): 27.75
50m Back (LC): 30.56
100m Back (SC): 58.82
100m Back (LC): 1:04.86
200m Back (SC): 2:11.61
200m Back (LC): 2:21.83
50m Free (SC): 25.53
50m Free (LC): 26.79
100m free (SC): 53.80
100 free (LC): 57.34
200 free (SC): 1:55.65
200 free (LC): 2:03.76
400 free (SC): 4:14.83
400 free (LC): 4:20.14
BIGGEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Currently Ranked 8th in Britain for the 200m Butterfly LCM
Aquatics GB Championships Reserve Finalist
English Summer National Finalist 2023 (200m Fly)
British Summer Championships Qualifier and Reserve Finalist
English Winter National Qualifier
Multi County Medalist and a Regional Medalist
Give us 5 words that best describe you as an athlete:
Disciplined, motivated, focused, driven, ambitious.
Tell us about your best memory of your athletic career:
This is my best memory as it was my first nationals and all the nerves leading up to my heat caused me to slip in the seating area which led me to break my finger and with all of the pressure, nerves and a broken finger I managed to gain a 1.5 second personal best and get into the final then in the final, still with a broken finger and more nerves I managed to gain another 1.5 second pb from the morning and get 5th place.
Goals:
By the end of the 2026 season, I will get a time of 2.02 in the 200m butterfly and time of 55 in the 100m butterfly. Also, I hope to receive the best grades in my A-Levels and BTEC possible which shows how I can balance both schoolwork and training to help me achieve my sporting and academic goals. All of this will then help me get into a University in the US and further help me improve my swimming and academic career as I would like to work in the area of sports after my education.
Anything else we should know?
I love underwater work as I am amazing off the dive and off the turns under the water.