Charleston Gazette-Mail · Feb 15, 2017
Ex-GW standout O’Dell making quick impact with Marshall swim team
Jordyn O’DellBill TramelIn the pre-holiday portion of her first college swimming season, Jordyn O’Dell was feeling her way, doing fine but not standing out among a solid crop of freshmen at Marshall.
Last week, she was named Conference USA’s swimmer of the week.
How did the George Washington High graduate come so far, that fast?
“I don’t know what happened, but something happened,” she said Monday.
Whatever the case, she and her Thundering Herd teammates are coming off a big meet at the MU Invite, a non-scoring competition at the Frederick A. Fitch Natatorium in Huntington. O’Dell set a pool record in the 200-yard backstroke, finishing in 2 minutes, 0.22 seconds.