While most freshmen on campus are worrying about the dreaded Freshman Fifteen, we know one group of new students who won’t: the athletes. Instead of packing on the pounds, these new faces answers 15 questions about what it’s like to wear the purple and white for the next four years.
Name: Jordan Wilimovsky (5-foot-9, 145 pounds, Malibu, Calif.)
Sport: Men’s swimming and diving
Event: Distance free
The Daily Northwestern: If you weren’t a swimmer, you’d want to play this sport.
Jordan Wilimovsky: Surfing.
The Daily: Hardest class you’re taking right now?
Wilimovsky: Political Science 240.
The Daily: What’s harder: taking that class or racing in open water?
Wilimovsky: That class.
The Daily: Biggest freshman moment so far?
Wilimovsky: I couldn’t find any of the buildings the first couple of weeks. I didn’t know where Kresge or Swift was.
The Daily: Favorite song to listen to before going into a race?
Wilimovsky: “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore.
The Daily: North Campus or South Campus?
Wilimovsky: North.
The Daily: Favorite place you’ve swam in the world?
Wilimovsky: Australia. It was a Junior Nationals event in 2011.
The Daily: Biggest prankster on the swimming and diving team?
Wilimovsky: Probably Toni Valcic. He hasn’t gotten me yet.
The Daily: Best part about NU is what?
Wilimovsky: Hanging out with the swim team.
The Daily: Venice Beach or Santa Monica Beach?
Wilimovsky: Santa Monica. It’s closer.
The Daily: Favorite pre-meet meal?
Wilimovsky: Bowl of pasta.
The Daily: Chicago or Los Angeles?
Wilimovsky: Not sure. The downtown area of Chicago is really cool, so I might say Chicago right now.
The Daily: Movie you could watch a million times?
Wilimovsky: “Zoolander.”
The Daily: Celebrity you are dying to meet?
Wilimovsky: Kobe Bryant.
The Daily: Is Michael Phelps the greatest Olympian of all time?
Wilimovsky: Yeah, of course.
— John Paschall