Marjorie Jane Cadwell (February 16, 1915 – April 29, 2000), also known by her married name Jane Lott, was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, in the 200-meter breaststroke.[1]
 Cadwell at 22 posing at her wedding in Detroit, January 1938 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jane Cadwell |
| National team |  United States |
| Born | February 16, 1915 Detroit, Michigan |
| Died | April 29, 2000 (aged 85) Algonac, Michigan |
| Spouse | Thomas Lyman Lott |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Breaststroke |
| Club | Detroit Yacht Club |
Cadwell was born on February 16, 1915 to Ruel T. and Florence Cadwell in greater Detroit, Michigan.[2][3]
On August 4, 1928, she won the 55-yard breaststroke in 58 seconds at the Metropolitan Detroit Swimming Championships.[4] At 13, swimming for the Detroit Yacht Club, Cadwell was an AAU champion in the 100-meter breaststroke, and held records in the event in both indoor and outdoor competitions.[5] At 14, on July 30, 1929, Cadwell won the 100-meter breaststroke event at the National Junior AAU Aquatic Championships in a time of 1:38, making her a young national champion.[6]
While swimming for Northwestern School, Caldwell won the 25-yard breaststroke competition at the Chicago City Swimming Meet in late February, 1929, leading Northwestern's team to a second place finish with a record breaking time of 17 seconds against Highland Park High School.[7] In 1930 city-wide competition, Jane set new backstroke record of 50-yard backstroke of 39 seconds, and a new 25-yard backstroke record of 16.4 seconds.[8] In 1932 while competing in her first major national competition, she won the 100-yard breaststroke in the AAU National Indoor Championships, and later broke the world record in the 50-yard breaststroke.[9]
1932 Olympics
editAt the 1932 Olympic trials in Long Island, New York in mid-July, Cadwell finished third in the 200-meter breaststroke, in a heat where the top three finishers would qualify for the American Olympic team. Cadwell finished third behind first place Margaret Hoffman of Scranton, and Annie Govednik of Chisholm, Minnesota.[10]
As a 17-year-old, she placed seventh in the August event final of the women's 200-meter breaststroke at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, finishing with a time of 3:18.2.[11][1]
Later life
editJane attended and graduated New London's Connecticut College for Women in 1936, though she did not swim for the college. She married lawyer Thomas Lyman Lott on January 15, 1938 at Detroit's St. Joseph's Episcopal Church with a reception following at the Detroit Golf Club.[12][13][14][15]
Honors
editCadwell was inducted into the Connecticut College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. In the same year, the Connecticut College Pool was named the Jane Cadwell Lott ’36 Natatorium in her honor.[9]
References
edit- ^ a b "Olympedia Bio, Jane Cadwell". olympedia.org.
- ^ "Club Feather Parties on Week's Program", Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, 20 November 1933, pg. 8
- ^ "Death Notices, Cadwell, Florence, mother of Jane Lott Cadwell", Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, 18 March 1978, pg. 37
- ^ "Jane Cadwell Wins Women's Swim Title", Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, 5 August 1928, pg. 19
- ^ "Girls' Big International Swim Meet", The Windsor Star, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 21 November 1928, pg. 15
- ^ "Pair of Titles to Detroiters", Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, 31 July 1929, pg. 15
- ^ "Highland Park Girls Repeat", Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, 1 March 1929, pg. 18
- ^ "Five Highland Park High Girls Hold Tank Marks", Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan, 31 December 1931, pg. 12
- ^ a b "Connecticut College Athletic Hall of Fame". camelathletics.com.
- ^ "Katherine Rawls Tops Girl Divers", The Saginaw News, Saginaw, Michigan, 16 July 1932, pg. 6
- ^ "Jane Cadwell Seventh". Detroit Free Press. August 10, 1932. p. 13. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- ^ "Olympics Star Backs Landon". Detroit Free Press. September 30, 1936. p. 8.
- ^ "Shower Honors Jane Cadwell". Detroit Free Press. January 10, 1938. p. 10.
- ^ "Bride Wears Buoffant Gown of Tulle". Detroit Free Press. January 16, 1938. p. 1.
- ^ "Jane Cadwell". olympics.com. Retrieved September 17, 2024.
External links
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jane Cadwell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012.
