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Abbey Ellis

  • position Backstroke/ Freestyle
  • class Senior
  • Hometown St. John's, FL
  • Major Elementary Education
  • High school Creekside High School
  • position Backstroke/ Freestyle
  • class Senior
  • Hometown St. John's, FL
  • Major Elementary Education
  • High school Creekside High School

Abbey Ellis Bio

ELLIS’ TOP TIMES
Event Time Date Meet Location
50 Freestyle 24.29 2/4/22 VT Invitational Blacksburg, VA
100 Freestyle 53.78p 11/24/19 GT Invite Atlanta, GA
100 Backstroke 56.24 3/1/20 UGA Last Chance Athens, GA
200 Backstroke 2:03.20 3/1/20 UGA Last Chance Athens, GA

! = School Record  |  p = Prelims  |  t = Time Trial  |  # = Leadoff Split/Split

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 3x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022)

2021-22 (SENIOR)

  • Swam in the 50 free, 100 back, and 200 back during her senior season
  • Served as a team captain
  • Set a new personal best time in the 50 free at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a 24.29

2020-21 (JUNIOR)

  • Competed in the meets versus Gardner-Webb and Georgia
  • Swam in both the 100 and 200 backstroke during the season

2019-20 (SOPHOMORE)

  • Set new personal bests in the 100 free, 100 back and 200 back
  • Placed seventh in the 100 back at the UGA Last Chance, swimming a personal best 56.24
  • Notched a season best second place finish in the 50 free against East Carolina

2018-19 (FRESHMAN)

  • Swam her best times of the season in the 100 back at the Virginia Tech Invite, posting a 57.85 and 57.40
  • Placed seventh at the VT Invite in the 200 back with a 2:07.58
  • Competed in the 50 free at the VT Invite, posting a 24.51 in her second swim

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Attended Creekside High School in St. John’s, Fla.
  • Lettered in swimming all four years of high school and competed for the Loggerhead Aquatics club team in St. John’s, Fla., for coach Mark Corley
  • At Creekside HS, was at two-time Florida 3A state champion, 14-time Florida 3A state qualifier and team captain
  • Owns one individual high school team record (100 back) and two individual club team records (50 & 100 back)
  • Helped Creekside HS to a 2018 team state championship
  • Individual Best Times:
    • 50 back- 26.47
    • 100 back- 56.96
    • 200 back- 2:05.06
    • 100 free- 53.76

PERSONAL

  • Graduated high school in top five percent of her class (18 of 486) and was a member of Hispanic Honor Society, National Honor Society, and Advanced Scholars Program
  • Her great grandfather, Robert Doran, was a world record holder in the 200 freestyle relay
  • Her aunt, Paula Gill, was a Division I swimmer at the University of Illinois