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Emma Alexander

  • position Freestyle/backstroke
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Lawrenceville, GA
  • High school Vantage Point Education Center
  • position Freestyle/backstroke
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Lawrenceville, GA
  • High school Vantage Point Education Center

Emma Alexander Bio

Alexander’s Top Times
Event

50 Freestyle

Time

23.42p

Date

2/18/21

Meet

SEC Championships

Location

Athens, GA

100 Freestyle 50.24 2/22/20 SEC Championships Auburn, AL
200 Freestyle 1:46.53 2/17/22 SEC Championships Knoxville, TN
500 Freestyle

1000 Freestyle

1650 Freestyle

4:44.53

10:28.70

17:06.52

2/16/22

10/9/21

11/20/21

SEC Championships

vs. Gardner-Webb

Tennessee Invitational

Knoxville, TN

Columbia, SC

Knoxville, TN

100 Backstroke 56.29p 11/23/19 Georgia Tech Invite Atlanta, GA
200 Backstroke 1:58.18p 2/18/23 SEC Championships College Station, TX

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

AWARDS/HONORS

  • 4x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American – 2022, 2023 (2nd team)
  • CoSIDA Academic All-District Team (2022)

IN THE RECORD BOOK

  • 8th – 200 freestyle
  • 3rd – 500 freestyle
  • 7th & 9th – 400 freestyle relay
  • 2nd & 5th – 800 freestyle relay

2022-23 (SENIOR) 

  • Primarily swam middle distance freestyle events with most of her races in the 200 and 500 free
  • Placed third in the 200 free against Army and at the Gamecock Invitational
  • Recorded a pair of top-3 finished in the 500 free – third at the Gamecock Invitational and second against UNCW
  • Made the SEC Championship team where she competed in the 200 free, 500 free, and 200 back
  • Set a new personal best time of 1:58.19 in the 200 back at the SEC Championships

2021-22 (JUNIOR)

  • Added distance freestyle races to her repertoire, swimming the 500, 1000, and 1650 free
  • Achieved five new personal best times during the season in the 200 free, 500 free, 1000 free, 1650 free, and 200 back
  • Swam the programs season best time in the 500 free with a 4:44.53 at the SEC Championships which ranks at third place in the program record book
  • Competed in the 100, 200, and 500 freestyle events at the SEC Championships

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE) 

  • Consistently placed in the top five of the 200 freestyle
  • Set a new personal record in the 200 backstroke
  • Competed in three events at the SEC championships
  • Swam in five different events over the course of the season

2019-20 (FRESHMAN)

  • Competed mostly in mid distance events in her first season for Carolina
  • Took home three wins, two in the 200 freestyle and one in the 200 backstroke
  • Entered the record book in 100 free, 200 free, 400 free relay and the 800 free relay

PRE-COLLEGE

  • Swam club for Swim Atlanta under coach Chris Davis, Sr.
  • Placed seventh in the 200 Freestyle at the 2016 Winter Junior Nationals East
  • Individual best times:
    • 50 free 23.62
    • 100 free 50.74
    • 200 free 1:47.61
    • 500 free 4:52.77
    • 100 back 55.31
    • 200 back 1:58.79
    • 100 fly 55.47

PERSONAL

  • Environmental science major
  • Valedictorian of Vantage Point Education