Career Best Times |
50y free | 22.86 |
100y free | 49.67 |
200y free | 1:51.23 |
100y backk | 56.00 |
200y back | 2:03.63 |
50m free | 26.41 |
100m free | 57.62 |
2011-12: Competed in the 50y, 100y and 200y free at the 2012 SEC Championships, highlighted by qualifying for the consolation final in the 100y free...Placed 14th in the event after a season-best readout of 49.77 seconds, which is an NCAA `B[apos] cut...Had three third-place finishes in the squad[apos]s victory over No. 2 Florida...Versus UF, swam an NCAA B-cut time of 22.99 seconds to grab fourth in the 50y free...Had four top-five finishes on the road against top-ranked Georgia...Swam on the 400y free relay that notched third at Louisville.
2010-11: Placed first in the 100y free and was a member of the winning 200y medley relay squad against Arkansas in the season opening dual meet...Swam legs of the third place 200y free relay and 200y medley relay quartets at Kentucky...Competed in the 50y and 100y free events at the SEC Championships...Swam a season-best time of 23.03 seconds in the 50y free at the conference meet, which was the third fastest Lady Vol time in the event on the season...Registered two top-five finishes against second-ranked Georgia and one at Florida...Had a pair of seventh-place finishes against Louisville and Virginia...Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2009-10:Redshirted due to injury...Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2008-09: Competed in the 100y free and on the 200y free relay at the NCAA Championships...Was a member of the fourth-place 200y free relay at the Southeastern Conference Championships...Scored individually at SECs with a 16th-place finish in the 50y free...Recorded career-bests during prelim heats of 50y free (21.86) and 100y free (49.67) at conference championships...Finished season in Lady Vol top-five in 50y free, 100y free, 100y back and 200y back...Also ranked among the top-10 Lady Vol all-time performers in the 50y free and 100y free...Led off second-place 400y free relay in near-upset of No. 1-ranked Georgia ...Was a member of first-place 200y and 400y free relays at Indiana quad meet...Grabbed second in the 50y free at Kentucky...Placed third in the 100y back and 100y free, and was on runner-up 200y free relay versus Arkansas/Vanderbilt...Took first as a member of 400 free relay in collegiate debut against Louisville.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Dacula High School, where she was named an All-American and Gwinnett County[apos]s Swimmer of the Year in each of her last two seasons...Has seven county titles and five state championships to her name...Won the state 100y free event in each of the last three years and the 50y free the last two years...She also took top honors in the 100y back as a freshman and sophomore, the 100y free as a sophomore and junior, and the 50y free as a junior, at the Gwinnett County Championships...Captured 2007 state championship in the 50m free and competed at Summer Nationals.
PERSONAL: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences...Highest ambition is to represent the U.S. in the Olympics...Calls her club coach Chris Davis her biggest influence, because he gave her confidence...Hobbies include playing the guitar, piano and singing...Admires Natalie Coughlin...Has a brother, Raffy, 22...Abigail Hannah Alton, daughter of Randy and Peg Alton, was born on May 16, 1990, in Tucker, Ga.