University of Tennessee Athletics
2010-11 Women's Swimming Roster
Roster
Aleksa Akerfelds
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bronxville, N.Y.
- High School:
- Bronxville
| Career Best Times | |
| 200y free | 1:51.00 |
| 500y free | 4:42.91 |
| 1000y free | 9:41.05 |
| 1650y free | 16:00.11 |
| 200y IM | 2:04.80 |
| 400y IM | 4:13.12 |
2009-10: Earned honorable mention All-America honors in the 1650y free by finishing 15th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 16:10.16....Also competed in the 500y free and 400y IM at the national meet...Finished third in the 1650y free (16:02.78) and was a member of the fifth-place 800y relay squad at the SEC Championships...Set a UT record time of 4:12.86 in the 400y IM at the conference meet...Had top-four finishes in the 500y and 1000y frees against Florida, Georgia and Virginia...Won the 1000y free and 400y IM against South Carolina...Placed first in the 500y free and 1000y free at LSU...Notched victories in the 500y free and 1000y free at Louisville...Also won the 200y free against Kentucky...Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2008-09: Tied her own UT record in the 500y free (4:42.91) while placing seventh in the event at the Southeastern Conference Championships...Also finished fourth in the 1650y free (16:03.34) at SECs...Battled injuries at end of season but still competed in the 500y free and 1650y free at NCAA Championships...Heads into her junior season as the owner of UT-records in the 500y free, 1000y free, 1650y free, 400y IM and 800y free relay...Finished second in the 100y free and third in the 500y free in the near-upset of No. 1 Georgia...Captured a pair of first-place finishes (1650y free and 800y free relay) and a runner-up placement (500y free) at the Indiana quad meet...Won the 400y IM, 500y free, 1650y free and was a part of the victorious 800y free relay at Tennessee Swimming Invitational... Captured 500y free and 100y free versus Arkansas/Vanderbilt and touched the wall first in the 1000y free at Kentucky...Snagged first-place in three events during season-openers against the Cumberlands and Louisville...Named to the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll.
2007-08: Named the 2008 Southeastern Conference Female Freshman Swimmer of the Year and second-team All-SEC, while also earning two All-America certificates in her rookie campaign...Picked up two bronze medals at the SEC Championship in the 500y free and 400y IM...Was second in the 1650y free...Achieved personal-best times and set school records in the 500y free (4:42.91), 1650y free (16:00.11) and 400y IM (4:13.12) at the conference meet...Her 1000y split (9:41.05) in the 1650y free was also a school record...Competed in the 500y free, 400y IM, 800y free relay and 1650y free at the NCAA Championships...Earned All-America honors as a member of the 800y free relay (11th) and 1650 free (9th)... Earned 11 first-place finishes in eight regular-season meets...Was the CSCAA National Swimmer of the Week after winning a team-high three races, including NCAA cuts in the 500y and 1650y free, versus Northwestern on Jan. 5...Dubbed SEC Freshman of the Week for her two-win performance versus Indiana on Jan. 18.
NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL: At the 2010 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships, claimed 41st with a mark of 4:54.50 in the 400m IM and swam a time of 8:59.37 to finish 57th in the 800m free... In the 2008 Olympic Trials, finished 16th in the 800m free in 8:43.65 and placed 30th in the 400m free in 4:16.11.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Bronxville High School, where she was a five-time All-American, three times in the 200y IM and twice in the 500y freestyle...Is the section record-holder in the 200y IM, a feat she accomplished in 2004 and again in 2006...Was named the Review Press[apos] High School Athlete of the Season in fall 2005...Named to the state Section I and Lower Hudson All-League teams each of her four years in high school...Won the 500y free and was third in the 200y IM at state competition in 2005...Helped lead Bronxville H.S. to titles in the state high school Section I Championships from 2002-04...Was also the team MVP each year from 2003-06...Highlighting many awards Akerfelds won as a member of the White Plains Middies is the High Point Award she earned at the National Club Swimming Association[apos]s Junior National Championships in 2004...Attended the national selection camp at the Olympic Training Center in 2005.
PERSONAL: Pursuing a degree in advertising...Has one sister, Dana, 22...Names her club coach, Ilan Noach of Empire Swimming (formerly White Plains Middies), as her biggest sports influence...Her biggest thrill in swimming is seeing a sea of orange on the sidelines for an entire 16-minute mile...Aleksa Marie Akerfelds was born on Aug. 3, 1989, in New York, N.Y., to Andis and Mary Akerfelds.
