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  Alexandra Ellis
Alexandra Ellis

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
San Diego, Calif.

High School:
Westview

Height:
5-7

Event:
Breaststroke

Experience:
3V

2008 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS
• Competed in the 100- and 200-meter breaststrokes.

CAL SUCCESS
• Set a school-record time of 2:09.51 in the 200 breaststroke with a 10th-place, honorable mention All-America performance at the 2009 NCAA Championships...ranks third on Cal's all-time performance chart after posting 1:00.36 in the 100-breaststroke prelim; later took 16th to earn another honorable mention All-America nod in the NCAA final...collected All-America accolades in the 200- (6th, 1:37.04) and 400-medley relays (2nd, 3:30.27).
• At the 2009 Pac-10 Championships, she took second place in the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:10.57 and third place in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 1:00.51.
• Also swam on the second-place 200-medley relay (1:38.21) and fourth-place 400-medley relay (3:33.71) in the conference meet.
• A 2009 Pac-10 all-academic honorable mention.
• Was a 2008 All-American, after swimming on the 400-yard medley relay foursome that garnered a fifth-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Championships with a time of 3:34.05.
• 2007-08 Pac-10 All-Academic honoree.
• 2007 All-American (200-yard breast).

INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS
• Participated in the 2007 World University Games in Thailand.

PERSONAL
• Grandfather, aunt and uncle all attended Cal.
• American studies major.

WHY I CHOSE CAL
"I chose to go to Berkeley because of the team, the campus and the wonderful tour given by the coaches."

BEST CAL TIMES (IN YARDS)

100 breast................. 1:00.36 (3/20/09 NCAAs)
200 breast................. 2:09.51 (3/21/09 NCAAs)