Alexa Harris

Position:
Backstroke/Freestyle
Class:
Senior
High School:
Moline
Hometown:
Moline, Ill.

Record Book
100-Back -- 0:54.49, 1st in BGSU history (third place at 2013 MAC Championships)
200-Back -- 1:57.30, 1st in BGSU history (first place at 2013 MAC Championships)
200-IM -- 2:02.29, 1st in BGSU history (preliminary race at 2013 MAC Championships)
200 Medley Relay -- 1:40.52, 1st in BGSU history (third place at 2013 MAC Championships)
400 Medley Relay -- 3:41.00, 1st in BGSU history (second place at 2013 MAC Championshps)

Other Personal Bests
50-Free -- 0:26.71 vs. Youngstown State (2011, 7th place)
100-Free -- 0:56.77 vs. Youngstown State (2011, 5th place)
100-Fly -- 59.98 at Youngstown (2013, 3rd place)
100-Breast -- 1:11.10 at Akron (2013, 4th place)

2012-13: Named to the All-MAC First Team as well as earning Academic All-MAC honors ... won her first MAC title in the 200 backstroke, breaking a school record with her time of 1:57.30 ... also finished third in the 100 backstroke (54.49), sixth in the 200 IM (2:02.60; 2:02.29 in prelims), second in the 400 medley relay (3:41.00) and third in the 200 medley relay (1:40.52), setting BGSU records in each of those events ... became the only Falcon to hold five school records ... represented BGSU at U.S. Winter Nationals, advancing to the "C" final in the 200 backstroke and finishing 24th ... also advanced to the "B" final with the Falcons' 200 medley relay team, which finished ninth overall ... earned three wins at the TYR Invitational in the 200 backstroke, 200- and 400 medley relays ... also placed third in the 200 IM and fourth in the 100 backstroke at TYR ... earned 14 first-places finishes throughout the season in the 100 back (3), 200 back (4), 200 medley relay (3) and 400 medley relay (3) ... set career-best times in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.10) and 100 fly (59.98) against Youngstown State ... was ranked as high as 46th in the nation in the 100 backstroke by CollegeSwimming.com.

2011-12: Named Mid-Major Honorable Mention All-American ... became BGSU's all-time record-holder in 200 backstroke (1:58.73) with fourth place finish at MAC Championships ... also set career-best time and fourth-best all-time mark in 100 backstroke (0:56.59) at MAC Championships ... in 200 IM, had season-best time by nearly four seconds (2:05.95) at MACs ... won 200 back (2:02.59) and finished third in 100 back (0:57.20) at TPSC Invitational ... finished first or second in 10 of 16 backstroke races during dual season, including wins in 200 back versus Ball State, Youngstown State and John Carroll / Oakland ... swam on five winning relay teams during dual meets ... in the summer of 2012 competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200 backstroke.

2010-11: Recorded second-best time in BGSU history (2:00.23) in the 200 backstroke and finished seventh at 2011 MAC Championships ... placed eighth at MAC title meet in the 200 IM (2:04.13) for third place in the Falcon record book ... swam the opening leg for the BGSU record-setting 400 medley relay team (3:44.47) ... her 100 backstroke time to open the relay (0:56.66) is fourth in school history ... swept backstroke events at Michigan State dual meet with winning times of 0:58.92 and 2:06.92 ... finished first and second in backstroke events at four other dual meets during regular season, winning the 200-back three times and the 100-back once.

2009-10: Was added to the BGSU top ten record book in the 100- and 200-Back events … Finished 23rd in 100-Back, posting a personal and season best time of 58.37 … Swam to a 15th place finish in the 200-Back for another personal and season best time of 2:03.15 in the 200-Back … Nabbed 21st in the 200-IM, improving her previous season-best time in the event by five seconds, for a new season-best time of 2:07.90.

High School: Four-year letter winner .. from 2005 through 2007, was a member of the All-Conference All-Stars ... made state team from 2005 through 2009 ... earned All-State Honorable Mention and All- American in 100 back in 2008 ... earned Most Outstanding Award in 2008 ... was named team captain in 2008 ... was a member of the National Honors Society.

Personal: Full name is Alexa Elle Harris ... daughter of Todd Harris and Jill Valdes ... born November 28, 1990 ... has four sisters, Kalli, Emme, Devon and Baylee ... early childhood education major at BGSU, with a cumulative GPA of 3.40 through the Spring 2013 semester.