Alexandra Poitinger

Position:
Freestyle
Height:
5-7
Class:
Senior
High School:
Revere
Hometown:
Akron, Ohio

2015-16: Academic All-MAC … Set a career PR in the 200 freestyle (1:51.26) at the MAC Championship … Earned a first place finish in the 500 free at the Zippy Invitational … Placed 4th at the MAC Championships in the 500 free B Final… Placed third against Toledo in the 1000 free … Finished second at the Zippy Invitational in the 1650 free … Was on the sixth place 200 free relay team against YSU and Oakland … Was on the third place 400 free relay team against Ohio … Member of the 800 free relay team, placing 7^th at the Pittsburgh Invitational.

2014-15: At MAC Championships, placed sixth overall in the 1650 freestyle, with a personal best time of 16:51.83 … Finished 15th overall in the 500 freestyle B final (4:56.75) … Finished third in the 200 freestyle relay against YSU … Against Ball State, placed third in the 1000 freestyle with a time of 10:49.

2013-14: Academic All-MAC honorable mention ... Placed seventh in the 1650 freestyle at the MAC Championships, with a team season-best time of 16:53.93, less than four seconds shy of the school record … Also competed in the 200 and 500 freestyle at the MAC Championships … Posted a career-best time of 1:52.37 in the 200 freestyle at the MAC Championships and a personal best time of 5:00.87 in the 500 freestyle … Finished second in a dual meet at Marshall in the 500 freestyle.

2012-13: Finished her season with strong swims at the OSU Invite, setting personal-best times in the 100 free (54.20), 200 free (1:54.75), 500 free (5:00.31) and 1650 free (17:54.55) in prelims ... swam a season-best 10:54.87 in the 1000 free to finish in seventh place versus Miami ... posted season-best third-place finishes in the 1650 freestyle against Wayne State/Ashland and 200 freestyle against Youngstown State ... finished seventh in the 1000 freestyle versus Miami, seventh in the 500 freestyle at EMU and 6th in the 500 freestyle as Akron ... finished 13th in the 1650 free at the TYR Invitational, along with a 24th-place finish in the 500 free, 30th place in the 200 free and 20th place in the 100 free ... also swam in BGSU's 11th-place 400 freestyle relay at the TYR Invite.

Personal/Prior to BGSU: Daughter of Michael Poitinger and Tammy Tolerton ... has one brother, Seth, and one sister, Ashley ... born on Nov. 18, 1993 ... Tourism, leisure and event planning major at BGSU ... has a cumulative GPA of 3.11 through the Spring 2013 semester … competed for the Revere High School Minutemen ... elected as team captain for the 2011-12 seasons ... holds school records in the 200 and 500 free and three relay events ... was a two-time recipient of the coach's award ... helped her team win the Suburban League Championship in 2011-12.

Personal Bests
50 Freestyle: 25.35, at TYR Invitational prelims (11/22/13)
100 Freestyle: 54.20, at OSU Invitational (2/10/13)
200 Freestyle: 1:51.26, at MAC Championship prelims (2/27/16)
500 Freestyle: 4:55.17, at MAC Championship prelims (2/25/15)
1000 Freestyle: 10:36.29, at Ohio (1/31/14)
1650 Freestyle: 16:51.83, at MAC Championships (2/25/15)