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  Alison Walker

Alison Walker

Player Profile

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Marietta, Ga.

High School:
Walton

Height:
5-3

Event:
Breast/IM

Club:
Dynamo Swim

As a Senior (2006-07): Team captain ... Swam the second leg on Tech's 200 free (1:36.68), 200 medley (1:47.52) and 400 medley (3:54.00) relay teams that set team-best times ... 200 free relay team placed 11th at the ACC Championships ... Posted a time of 1:04.13 in the prelims of the 100 breast event at the ACC meet finishing 15th ... Clocked a team-best time in the 100 breast against Florida Atlantic and UNO (1/13) with a time of 1:03.78 ... Tallied a team-best time of 2:23.69 in the 200 breast against conference opponents Virginia Tech and Maryland (1/20) ... Finishes Tech career on the All-Time Top 10 list in the 100 breaststroke (first), 200 breaststroke (fifth) and 200 IM (ninth).

As a Junior (2005-06): Posted a time of 1:04.54 in the prelims of the 100 breaststroke at the ACC Championships to qualify for the consolation finals, finishing in 15th place ... Clocked a season-best time of 1:04.48 at the Georgia Tech Invitational (11/19) to finish the race in fourth place ... Swam a season-best time of 2:24.26 in the 200 breast against Emory (1/28) ... Top 200 IM time of the season came at the ACC meet in the prelims with a mark of 2:11.30 ... Participated on both medley relays at the conference championship that set season marks of 1:45.33 and 3:52.42 ... Finished the year No. 1 on the Tech squad in the 100 and 200 breaststroke events.

As a Sophomore (2004-05): Broke her own school record in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:03.47 in the prelims at the ACC Championships, qualifying for the finals and finishing in sixth place ... Advanced to the consolation finals of the 200 breast at the ACC meet and posted a season-best time of 2:20.77 to finish in 15th place ... Swam a leg of the Tech record-setting 400 medley relay team (3:48.63) at the conference championship ... Finished with a season-best time of 2:15.67 in the 200 IM at the Georgia Tech Invitational (11/19) ... Held the top times for the season in the 100 and 200 breast.

As a Freshman (2003-04): Was Tech's top breaststroker all season long ... Broke the school record in the 100 breast with a time of 1:04.00 in the preliminaries at the ACC Championships, finishing 10th in the finals ... Tallied her second 10th-place finish at the ACC meet in the 200 breast with a season-best time of 2:19.66 ... Swam a leg of the record-setting Tech relay teams at the conference championship in the 200 medley (1:44.95) and 400 medley (3:49.39) ... Held Tech's top times in the 100 and 200 breast ... Selected as the team's J. Herb McAuley Freshman Unity Award winner ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Earned four varsity letters in swimming at Walton High School under coach Todd McAlpine ... Was a county champion in the 100 breaststroke and helped guide team to a state title in the 200 medley relay in junior and senior seasons ... Named captain as a senior ... Earned all-state first team honors as a senior, honorable mention as a junior and third team honors as a sophomore ... Winner of the National Age Group Award presented by U.S.A Swimming ... Finished 11th at the U.S. Nationals as a freshman in the 100-meter breast (1:13.55) ... Named all-county second team ... NISCA All-America in the 200 medley relay in 2001 and 2002 ... Georgia all-star in all four years ... U.S.A Scholastic All-American as a sophomore ... Finished eighth in the 100 breast at U.S.A Spring Nationals ... Helped 400 medley relay team place eighth at Spring Nationals ... School record holder in the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay ... Member of the Spanish, Interact and National Honor clubs ... National Merit Scholar Commended student ... Member of the Principal's Honor Roll in all four years and graduated with over a 4.0 GPA.

Personal: Born Alison Emery Walker on Oct. 22, 1984 in Atlanta, Ga. ... Parents are Peggy and Emery Walker ... Has three sisters, Rebecca (20), Beverly (16) and Grace (12) ... All three sisters have participated on the Dynamo Swim Club team ... Majoring in management.

Walker's Career Top Times
EVENT TIME
100 breast 1:03.47*
200 breast 2:18.25
200 IM 2:07.76

* - School Record.
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