Alex Lakota

Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
High School:
Trinity Valley
Hometown:
Burleson, Texas

CAREER TOP TIMES
200 Back: 2:27.50 vs. SMU (10/6/17)
100 Free: 51.92 at AAC Championship (pre) (2/2015)
200 Free: 1:51.50 at AAC Championship (2/2015)
500 Free: 4:57.49 at AAC Championships (2/2016)
100 Fly: 56.23 at Pearland Invitational (11/2014)
200 Fly: 2:07.89 at Phill Hansel Invitational (11/2015)
200 IM: 2:04.98 (pre) at AAC Championship (2/2015)
400 IM: 4:26.61 at AAC Championship (2/2016)

As a Senior (2017-18): Came in fourth in the 200 breast on Senior Night with a time of 2:33.86 (January 19)...Part of the third-place 400 free relay team at the West Florida dual meet (October 21)...Also at that meet, came in fifth in the 1000 free in 11:01.74 and fourth in the 100 fly in 1:01.05...Took fifth in the 200 back at the SMU dual meet (October 6).

As a Junior (2016-17): Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Achieved a personal best in the 1000 free at the Dua-A-Pool-Ooza meet (11:04.42)…Notched a season best in the 200 fly at the Tulane vs. LSU meet (1.58.73) … Swam a season best in the 400 individual medley at the UH Phill Hansel Invitational (4:33.30) and at the same meet swam a season best in the 500 free (5:01.90)...Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016 and spring 2017.

As a Sophomore (2015-16): Participated in seven meets as a sophomore...Competed in three events at the American Athletic Conference Championships, advancing to the finals and notching personal records in each ... Earned four individual third-place finishes from performances in the 200 free. vs Vanderbilt (1:54.50), in the 500 free vs. North Florida (5:13.80) and two 500 free races at the West Florida Quad (5:08.49 and 5:10.86)...Out of the pool, was named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

As a Freshman (2014-15): Competed in all nine meets as well as the American Athletic Conference Championships ... Earned a first-place finish in the 200 free, while also helping her 200 medley relay team to a second-place finish against West Florida ... Helped land her team in the Tulane record books with times of 3:23.93 in the 400 free relay and 7:29.30 in the 800 free relay at the Pearland Invitational ... Set a season-best finish in the 500 free (5:09.76) at the LSU Quad ... Earned points for the Green Wave in four different events, setting a personal best in the prelims of the 200 IM (2:04.98) and a season best in the finals of the 200 free (1:51.50) at the American Athletic Conference Championships...Out of the pool, was named to the 2014-15 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

Personal: Double-majoring in public health and sociology...Held the Southwest Preparatory conference record in the 100 free until 2016 and the 200 free until 2013...Awarded USA Swimming Scholar All-American as a junior and senior.