Shelly Zelnick

Height:
5-11
Class:
Junior
High School:
Troy
Hometown:
Troy, Ohio

CAREER TOP TIMES
50 Free: 23.26 at AAC Championship (2/15/18)
100 Free: 50.43 at AAC Championship (2/18/17)
200 Free: 1:47.04 at AAC Championship (2/17/18)
100 Back: 55.66 at Phill Hansel Invitational (11/18/16)
200 Back: 1:57.42 at AAC Championship (2/18/17) AND at AAC Championship (2/17/18)
200 IM: 1:59.34 at AAC Championship (2/28/19)

As a Senior (2018-19): Opened the year with a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle (1:51.81) against Houston (Oct. 6)…Won the 200 freestyle (1:51.18) and finished third in the 100 freestyle (52.33) against LSU and Loyola (Oct. 26)…Finished with a pair of wins in the 200 freestyle and 200 IM against Georgia Southern (Nov. 3)…Swam season best times in the 200 IM (2:01.11), 200 freestyle (1:48.31) , and 200 backstroke (1:58.53) at the Phill Hansel Invitational (Nov. 3)…Won the 200 freestyle (1:51.99) and 200 IM (2:04.21) against West Florida (Jan. 26)…Picked up a pair of wins in the 200 freestyle (1:50.28) and 200 backstroke (2:01.52) against SMU (Feb. 8).

As a Junior (2017-18): Medaled in the 200 back at the AAC Championship (February 17) with a time of 1:57.42 for bronze, tying her own school record set at the same meet the previous year...Owns nine of the top 15 200 back times in team history...Set the fifth-best 50 free time in team history with 23.26 in the leadoff leg of a relay at the AAC Championship as well...Broke the school record in the 200 free as part of the 800 free relay team in the leadoff leg with a time of 1:47.04 at the same meet...Has eight of the 15 fastest overall times in the 200 free in team history...Broke the school record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:00.03 at the AAC Championship...On the school-record-holding team in the 200 free relay at the Phill Hansel Invitational with a time of 1:31.83 (November 16)...Part of the No. 2 time in team history in the 400 free relay set at the same meet in 3:22.01...Swam in five different A finals at the AAC Championship, taking fifth in two different relays, eighth in the 200 free, third in the 200 back and fourth in the 200 IM...Had two fourth-place finishes at the Phill Hansel Invitational in the 200 back and the 800 free relay...Won the 200 IM against West Florida (October 21)...Won the 200 free relay against SMU (October 6)...Had second-place finishes in the 400 free relay and the 200 free at the LSU Tri Meet (September 29).

As a Sophomore (2016-17): Claimed All-American Athletic Conference honors in the 400 IM...Named to the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team...Broke the school record in the 200 back with a 1:57.42 mark at the American Athletic Conference Championship (2/18)...Finished the year with three of the top four times in the event in program history...Touched the wall with a time of 2:00.84 in the 400 IM at the conference championships (2/18) for a third-place finish and bronze medal...Also set a new PR in the 200 freestyle with a 1:48.81 mark in prelims at the conference championships (2/18)...Member of Tulane Athletics 3.0 Club for fall 2016 and spring 2017.

As a Freshman (2015-16): Participated in seven regular season meets as a true freshman ... Set a school-record in the 200 IM with a time of 2:03.41 at the Phill Hansel Invitational Prelim ... Earned the second and fourth fastest overall times in school history in the 200 back with times of 1:59.93 and 2:00.50 respectively ... Also posted season-best times of 1:50.80 in the 200 free and 1:59.93 in the 200 back at the Phill Hansel Invitational ... Had 12 individual top three finishes, including wins in the 100 back against Vanderbilt, SMU, and at the West Florida Quad, the 200 back vs Vanderbilt, and the 200 IM at SMU, the Phill Hansel Invitational Prelim, and against North Florida ... In relay action, helped record nine top three finishes, Including a win in the 400 free vs Vanderbilt and second place showings in the 400 free at the West Florida Quad, the Phill Hansel Invitational, and the Houston Quad ... Helped earn the sixth, tenth, and fourteenth fastest times in school history in the 400 medley with times of 3:45.26 at the Phill Hansel Invitational, 3:48.15 vs North Florida, and 3:51.18 at the West Florida Quad...Was named to the 2015-16 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team.

Before Tulane: Swam for Troy High School ... Won the 200 backstroke and 200 breaststroke at the Ohio Southwest Classic ... Also earned All-State Honors for her performances ... Trained for seven years with the Dayton Raiders and broke multiple team records ... Also named Scholastic All-American.

Personal: Born in Dayton, Ohio ... Has two older sisters who swam at Rice University and Stony Brook, respectively ... Plans to study neuroscience.