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Iza Pelka

Position:
Free/Fly
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Adlai E. Stevenson
Hometown:
Long Grove, Ill.

CAREER TOP TIMES
100 Free: 51.03 at AAC Championship (2/18/22)
200 Free: 1:48.03 at AAC Championship (2/18/22)
500 Free: 4:50.63 at AAC Championship (2/18/22)

As a Senior (2021-22): Opened the season by making the podium in each of her races in Little Rock (Oct. 8)... Grabbed a first place finish with the 400 medley relay team with a time of 3:39.12 in West Florida (Oct. 15)... Finished first with the 200 freestyle relay team at SMU (Jan. 28).. Dominated at the AAC Championships grabbing a career best in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:48.03 getting her third place and as a part of the 400 medley relay team with a time of 3:40.15 (Feb. 18)... She also grabbed career bests in the 100 freestyle (51.03) and the 500 freestyle (4:50.63) earning AAC All-Conference Honors.

As a Junior (2020-21): Opened her junior season with the Green Wave with a win in the 100-yard freestyle (54.26) and a second-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.06) against Delta State (Oct. 17)…Also helped Tulane’s 200-yard freestyle relay team to a first-place finish (1:36.89)...Finished fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:02.67) at Rice (Nov. 20-21)...Finished fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:02.40) and fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:53.31) at LSU (Dec. 14)...Finished fourth in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:53.91 at SMU, also helping Tulane’s 200-yard freestyle relay team to a first-place finish (1:37.89) on Jan. 23…Earned a first-place finish in the 500-yard freestyle (5:11.89) and a second-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle (54.69) against West Florida (Jan. 30)...Recorded a career-best time of 51.81 in the 100-yard freestyle at the AAC Championship (2/25-2/27).

As a Sophomore (2019-20): Opened her sophomore season at LSU, helping Tulane to a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:39.15)...Also finished sixth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.00) and eighth in the 200-yard butterfly (2:14.78)...Finished fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.94) and sixth in the 100-yard freestyle (54.46) at Houston...Finished fifth in the 100-yard freestyle (53.46) against FIU...Earned a sixth-place finish in the 50-yard butterfly (27.51) and a seventh-place finish in the 200-yard butterfly (2:11.00) against Denver...Closed the Dual-A-Pa-Looza with a seventh-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle (25.66) against Rice...Finished fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.61) and sixth in the 100-yard freestyle (54.02) at the FGCU Quad meet...Finished second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.09) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:10.83) against West Florida, also finishing eighth in the 50-yard freestyle (25.43)...Finished second in the 200-yard freestyle (1:55.09) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:10.83) against Hendrix College...Finished third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.20) and fifth in the 500-yard freestyle (5:08.33) against SMU...Helped Tulane to a third-place finish in the 800-yard freestyle relay (7:14.30) at the American Athletic Conference Championship, also finishing eighth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.47).

As a Freshman (2018-19): Opened the year with a fifth-place finish in the 200 freestyle (1:56.49) against Houston (Oct. 6)…Finished first in the 200 butterfly against Georgia Southern (Nov. 3)…Placed second in the 200 freestyle (1:54.40) and 500 freestyle (5:03.31) against West Florida (Jan. 26)…Finished second in the 500 freestyle (5:01.32) against SMU (Feb. 8).

Personal: Majoring in engineering physics.