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Alexa Connors

2023-2024

Aided in the Spiders' 2nd place finish at the 2024 Atlantic 10 Championships
- Member of the 800 free relay team which placed 4th (7:18.91)
Finished 1st in the 200 fly against La Salle with a time of 2:09.38
Finished 2nd in the 500 free in the Richmond Duals against DC with a time of 5:10.62

2022-2023

Aided in the Spiders 2^nd place finish at the 2023 Atlantic 10 Championships
- Finished in 4^th place in the 1650 free with a time of 16:52.74
- Finished in 7^th place in the 500 free with a season best of 4:53.25
Took the 2^nd place finish in the 1650 free at the ECAC Championships with a personal best of 16:40.69
Finished in 2^nd place in the 500 free with a time of 5:08.52 against Villanova (1/13/23)
Swam in the 2023 5K at the USA Swimming Open Water National Championship

2020-21

Was part of the 16th Atlantic 10 Championship in Spider swimming and diving history
Atlantic 10's Most Outstanding Rookie Performer
At the Atlantic 10 Championship
- Swam the first leg of the second-place 800 freestyle relay (7:19.48)
- Took second in the 500 freestyle (4:50.92)
- Was the third leg of the 200 freestyle relay team that took fourth (1:33.46)
- Earned a sixth-place finish in the 200 freestyle (1:50.73)
- Was second in the 1650 freestyle (16:41.62), earning the second spot on the Spiders All Time Top 10
Swam her first collegiate meet against James Madison, swimming in the 200 freestyle (1:53.59), the 500 freestyle (5:03.62), the 400 IM (4:37.28) and was the anchor on the 400 freestyle relay (3:36.72)
At the George Mason Invitational, took fifth in the 200 IM (2:10.83), first in the 1650 freestyle (17:17.26) and the 500 freestyle (5:03.26), and seventh in the 200 butterfly (2:12.41)

Prep

Four-year letterwinner at Silver Lake Regional High
Four-time Patriot League All Star
Patriot League MVP in 2018-19
Patriot Ledger Athlete of the Year - Swimming: 2018-19 and 2019-20
Two-time Boston Herald All-Scholastic
Two-time Boston Globe All-Scholastic
Four-time Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic
Two-time National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) All-American in the 500-yard freestyle
NISCA All-American in the 200-yard freestyle
NISCA Academic All-Ameircan
Boston Herald Hot Shot 2020
2019-20 Boston Globe Athlete of the Year
Two-time Sectional and State Champion in the 200 freestyle
Two-time Sectional and State Champion in the 500 freestyle
Broke the 500 freestyle Sectional record set by Olympic Gold Medalist Samantha Arsenault that stood for 21 years at the high school South Sectionals in 2020 (4:51.24)
President Silver Lake's Health and Medical Club
Captain of the swim team
Secretary of the Spanish Club
Volunteered as a camp counselor at World Cup Soccer Camp as well as volunteered to coach with her club organization
Member of the Principals' Honor Roll
Member of the National Honor Society
Scholar Athlete Silver Lake Swimming
Graduated in the top 10% of her class
NISCA Academic All-American