NCAA Swimmer Spotlight: Ashton Ellzey

NCAA Swimmer Spotlight: Ashton EllzeyNCAA Swimmer Spotlight: Ashton Ellzey

March 6, 2018

AuburnTigers.com will post a short spotlight on each of our NCAA Championship participants leading up the the championships, which will be contested March 14-17 at the McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion at Ohio State University.

Name: Ashton Ellzey

Class: Senior

2018 NCAA Championship Events: 50 free, 100 free, 100 fly

Previous NCAA Appearances:
2017 (200 FR, 400 FR)
2016 (50 free/t29th; 100 free/58th; 200 FR, 200 MR)
2015 (200 FR)

Auburn Rankings:
50 free - t-4th - 22.02 - time is tied for the 17th-fastest performance in school history

Notable: Won the 50 free at the Tennessee/Wisconsin double dual meet and at the Georgia Tech Invite ... Swam the third leg of Auburn's top 200- and 400 free relays ... Finished fifth in the 50 free, 20th in the 100 free and 29th in the 100 fly at SEC Championships ... Earned SEC medals as the third-leg of the SEC Champion 400 FR and the third leg on the runner-up 200 FR ... Has three previous All-America honors, all coming on relays (200 FR x 2, 400 FR).