AuburnTigers.com will post a short spotlight on each of our NCAA Championship participants leading up the the championships, which will be contested March 20-23 at the Jamail Texas Swimming Center at the University of Texas.
Name: Erin Falconer
2019 NCAA Championship Events: 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 Back
Previous NCAA Appearances:
2018 (200 free/t-28th; 100 back/17th; 200 back/13th; 400 FR, 800 FR, 200 MR, 400 MR)
2017 (100 free/35th; 100 fly/44th; 200 FR; 400 FR; 800 FR; 200 MR)
2016 (50 free/31st; 100 free/35th; 100 fly/t-26th; 200 FR; 400 FR; 200 MR; 400 MR)
Auburn Rankings: Is the school record holder in the 400 free relay, 200 medley relay and the 400 medley relay ... On the Top-10 Performers list, she is No. 2 in the 200 free (1:43.04), No. 2 in the 100 back (51.43) and No. 2 in the 200 back (1:51.43) ... In the Top-25 Performances, she owns five of in the 200 free, including the No. 2, No. 4 and No. 8, all done this year; she owns six in the 100 back, including No. 3, No. 7 and No. 15, all done this year; she owns six in the 200 back, inclduing No. 2, No. 4, No. 5 and No. 7,
Notable: Falconer won the 200 free (1:43.04) at the 2019 SEC Championships for her first individual title at the conference meet and then closed out the meet by anchoring the 400 free relay to a school record and the SEC title (3:10.45) ... Falconer also swam on the 200 medley relay (1:35.73) and 400 medley relay (3:29.06) that set school records during the SEC Championships last month ... Owns a total of four NCAA All-America honors, each of them coming at the 2018 championships at Ohio State when she finished 13th in the 200 back (1:52.43) and was on the 400 free relay, 800 free relay and 400 medley relay that each finished in the top 16 ... Has swum the 200 free at each of the past three NCAA Championships, finishing tied for 27th (1:45.91) as a freshman, 34th (1:46.20) as a sophomore and tied for 28th (1:45.55) as a junior ... Has also swum the 200 back at each of the last three NCAA meets, finishing 49th as a freshman (1:58.10), 48th as a sophomore (1:57.55) and 13th as a junior (1:52.43).
On the Psych Sheet:
200 Free - 7th - 1:43.04
100 Back - 12th - 51.43
200 Back - 7th - 1:51.43