Alana Dillette Season 2007-08

Alana Dillette Season 2007-08

PositionBACKSTROKE/IM
ClassSophomore
HometownNassau, Bahamas

2008 Olympian (Bahamas)
Four-time All-American
SEC Academic Honor Roll
CSCAA Academic All-American

Junior Season (2008-09)
Competed at the 2009 World Championships for the Bahamas ... Competed in the 50m back, 100m back, 50m fly, 100m fly, 400 free relay and 400 medley relay ... Her 50m back time of 29.83 was a national record ... Member of the national record-breaking 400 free relay that finished in 3:48.34 ... Earned three All-America honors at the 2009 NCAA Championships ... Swam the third leg of the fourth-place finishing 200 medley relay (1:36.85) ... Member of the ninth-place finishing 400 medley relay squad that touched the wall in 3:31.50 ... Dillette earned a 12th-place finish in the 100 fly in 52.91 ... Also swam to a 23rd-place finish in the 100 back (53.14) and took 45th in the 50 free (22.69) ... At the SEC Championships, Dillette took fourth in the 100 fly in a time of 52.21 that ranks third all-time at Auburn ... Member of the school record-breaking 200 medley relay that took second in 1:36.59 ... Finished fifth in the 100 back in 52.77 ... Her prelim time of 52.64 in the event ranks fifth on Auburn[apos]s all-time list ... Swam in the B Final in the 50 free and took 12th overall in 22.65 ... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Sophomore Season (2007-08)
Represented the Bahamas in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, where she competed in the 100m back.... Swam to a 32nd-place finish in the 100m back at the Olympics, posting a time of 1:02.56... Joined current teammate Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace and former Tiger Jeremy Knowles on the Bahamas Olympic team... At the NCAA Championships, Dillette earned an All-America honor in the 200 medley relay, swimming the backstroke leg (23.83) on the 200 medley relay that placed fifth with a time of 1:38.35... Individually at NCAAs, Dillette swam to a 23rd-place finish in the 100 back (54.59), a 40th-place finish in the 100 fly (54.10) and a 58th-place finish in the 50 free (23.28)... At the SEC Championships, Dillette swam the butterfly leg (23.76) on the runner-up 200 medley relay that finished in 1:38.00... Individually at SEC[apos]s, she swam to a ninth-place finish in the 100 back (54.76), a 13th-place finish in the 50 free (23.09) and a 14th-place finish in the 100 fly (54.58)... SEC Academic Honor Roll.

Redshirt Freshman Season (2006-07)
Competed on the Bahamas National Team at the Pan American Games and the World University Games... Finished fifth in the 100m fly (1:01.50) and eighth in the 100m back (1:05.19) while coming in third in the 100m free semifinals (57.92) at the Pan Am Games... Also swam on three relay teams at Pan Ams, finishing fifth in the 400m free relay, seventh in the 800m free relay and fourth in the 400m medley relay... Swam in the 50m back, 100m back, 200m back, 50m fly and 100m fly at the World University Games... Posted an 'A' cut in the 100 back with a time of 54.18 at the James E. Martin Qualifier... Also posted a time of 50.49 at the James E. Martin Qualifier, setting a NCAA provisional qualifying time... Exhibitioned in three events at the SEC Championships, posting times of 23.64 (50 free), 1:00.70 (100 back) and 2:02.39 (200 back)... Her times in the 50 free and 200 back at SECs set season-bests... Competed in the 100 fly and 200 IM at the U.S. Open, finishing with season-best converted times of 59.10 and 2:08.06, respectively.

Freshman Season (2005-06)
Redshirt.

High School
Attended St. Andrew[apos]s International School ... Swam with the Swift Swimming club team under coach Andy Knowles.

Personal
Full name is Alana Kathryn Dillette ... Parents are Al and Kathryn Dillette ... Two brothers, Adam and Robert ... Mother played volleyball for University of Toronto ... Majoring in hotel and restaurant management.