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Alex Walsh

IM/Back/Breast
Position
Freshman
Class
Nashville, Tenn.
Hometown
Harpeth Hall
High School
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2022 FINA World Champion
– 200 IM – Gold medalist
– 4×200 free relay – Gold medalist
– 4×100 medley relay – Gold medalist
2020 OLYMPIAN
2020 OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST – 200 IM

NCAA Champion
2023:
400 IM, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
2022:
200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
2021:
200 IM, 800 Free Relay

All-America
2023:
200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
2022:
200 IM, 400 IM, 200 Fly, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay
2021: 200 IM, 200 Breast, 200 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay

ACC Champion
2024: 400 Free Relay, 200 Breast, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Fly, 800 Free Relay, 200 Free Relay, 200 IM
2023:
200 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay
2022: 200 IM, 200 Free , 200 Breast, 800 Free Relay, 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay
2021: 200 IM, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay

All-ACC
2024: 400 Free Relay, 200 Breast, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Fly, 800 Free Relay, 200 Free Relay, 200 IM
2023:
200 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay
2022:
200 IM, 200 Free , 200 Breast, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 400 Free Relay
2021: 200 IM, 200 Back, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay

2023-24
• Left 2024 ACC Championships with 26 career first-place finishes (individual and relay), the most in league history
• Won 400 free relay (3:07.34) at ACC Championships
• Set personal, pool, and meet record in 200 breast (2:02.24) at ACC Championships
• Part of first-place 400 medley relay (3:22.49) at ACC Championships
• Set meet, pool, ACC, and NCAA records in 200 butterfly (1:49.16) at ACC Championships
• Finished first in 200 IM (1:51.76) at ACC Championships
• Part of the first-place 200 relay (1:23.63) that set pool, meet, ACC, US Open, and NCAA records at ACC Championships
• Part of the first-place, ACC championship record, 800 free relay (6:46.28) at ACC Championships
•  Set AFC record with 1:50.18 in 200 Back at Cavalier Invite that ranked No. 3 on UVA all-time list
• Set AFC record in 100 Breast with 57.89 at Cavalier Invite that was later tied in finals by teammate Jasmine Nocentini
• Led the way in the 100 fly with a time of
52.25 at UNC/NC State meet
• Finished second at 1:47.01 for 200 free at UNC/NC State meet
• Took first in the 400 Free Relay with a time of 3:13.04 at UNC/NC State meet
• Finished second in the 200-meter individual medley at TYR Pro Swim Series
• Finished second in 200 IM with a time of 2:08.96 at Toyota U.S. Open
• Won the 200-yard breaststroke with a NCAA A time of 2:04.22 at Tennessee Invite
• Won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1:33.69 at Tennessee Invite
• Placed third in 200 free (1:43.43) at Tennessee Invite
• Improved fastest time this season and in the NCAA with a 1:25.24 to win the 200-yard freestyle relay at Tennessee Invite
• Won the 200 IM with a time of 1:52.59 at Tennessee Invite
• Set a meet record in the 400-yard medley relay (3:26.15) at Tennessee Invite
• Won the 400-yard medley relay in 3:27.56 against Texas
•Won the 200 breast (2:08.16) against Texas
• Won the 200 IM (1:57.26) against Texas
• Won the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:34.32 against Texas
• Won the 100-yard IM super final with a time of 53.21 against Texas
• Won the 100 breast with a time of 59.37 against Florida
• Won the 100-yard butterfly (51.87) against Florida

2022-23
• Placed second in the 200 individual medley at the World Championships
• Placed fourth in the 400 individual medley at the World Championships
• Placed second in the 400 individual medley at Nationals, qualifying her for the World Championships
• Won the 400 individual medley at NCAAs
• Placed second in the 200 fly at NCAAs
• Placed third in the 200 individual medley at NCAAs
• Swam the second leg of the winning 400 free relay team at NCAAs
• Swam the second leg of the winning 800 free relay team at NCAAs
• Swam the second leg of the winning 200 medley relay team at NCAAs
• Swam the second leg of the winning 400 medley relay team at NCAAs
• Won the 200 free, 100 breast, and 200 breast at ACC Championships
• Swam the second leg of the 400 medley relay, placing first and setting meet, conference, American, NCAA, and pool records at ACC Championships
• Swam the final leg of the 200 free relay, placing first and setting meet, conference, American, NCAA, and pool records at ACC Championships
• Swam the second leg of the 200 medley relay, placing first and setting meet, conference, American, NCAA, and pool records at ACC Championships
• Won the 200 IM at the Cavalier Invite
• Won the 200 fly, 100 breast, and placed second in the 400 IM against NC State and North Carolina
• Won the 100 free and 100 fly against Virginia Tech
• Won the 500 free and 100 breast at the Tennessee Invitational
• Placed second in the 200 breast at the Tennessee Invitational
• Won the 200 IM against Texas
• Placed third in the 200 fly against Texas
• Won the 200 medley relay, 200 free and 200 breast against Florida
• ACC Academic Honor Roll
• SCAA Scholar All-America First Team

2021-22
• Won the 200 IM, 200 fly and 400 IM individual NCAA titles
• Broke NCAA, Meet, American, US Open and pool records with the 400 medley relay and 400 free relay at NCAA Championships
• Placed second in the 800 free relay at NCAA Championships
• ACC Women’s Swimmer of the Meet, winning three individual ACC titles and three relay ACC titles
• ACC Champion in the 200 IM, 200 free and 200 breast
• Set a then-ACC, UVA, Meet and pool record with win in the 200 breast and set a UVA record in the 200 free at ACCs
• Swam butterfly leg of the American, NCAA and US Open record 400 medley relay at ACCs
• Part of ACC & UVA record 400 free relay and meet record 800 free relay
• Won the 200 fly and 200 medley relay against NC State
• Won the 200 free and 100 free against North Carolina
• Won the 400 medley relay, 200 medley relay, 400 IM and 200 fly at the Tennessee Invitational
• Won the 200 free relay, 200 back and 400 medley relay against Texas
• Won three events against Army
• Won four events at California
• CSCAA Scholar All-American
• All-ACC Academic Team
• ACC Academic Honor Roll

2020-21
• ACC Women’s Rookie of the Year
• VaSID Rookie of the Year
• NCAA Champion in the 200-yard IM and finished fifth in the 200-yard breaststroke and 200-yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships
• Anchored UVA’s first-place 800 free relay to win the programs first NCAA relay title, and was part of the 200 and 400 free relays that finished second at NCAAs
• Won ACC title in the 200-yard IM, finished third in the 200-yard backstroke and fourth in the 100-yard breaststroke at the ACC Championships
• Swam on four of UVA’s first-place relays at ACCs (200 free relay, 400 free relay, 800 free relay, 400 medley relay)
• Won the 200-yard IM and 200-yard backstroke and was second in the 100-yard backstroke against NC State
• Finished first in the 100-yard breaststroke and second in the 200-yard breaststroke against North Carolina
• Won the 200-yard freestyle against Virginia Tech
• Placed second in the 100-yard breaststroke and 200-yard IM against Tennessee and Alabama
• Won the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke against Navy
• Placed fourth at the Toyota U.S. Open in the 200m IM in addition to finishing sixth in the 200m backstroke and ninth in the 100m butterfly
• Named to ACC Academic Honor Roll

Background
• National Team member from 2017-20
• A member of the National Junior Team from 2015-17
• Two-time individual gold medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games
• Two-time individual high school state champion
• Named the Tennessee high school female MVP (2016-19)
• Nashville Aquatic Club MVP (2016-17)

Personal
• Major: Computer Science
• Daughter of Glynis and Robert Walsh
• Has one sister, Gretchen
• Mother, Glynis, swam at Boston College
• Recipient of the 2022-23 Gus and Becky Ramirez Swimming and Diving Scholarship