Upcoming Event: Swimming & Diving versus Boston College on September 26, 2025 at 4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
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4 p.m. Diving / 5 p.m. Swimming
Swimming & Diving
vs Boston College
2009-10 Swimming & Diving Roster
Speidel, Alessondra
Alessondra Speidel
- Position:
- Breaststroke
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Manlius, N.Y.
Bio
Junior: Specialized in 100 and 200 back ... finished seventh in 200 back against conference rivals Virginia with a time of 2:13.03 cutting 1.64 seconds off season opener time ... competed in the 50 back in the Orange Bowl Classic, finishing seventh overall with a time of 38.34 ...
Sophomore: Competed in the 100 and 200 backstroke at the ACC Championships, turning in career-best swims in both events … took 29th place in the 100 back at the ACCs in a personal-best 57.59 … finished 30th in the 200 back at ACCs, cutting 2.43 seconds off her previous career best … took fourth place in 100 breaststroke against UNCW in the first meet of the season with a 1:10.88 … turned in a fourth-place performance in the 200 back versus Campbell and Miami (2:09.57) … swam the backstroke leg of the 400 medley relay that placed second against UNCW … member of the fastest 400 free relay team in the UNCW meet … named to the ACC Honor Roll …
Freshman: Set three career bests at the ACC Championships … set a personal best in the 50 free at ACCs with a time of 25.11 … also set a personal best in the 100 backstroke at the meet, clocking in at 59.06 to take 29th-place … took 20th in the 200 back with a personal-best time of 2:05.44 in the finals … took fifth in the 200 back versus Davidson and South Carolina … third in the 100 back versus N.C. State and Campbell … named to the ACC Honor Roll …
Prep: Four year letterwinner at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, N.Y. … state qualifier all four years … Section III champion as a junior in the 200 IM and the 100 breast … served as team captain her senior year … a record holder in both the 200 IM and the 100 breast … received All-American consideration in the 100 breast as a senior … was class Valedictorian … National Merit Commended Scholar … an AP Scholar with Honors … member of the National Honor Society … New York State Girls Swimming and Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2006 …
Personal: Born Alessondra Tyler Speidel on August 13, 1989 in Columbia, Md. … daughter of Keith Speidel and Ann Fondi … has three younger siblings, brothers, Tyghe and Cole and sister, Ruthie.
Sophomore: Competed in the 100 and 200 backstroke at the ACC Championships, turning in career-best swims in both events … took 29th place in the 100 back at the ACCs in a personal-best 57.59 … finished 30th in the 200 back at ACCs, cutting 2.43 seconds off her previous career best … took fourth place in 100 breaststroke against UNCW in the first meet of the season with a 1:10.88 … turned in a fourth-place performance in the 200 back versus Campbell and Miami (2:09.57) … swam the backstroke leg of the 400 medley relay that placed second against UNCW … member of the fastest 400 free relay team in the UNCW meet … named to the ACC Honor Roll …
Freshman: Set three career bests at the ACC Championships … set a personal best in the 50 free at ACCs with a time of 25.11 … also set a personal best in the 100 backstroke at the meet, clocking in at 59.06 to take 29th-place … took 20th in the 200 back with a personal-best time of 2:05.44 in the finals … took fifth in the 200 back versus Davidson and South Carolina … third in the 100 back versus N.C. State and Campbell … named to the ACC Honor Roll …
Prep: Four year letterwinner at Christian Brothers Academy in Syracuse, N.Y. … state qualifier all four years … Section III champion as a junior in the 200 IM and the 100 breast … served as team captain her senior year … a record holder in both the 200 IM and the 100 breast … received All-American consideration in the 100 breast as a senior … was class Valedictorian … National Merit Commended Scholar … an AP Scholar with Honors … member of the National Honor Society … New York State Girls Swimming and Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2006 …
Personal: Born Alessondra Tyler Speidel on August 13, 1989 in Columbia, Md. … daughter of Keith Speidel and Ann Fondi … has three younger siblings, brothers, Tyghe and Cole and sister, Ruthie.
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