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2014-15 Men's Swimming/Diving Roster

Alex Ngan

  • Position Back/Fly/Free
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Valencia, Calif.
  • Previous School Hart

Biography

2014-15: Earned a victory in the 50 free (20.66) and on the 200 medley relay team at Yale… Won first-place in the 50 free (20.68) and with the 400 medley relay team over Cornell … Set a Uris Pool record with the winning 200 medley relay team in addition to an individual win in the 50 free (20.47) over Brown … Posted the top times in the 50 free (20.75) and the 100 free (45.88) over Navy … Took both the 100 free (46.05) and 200 free (1:42.54) against Bucknell ... Swam on the winning 200 medley relay squad, in addition to two victories in the 50 free (20.46) and 100 free (44.85) against Princeton … swam on the winning 200 medley relay squad versus Dartmouth.
2013-14: Took the win in the 50 free (21.24) at Bucknell in the first dual-meet of 2014...Grabbed first individual win of the year in the 50 free (20.77) against Yale...
At William Hart: Two-time All-American … named 2011 Santa Clarita Valley Swimmer of the Year … named William S. Hart High School Athlete of the Year in 2011 … captain of the swim team his senior year … named MVP of his team junior and senior year … four-time Foothill League champion … holds the Foothill League record in the 100 backstroke.
Personal: Son of Brenda and Lim Ngan … plans to major in economics … valedictorian of his graduating class … National AP Scholar … named 2011 Student-Athlete of the Year at Hart … two-time Scholastic All-American.
Personal Best
EVENT COURSE TIME MEET DATE CLASS
50 Free SCY 20.28 2013 ECAC Championships 2/28/2013 Sophomore
100 Free SCY 44.57 2014 Ivy League Championships 2/27/2014 Junior
200 Free SCY 1:46.69 Big Al Invitational 12/7/2013 Junior
50 Back SCY 25.14 vs. Harvard 12/10/2011 First-Year
100 Back SCY 53.87 vs. Army 11/17/2012 Sophomore
200 Back SCY 2:00.93 Princeton 'Big Al' Open 12/2/2011 First-year
100 Fly SCY 48.39 2013 ECAC Championship 2/28/2013 Sophomore
200 Fly SCY 1:57.03 Big Al Invitational 12/8/2013 Junior

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12First Year

    Back/Fly/Free

  • 2012-13Sophomore

    Back/Fly/Free

  • 2013-14Junior

    Back/Fly/Free

  • 2014-15Senior

    Back/Fly/Free