Ashleigh Powell

Class:
Senior
High School:
Toledo Christian HS
Hometown:
Oregon, Ohio

as a Junior (2005-06): Posted her second careervictory while swimming to 18 individual and 11 relay top-fivefinishes ... recorded the second-best times on the team in the1,650 freestyle (18:24.98), 100 backstroke (1:00.05) and 200backstroke (2:10.13) ... her career-best time in the 100 backstroke(1:00.05) moved her into fifth place on the program-best list ...her lone win of the season came in the 100 backstroke (1:01.79)against Youngstown State (1/14/06) ... finished in 17th place atthe MAC Championship meet (2/23/06-2/25/06) in the 100 backstrokeand 18th in the 200 backstroke.

as a Sophomore (2004-05): Had five individual andseven relay top-five finishes … was one of five athletes toearn the team student-athlete award … clocked top-five marksin the 200 backstroke (2:12.95), 1,650 freestyle (18:17.55), 1,000freestyle (11:06.00) and 200 freestyle (2:01.53) … had ahandful of top-five finishes against Youngstown State, finishingsecond in the 200 backstroke (2:17.53), third in the 200 freestyle(2:02.90) and fourth in the 800 freestyle relay (8:27.99).

as a Freshman (2003-04): Recorded one victoryand helped the Zips to two first-place relay finishes …finished in the top-five at nine other competitions … wonthe 1650 freestyle with a time of 18:09.30 at the Marshall meet… finished fifth with a time of 2:11.83 in the 200backstroke at the Ball State meet … swam to a second-placewith a time of 10:41.90 in the 1000 freestyle at the Ohio Statemeet … placed 15th with a time of 5:15.91 in the 500freestyle at the Zips Invitational … recorded a 21st-placefinish with a time of 18:11.19 in the 1650 freestyle at the ZipsInvitational.

at Toledo Christian High School: Four-time stateconsolation finalist in the 200 and 500-yard freestyle ... was theonly member of the women’s swim team at for her freshman andsophomore seasons ... Toledo Blade Scholar of the week ... earnedthe Leroy E. Dietz education scholarship and the scholarship forexcellence ... member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Kim and Lynette Powell... father played basketball at Hiram College ... mother was asoftball player at the University of Arizona ... has threesiblings, Alison (19), Blake (17) and Alyssa (15) ... traveled toAustralia with the World Sports Exchange in 2000 ... earlychildhood education major ... currently has a 3.97 GPA.