| Alana Dillette |
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2008 Olympian (Bahamas)
All-American
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'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; the time was also the fourth-fastest on the team and 10th-fastest all-time at Auburn... 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's International School ... Swam with the Swift Swimming club team under coach Andy Knowles.
Personal
Full name is Alana Kathryn Dillette ... Born on December 2, 1987... Parents are Al and Kathryn Dillette ... Two brothers, Adam and Robert... Brother Robert swims for the University of Ottawa ... Mother played volleyball for University of Toronto ... Majoring in hotel and restaurant management.
