2014-15 Men's Swimming & Diving Roster
Roster
Alex Chialastri
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Flourtown, Pa.
- High School:
- Plymouth Whitemarsh
2014-15: Primarily swam in the 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle as well as the 200 and 400 free relays and the 200 and 400 medley relays...named to the Capital One Academic All-America Division I Men's At-Large Third Team…received the Drexel men’s swimming Scholar Athlete award and the Senior Performance of the Year award for the 2014-15 campaign…swam in six finals events at the CAA Championships including victory in the 200 freestyle relay and a third-place individual mark in the 200 freestyle…named All-CAA in the 200 freestyle and three relay events at the CAA Championships…helped set a new school record in the 400 medley relay (3:17.61) and the 800 freestyle relay (6:35.93) at the CAA Championships…owned the team’s top individual time of the season in the 200 freestyle (1:38.66)…named to the 2014-15 CoSIDA Academic All-District II Men’s At-Large Team… named to the 2014-15 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Men’s Swimming Team.
2013-14: Took sixth place at CAA Championships in the 200 free with a time of 1:39.01...shattered 23-year-old school record in the 800 relay during CAA Championships with a time of 6:38.49...landed fourth in the 100 free and third at the Frank Elm Invitational in the 800 free relay, with teammates Pejovic, Klotz, and Lukens…competed at the AT&T National Championships, swimming a 1:41.99 in the 200 free.
2012-13: Selected to the 2013 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Swimming and Diving Team...named the Philadelphia Inquirer's Academic All-Area Performer of the year...led the team in the 100 free, moving to second on Drexel's All-Time Top 5 list with a time of 45.29 at the 2013 Colonial Athletic Association Championships...earned the best time on the team in the 200 free improving to second on Drexel's All-Time Top 5 list with a time of 1:38.63 at the CAA Championships....posted third fastest time in the 50 free with a time of 21.03 at CAA's...was fourth on the team in the 100 fly with a time of 52.68...has been named to the Dean's list four times and earned the CAA Commissioner's Award.
2011-12: Recorded a season-high in the 50 free (21.23), 100 free (45.97) and the 200 free (1:40.63) at the CAA Championships…recipient of the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award.
Background: Four-year letterwinner…broke seven school records and still holds five at Plymouth Whitemarsh…the league’s 2010 Boy Swimmer of the Year, eight-time Suburban 1 and three-time District 1 runner-up…2011 All-American in 100 freestyle...finished fifth in the 100 freestyle and eighth in the 200 freestyle at the 2011 State Championships…2010 All-American in the 200 free…placed fifth in the 200 freestyle and 14th overall in the 100 backstroke at the 2010 State Championships…member of the Plymouth Whitemarsh Aquatic Club…also, a two-year letterwinner in water polo…member of National Honor Society junior and senior year…received a certificate of Honorable Merit Cum Laude of National Latin Examination in 2010.
Personal: Son of Patricia and Gregg Chialastri…majoring in chemical engineering.
