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
2024-25 Swimming & Diving Roster
Pfaff, Ali
Ali Pfaff
- Position:
- Back/Free
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Rockbridge County High School
- Hometown:
- Lexington, Va.
Bio
Personal Bests and Event Progression
Career Accolades
2023-24 (Freshman)
Prior to Duke: Scholastic All-American sophomore and junior season … High School Class 3 State Champion, Jr. in the 50 Freestyle and the 100 Freestyle her junior season … High School Class 3 State Champion in the 100 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke during her senior season … VSI State Champion in the 50 Freestyle … VSI State Champion and new VSI record in the 100 Backstroke and 200 Backstroke … Rockbridge County High School Athlete of the Year, 2023 and Daily News Record Valley Swimmer of the Year, 2023 … Held positions in Student Council for three years … Wellsley College Book Award … Chemistry Honors Academic Award .. Algebra II Honors Academic Award … Digital Photography I Academic Award … Digital Photography II Academic Award … AP Government and Politics Academic Award … AP Statistics Academic Award … Environmental Science Academic Award … Mother Julie Woodzicka, swam at University of Wisconsin-EAU Claire (1987-88)
Career Accolades
- First Team All-American (400 Medley Relay - 2023-24)
- Second Team All-American (200 Medley Relay - 2023-24)
- Second Team All-American (200 Backstroke - 2023-24)
- Placed first in the 200 Backstroke (1:55.48) and second in the 100 Backstroke (52.57) against Virginia TechÂ
- Collected two first-place finishes against South Carolina in the 100 Backstroke (51.66) and the 100 Backstroke (1:53.69)
- Against Northwestern, Pfaff placed third in the 100 Freestyle (49.14)
- Swam a 51.36 100 Backstroke against Tennessee to clinch a first-place finishÂ
- Posted a season-best 100 Backstroke at the ACC Championship with a 51.11 time, and earned a seventh-place finish. She also secured a ninth-place finish at the ACC Championship in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 1:52.05.
- Swam a season-best 50 Freestyle (22.35) at the NCAA Division I Women’s ChampionshipsÂ
2023-24 (Freshman)
- First Team All-American in the 400 Medley Relay and two-time second-team All-American in the 200 Medley Relay and 200 Backstroke
- Posted a career-best and school records at the NCAA Championships in the 100 Backstroke (51.65) and 200 Backstroke (1:52.41)
- Scored 37 points at the ACC Championships
- 100 Backstroke champion at the GAC Invitational
- Posted nine event wins during her freshman campaign
- Finished 17th in the 100 backstroke at the US Olympic Trials, clocking a time of 1:00.77, a new personal best
- Swam a personal best in the 50 backstroke at the US Olympic Trials, touching with a time of 29.48
- Set personal bests in the 50 freestyle (22.61), 200 Medley Relay (24.26), 100 backstroke (51.65), 400 Medley Relay (51.77) and 200 backstroke (1:52.41) at the NCAA Championships
- Swept the 100- and 200 backstroke against North Carolina (1/26) finishing first in both events with times of 53.26 and 1:55.91
- Earned a NCAA B-Cut and set a personal best in the 100 backstroke, finishing fourth at the ACC Championships, posting a time of 52.00
Prior to Duke: Scholastic All-American sophomore and junior season … High School Class 3 State Champion, Jr. in the 50 Freestyle and the 100 Freestyle her junior season … High School Class 3 State Champion in the 100 Freestyle and 100 Backstroke during her senior season … VSI State Champion in the 50 Freestyle … VSI State Champion and new VSI record in the 100 Backstroke and 200 Backstroke … Rockbridge County High School Athlete of the Year, 2023 and Daily News Record Valley Swimmer of the Year, 2023 … Held positions in Student Council for three years … Wellsley College Book Award … Chemistry Honors Academic Award .. Algebra II Honors Academic Award … Digital Photography I Academic Award … Digital Photography II Academic Award … AP Government and Politics Academic Award … AP Statistics Academic Award … Environmental Science Academic Award … Mother Julie Woodzicka, swam at University of Wisconsin-EAU Claire (1987-88)
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