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Justin Alderson

Justin Alderson - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
Height 6-3
Major Mechanical Engineering
Hometown Germantown Hills, Ill.
Last School Metamora Township High School (Metamora, Ill.)
Year Freshman
Justin Alderson - Swimming & Diving - Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

2022-23 CSC Academic All-District Team

2022-23 ACC All-Academic Team

2020-21 NCAA Championship Participant

2022-23 (Junior): Competed in the freestyle and breastroke … Won the 50 free (21.02) and placed second in the 100 free (46.25) at UNCW … Swam a fourth-place time of 20.79 in the 50 free versus Pitt and Boston College … Recorded the third-best time on the team in the 100 free off a relay leadoff (44.32) at the Georgia Fall Invite … Finished fifth in the 50 free (20.76) and sixth in the 100 free (45.61) against Texas A&M and SCAD … Swam a leg of the 400 free relay (2:58.73/44.90) that placed second versus Auburn … Placed second in the 200 breast (2:05.52) versus Gardner-Webb … Competed at the ACC Championships, swam a season-best time in the 50 Free prelims (20.19) and qualified for the 100 breast C final … Recorded a NCAA B cut time (53.41) in the 100 breast finals of the Bulldog Qualifying Meet

2021-22 (Sophomore): Competed in the freestyle and breaststroke … Recorded third fastest 100 breast time (52.87) in program history at the Bulldog Invitational earning a B cut … Earned a B cut in the 50 free (19.92) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Also swam the 100 breast (53.45) and 200 breast (1:59.27) at the Georgia Tech Invitational … Competed in the 50 free (19.93), 100 breast (53.03) and 200 breast (2:01.16) at the ACC Championships … Placed third in the 200 breast (2:08.82) against Gardner-Webb … Swam the 50 breast (25.63), 75 breast (40.86), 150 breast (1:32.74) and the lead leg of the 200 free relay (20.97) … Swam 50 free (20.87), 100 breast (57.87) and 200 breast (2:05.30) during North Carolina road trip against UNC and Duke … Clocked in at 21.05 in the 50 free against Florida State … Opened the season in the 100 breast (59.48) against SCAD

2020-21 (Freshman): Competed in the freestyle, breaststroke and individual medley … NCAA Participant … Swam with the record setting 200 free relay (1:17.70) team … Set the sixth best time in program history in the 100 breast (53.51) at the ACC Championships which was an NCAA B qualifying time … Swam his best 50 free (20.28) and 200 breast (2:00.39) at the ACC Championships … Turned in his fastest individual medley (1:48.80) at the Georgia Invitational … Secured times in the 100 breast (57.97), 200 breast (2:07.35) and the 200 IM (1:56.91) against Florida State … Touched fifth and sixth, respectively, in the 100 breast (57.95) and 200 breast (2:10.16) against Auburn … Swam fifth in the 200 breast (2:07.97), sixth in the 100 breast (57.67) and sixth in the 100 IM (54.21) against Alabama … Placed fourth in 50 free (21.17) against Gardner Webb

High School: 2017 Mid-Illini Conference Champion in the 200 IM and 500 free… 2018 Mid-Illini Conference Champion in the 100 breast… 2019 Mid-Illini Conference Champion in the 500 free… Boys Swim MVP (2017, 2018 & 2019)… 2019 NISCA All-American (100 breast)… 2019 Scholastic All-American… 2019 Peoria Journal Star Swimmer of the Year… Rewrote record boards for high school swim team in every event… First male in school history to qualify for state… Valedictorian… National Honors Society member… FCA leader.

Personal: Has two sisters… Picked Tech because of academics, top-tier swim program and to fulfill a dream he has had since high school… Enjoys relaxing with friends, reading a good book, hammocking, kayaking and playing sand volleyball.

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