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Ally Howe

  • Position
    Back/IM
  • Height
    5-9
  • Class
    Sophomore
  • Highschool
    Sacred Heart Preparatory
  • Hometown
    Portola Valley, Calif.

Biography

Career Accolades
• Three-time national champion
     • 200 Medley Relay - 2016
     • 400 Medley Relay - 2015, 2016
• Eight-time All-America
     • 100 Backstroke (2) - 2015 (7th), 2016 (3rd)
     • 200 Backstroke (1) - 2016 (15th)
     • 200 Free Relay (1) - 2015 (2nd)
     • 200 Medley Relay (2) - 2015 (9th), 2016 (1st)
     • 400 Medley Relay (2) - 2015 (1st), 2016 (1st)
• Six-time Pac-12 champion
     • 100 Back - 2016
     • 200 Medley Relay - 2016
     • 400 Freestyle Relay - 2015, 2016
     • 400 Medley Relay - 2015, 2016
• Holds school records in 100 back (50.71), 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay

American/NCAA Records
• 200-yard medley relay (1:34.15)
• 400-yard medley relay (3:26.25)

2015-16 • Sophomore
• Won two national championships as member of 200 and 400-medley relay teams
• Four-time All-America
    • 100 back (3rd, 50.86), 200 back (15th, 1:52.59), 200 medley relay (1:34.81) and 400 medley relay (3:26.14)
• Set American and NCAA records at Pac-12 Championships as member of 200-yard medley relay and 400-yard medley relay

• Won four Pac-12 titles, including an individual title in the 100 back (50.71)
    • Also a member of winning 200 medley relay (1:34.15), 400 medley relay (3:26.25), 400 free relay (3:11.44)
• Also scored at Pac-12 Championships in the 200 IM (7th, 1:56.28), 200 backstroke (4th, 1:51.47) and 200 free relay (2nd, 1:27.92)

• Won the 100 fly (54.54) and 200 fly (1:59.02) and was part of two winning relays at No. 19 UCLA
Won the 100 back (53.60) vs. No. 7 Arizona
• Won the 200 back (1:57.25) vs. Arizona State

2014-15 • Freshman
• Four-time All-American (100 back, 200 free relay, 200 & 400 medley relay)
• Won Pac-12 titles as member of 400 medley relay (3:29.56) and 400 freestyle relay (3:10.69) teams
• Scored at Pac-12 Championships in 200 medley relay (2nd), 100 back (2nd, 51.72), 200 back (1:53.80) and 200 IM (10th, 1:57.91)

The Howe File
• Member of USA Swimming National Junior Team (2013-2015)
• Swam for Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics club
• Swam at Sacred Heart Prep (Atherton, Calif.)
• Semifinalist in 200 back at 2012 USA Swimming Olympic Trials
• Junior National Champion in 100 Back (2010)
• Competed in five events at the 2014 Phillips 66 National Championships, including an 18th-place finish in the 200 IM and 21st in the 200 back
• Broke National Independent High School Record in 100 back, previously held by Missy Franklin
• Holds CIF Central Coast Section records in 100 back and 200IM
• Four-time CIF Central Coast Section Champion in 100 back
• Three-time CIF Central Coast Section Champion in 200 IM
• CIF Central Coast Section 200 medley and 400 free relay record holder
• Holds all individual and relay records at Sacred Heart Prep
• 2013 San Jose Mercury News "Athlete of the Year"
• Three-time USA Swimming Scholastic All-American
• AP Scholar
• Born in Palo Alto, Calif.
• Daughter of Bradley and Jacqueline Howe