Elena Ramirez Class: Senior Hometown: Champaign, Ill. High School: St. Thomas More Height: 5-2

2007-08
Clocked a 58.00 (ninth in SLU annals) in the 100-fly prelims at the A-10 Championships ... also turned in two 200-fly performances at the A-10s that rank among SLU's all-time top 10 ... her 4:41.17 in the 400 IM at Southern Illinois ranks ninth in the Billiken record books ... finished fourth in the 100 fly (57.53) and 200-fly finals (2:05.67) at the A-10 Championships ... her times in the finals of the 100 and 200 fly each rank seventh in SLU annals ... anchored the 200-free relay (1:38.57) that broke the school record at the conference championships ... was a member of the 200-medley relay that logged the fifth-best time in school history (1:49.13) at the A-10s ... earlier in the season, swam on the 200-medley relay that posted the seventh-fastest time in SLU annals (1:49.49) ... helped the 400-medley relay tally the third-fastest time in school history (3:57.76) at the conference championships ... owned SLU's fastest times in the 100 and 200 breast, the 100 and 200 fly and the 200 and 400 IM ... won the 100 and 200 breast and 200 IM at Wash U ... touched first in the 200 IM and 200 fly at Western Illinois and vs. Illinois-Chicago ... won the 200 IM, 100 back and 100 breast vs. South Dakota State ... finished first in the 50 free and 100 back vs. Eastern Illinois ... placed first in the 200 fly and 200 breast at Eastern Illinois ... came in first in the 200 fly and 200 breast at the Butler Quad ... captured first in the 100 breast and 100 fly and second in the 200 breast vs. Xavier ... finished first in the 400 IM at Southern Illinois ... touched first in the 100 fly at the Lindenwood Quad ... placed second in the 50 fly, seventh in the 100 IM and ninth in the 200 IM at the Show-Me Showdown ... finished second in the 100 fly and 200 IM at the IUPUI Quad.

2006-07
Earned the gold medal in the 100 (55.93) and 200 fly (2:02.74) at the Atlantic 10 Championships for the second straight season ... clocked five times ranked within SLU's top 10 in both the 100 and 200 breast ... swam SLU's third-fastest time (1:05.25) in the 100 breast against Eastern Illinois, which was also a personal best ... claimed seven of the school's top 10 times in both the 100 and 200 fly ... exceeded the NCAA "B" cut time in the 200 fly with a 2:02.21 race against Western Illinois ... swam the third-fastest 50 free in school history (24.71) ... in the 200 IM, turned in five of the top-10 times in SLU annals ... swam the third-fastest 400 IM (4:34.63) at Xavier ... was a member of seven relay teams that clocked top 10 times in their respective events during the season ... established five new personal bests ... won the consolation crown (ninth) in the 100 breast (1:06.71) at the conference championships ... named A-10 Performer of the Week three times (Jan. 2, 15 and 22) ... named team MVP.

2005-06
Broke five individual records and was a part of two relay teams that broke school records ... swam 44 individual events and won 35 of them, including every entry in dual-meet competition ... crowned the A-10 champion in both the 100 and 200 fly after swimming school-record times ... finished second in the 200 IM at the A-10s after posting another school-record time of 2:05.42 ... swam on the 200 and 400 medley relay squads that broke school records at the A-10 Championships ... finished first and set a school record in the 1000 free at the IUPUI Triangular ... posted a school record in the 100 back with a first-place time of 58.25 at Missouri's Show-Me Showdown ... won three times and set two school records (100 and 200 fly) in the season opener at Wash U.

At St. Thomas More
Four-year member of the Sabers swim team ... earned All-America first team honors in the 100 fly each of her four years ... also named All-American in the 200 IM as a senior ... was a Wendy's High School Heisman state finalist ... earned the YMCA Swimming and Diving Most Outstanding Scholar Athletic award in 2005 ... also earned two cross country letters ... awarded a National Honor Society Scholarship ... named an Illinois State Scholar.

Personal
Born Sept. 23, 1986, in Champaign, Ill. ... daughter of Lynda and Nestor Ramirez ... majoring in nutrition and dietetics with a concentration in culinary arts.

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