Ayumi Macias - Swimming & Diving - Arkansas Razorbacks

Ayumi Macias

Jr. | 5-11 | Free | Aguascalientes, Mexico | SEP

Sophomore (2017-18)
>> 2018 CSCAA Scholar All-America Honorable Mention
>> 2017-18 Winter SEC Honor Roll
>> 2017 Fall Academic Honor Roll
>> 2018 Spring Academic Champion

Recorded two personal-bests one at the SEC Championships in the 200 Free (1:46.38) and another at the Art Adamson Invite in the 200 Back (2:01.31) … posted a season-best at the Nebraska meet in the 1000 Free (9:47.30) … recorded three (B) cut times on the year.

Freshman (2016-17)
» All-SEC Freshman honors
» 2016-17 First-Year Academic Honor Roll member
» 2017 CSCAA First Team Scholar All-American

Tallied 11 NCAA “B” cuts during her freshman year, the third-most on the team … holds the second-fastest mark in school history in the 500 free with a lifetime best 4:40.92 (B) at the NCAA Championships, good for a 21st-place finish … clocked the top-five times on the team in the 500 free during her first year … swam a lifetime best 1:47.64 at the NCAA Championships for a 47th-place finish in the 200 free … recorded three of the top-four times on the team in the 200 free during the 2016-17 season, including the top two … possessed the top three times by an Arkansas swimmer in the 1000 free during the season, including four of the top-five … swam the three-fastest times on the team in the 1650 free … member of the fourth-fastest 800 free relay in school history at the SEC Championships in a time of 7:10.12 … became only the second Arkansas freshman to qualify for the NCAA Championships in an individual event since the 2008 season … swam for her home country of Mexico at the 2017 FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

High School/Club
Was a member of the Mexican National Team in Pan American Games, Toronto 2015, Central American Games, Veracruz 2014 and Junior Worlds Swimming Championships, Dubai 2013 … participated in the 2014 Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing, China where she swam a lifetime best in the 800M free with a time of 8:41.53 for long course … swam a lifetime best in the 2014 FINA Short Course World Swimming Championships in the 200M free (2:02.95), 400M free (4:09.76) and 800M free (8:33.90).

Personal
Born Jan. 1, 1997 … daughter of Laura Alba and Manuel Macias … has two older siblings, Celeste and Skyler … majoring in international business.

2017-18 Season Bests

EventTimeMeetDate
200 Free1:46.38SEC Championships02/14/18
500 Free4:43.32SEC Championships02/15/18
1000 Free10:06.10Nebraska11/03/17
1650 Free16:21.93SEC Championships02/18/18
400 IM4:18.84Art Adamson Invite11/17/17
200 Back2:01.31Art Adamson Invite11/18/17

2016-17 Season Bests

EventTimeMeetDate
200 Free1:47.64NCAA Championships03/17/17
500 Free4:40.92NCAA Championships03/16/17
1000 Free9:47.30SEC Championships02/18/17
1650 Free16:08.86Georgia Tech Invitational11/19/16
200 IM2:09.89Houston/Vanderbilt/Clemson01/20/17
400 IM4:14.54Georgia Tech Invitational11/18/16

Lifetime Bests

EventTimeMeetDate
200 Free1:46.38SEC Championships02/14/18
500 Free4:40.92NCAA Championships03/16/17
1000 Free9:47.30SEC Championships02/18/17
1650 Free16:08.86Georgia Tech Invitational11/19/16
200 IM2:09.89Houston/Vanderbilt/Clemson01/20/17
400 IM4:14.54Georgia Tech Invitational11/18/16
200 Back2:01.31Art Adamson Invite11/18/17