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SEnior Women
Team captain
… Junior:
Touched in
1:06.49 for a
personal best
in the 100
breast ACC
Championship
prelims to qualify for the bonus finals … recorded
a personal best in the 200 breast bonus finals
(2:24.78) … scored for Duke in the 100 breast
versus Davidson, finishing third … at the Patriot
Invitational, took 12th place in the 500 free with
a personal-best mark of 5:11.29 … also finished
12th in the 400 IM, 100 breast and 200 breast …
named to the ACC Honor Roll … Sophomore:
Swam her season-best time in the 200 breast at the
ACC Championships (2:26.22) … posted the fifth-best Duke time in the
1000 free and 200 fly, with times of 10:46.68 and 2:14.16, respectively
… recorded team fourth-best times at the Patriot Invitational in the 100
breast and 400 IM events … named to the ACC Honor Roll … Freshman:
Qualified for the bonus heat at the ACC Championships in the 400
IM and 200 breast … competed in five events throughout the year,
peaking at ACC’s, where she set three personal bests - 200 breast, 200
IM, 400 IM … Prep: Graduated from Spring Valley High School in
Columbia, S.C. ... earned All-Region and All-State honors all four years ...
named All-Area after junior and senior seasons ... four-time regional
champ and two-time state champ in the 100 breast ... earned state titles
in the 200 IM ... qualified for Junior Nationals in the 100 and 200 breast
and 200 and 400 IM events ...named National Merit Finalist and Academic
All-America ... President of National Honor Society ... member of
National Spanish Honor Society and Beta Club … Personal: Born Amy
Elizabeth Brown on June 9, 1986 ... daughter of Jeff and Karen Brown ...
both parents graduated from Duke ... has one brother, Douglas, and one
sister, Meredith ... Douglas was a member of the crew team at Duke from
1997-2000, while Meredith swam at Emory from 1998-2002.
Did not compete
as a
sophomore
and junior
due to injury
... named to
the ACC
Honor Roll
junior year ... Freshman: Swam four events for
the Blue Devils, setting personal bests in each -
26.07 50 free at the ACC Championships; 57.38
100 free against Virginia; 5:24.87 500 free at
Richmond; 2:15.19 200 IM at the Patriot Invitational
… Prep: Did not swim senior season at
the Bishop's School due to injury ... four-time CIF champion first three
years ... earned two top finishes in the 100 breast and one each in the 200
IM and 200 medley relays ... holds four individual school records ... team
captain junior season ... named Union Tribune Scholar-Athlete all four
years ... AP Scholar and honor roll recipient ... received Certificate of
Merit Letter of Commendation … Personal: Born Catherine Tileston
Gordon on January 10, 1986 in Boston, Mass. ... daughter of John Gordon
and Jane Burns ... has one sister, Lisa.
Team captain
… Junior:
Notched the
third-best
1650 free
time on the
s q u a d
(18:03.80) at
the Patriot Invitational … swam personal seasonbests
in the 100 breast (1:09.63) and 200 breast
(2:27.70) preliminaries at the ACC Championships
… scored for Duke versus East Carolina,
finishing fifth in the 1000 free … recorded a victory
in the 200 breast and placed third in the
1000 free and fifth in the 100 breast against
Career Bests
500 Free 5:11.29
1000 Free 10:39.51
100 Breast 1:06.49
200 Breast 2:24.78
200 IM 2:09.40
400 IM 4:34.18
200 Fly 2:14.16
Career Bests
50 Free 26.07
100 Free 57.38
500 Free 5:24.87
200 IM 2:15.19
Career Bests
500 Free 5:05.80
1000 Free 10:27.81
1650 Free 17:09.01
100 Breast 1:07.91
200 Breast 2:26.57
Davidson to contribute 13 points to Duke's team tally … was named to
the ACC Honor Roll … Sophomore: Posted a career-best time of 2:26.57
in the 200 breaststroke prelims at the ACC Championships … swam the
mile in 17:30.68 at ACCs … holds the second-best Duke time for 2005-
06 in that event with a mark of 17:25.38, behind Jackie Rodriguez's
mark of 17:06.92 … also is second to Rodriguez in the 1000 freestyle …
recorded a Duke third-best time in the 500 free, 100 breaststroke and
200 breaststroke … was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll …
Freshman: Swam in finals of 1650 free at ACC Championship, placing
21st … set personal bests in the finals of the 500 freestyle and 200
breast at the Patriot Invitational … best 1000 free time came at East
Carolina … Prep: Holds records at Castalleja School in 100 breast, 500
free, 200 free, 200 free relay and 200 medley relay ... earned team and
league MVP honors three times ... won four events at league championships
and remained undefeated throughout league competition during
final three seasons ... team captain as a senior ... freshman season cut
short due to shoulder surgery ... National Merit finalist ... member of
National Honor Society ... featured in Who's Who Among American
High School Students junior and senior years … Personal: Born Alexa
Kathleen Namba on Sept. 9, 1986, in Stanford, Calif. ... daughter of
Myron and Rhonda Namba ... mother swam and cheered at Michigan ...
majoring in biological anthropology and anatomy with minors in chemistry
and art history.
Junior:
Swam the
100 back in
a career-best
mark of
1:03.42 in
the ACC
Championships prelims … also set a career best
in the 200 back prelims (2:15.16) … finished
second in the 500 free to score for Duke versus
Davidson … finished the 500 free race in 5:32.19
to set a personal best at the Patriot Invitational
Team captain
… Junior:
Secured a season-best
100
back time in
the ACC
Championship
prelims
(1:00.35) … was a member of Duke's second-fastest
200 freestyle (1:37.56) and 400 medley
(3:52.26) relay teams … took first place in the 50
free versus Davidson, touching in 25.69 seconds
… was named to the ACC Honor Roll … Sophomore:
Posted the fastest time on the team in the
50 free (24.14) … combined with Katie Ness, Nora
Career Bests
100 Back 1:03.42
200 Back 2:15.16
500 Free 5:32.19
… named to the ACC Honor Roll … Sophomore: Swam the 500 free
in 5:34.04 in a dual meet versus East Carolina for a personal-best time
… was named to the ACC Honor Roll … Freshman: Did not swim
for Duke as a freshman … Prep: Was a four-time letterwinner in
swimming at Langley High School … received All-America consideration
her junior and seniors years for the 400 free relay … was named
to the All-District team as a junior … was valedictorian of her class …
member of the National Honor Society … Personal: Born Sara Park
Reynolds on September 19, 1986 … daughter of Sung and Don Reynolds
… has one sister, Melissa, who is a senior on the Duke swim team this
year … mother is a Duke graduate … is double-majoring in environmental
science and policy and earth and ocean sciences.
Career Bests
50 Free 24.14
100 Free 53.00
200 Free 1:55.79
100 Back 1:00.24
200 Back 2:09.84
Stupp and Emily Kelly for the season-best time in the 400 medley relay
(3:51.52), notching that time in the ACC Championships and finishing
in eighth place … posted a season-best time in the 400 freestyle relay
with Danielle Spearman, Julia Lewis and Ness at ACCs (3:28.53) …
broke the 200 freestyle relay school record with Spearman, Stupp, and
Lewis, posting a time of 1:35.86 at the ACC Championships, besting
the previous record of 1:35.91 … set career-best marks in the 50 free
prelims and 200 free prelims at ACC’s … earned a season-best time in
the 100 backstroke event in Duke's regular-season ending meet versus
Clemson … was named to the ACC Honor Roll … Freshman: Member
of 200 freestyle relay team that had a season-best time of 1:36.07 …
swam in the 100 freestyle finals at the Patriot Invite … Prep: Graduated
from Carrollton ... held Georgia Independent School Association
state record in the 100 backstroke sophomore and junior years ... twotime
state champ in the 50 freestyle ... four-time HS MVP ... also
lettered in softball for four years ... Valedictorian of senior class ...
Scholastic All-America senior year ... honors graduate with distinction
… Personal: Born Anna Regina Rogers on August 7, 1986, to William
and Rhonda Rogers ... has a brother, Evan, and two sisters, Karis and
Caroline ... hopes to attend medical school after graduating ... majoring
in biology.
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