Amanda Pallija
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- Year:
- Junior
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- Hometown:
- Wadsworth, Ohio
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- High School:
- Wadsworth
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- Last College:
- Free/IM
2011-12 - SOPHOMORE SEASON
Had the team's second-best time on the year in the 1,000-yard free (10:32.64)...Also had the fourth-best time in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.23) and 1,650-yard freestyle (18:24.97), as well as the team's fifth-best time in the 500-yard freestyle (5:06.45) ...Finished 11th at the league championships in the 500 freestyle and 13th in the 200 freestyle
2010-11 - FRESHMAN SEASON
Swam fifth fastest 500 free (5:08.18) and third fastest 1,000 free (10:42.63)...also recorded team's fourth fastest 400 IM (4:50.11) at the Horizon League Championships, the 18th best time in the league...placed 13th in the 500 free (5:08.12) - setting her new personal best...also set a personal record in the 1,000 free (10:42.63), placing 15th in the Horizon League...consistently improved her times, knocking 3.8 seconds off her time in the 100 free and 5.6 seconds off her 200 IM by the end of the year.
HIGH SCHOOL
District qualifier all four years at Wadsworth High, as well as a state qualifier as a sophomore and senior...three-time all-county selection...member of relay teams that set four school records.
PERSONAL
Born July 16, 1991 in Akron, Ohio...daughter of Anthony and Wendy Pallija...has two brothers, Brian and Jeff, and one sister, Allison...member of volleyball teams that were district champions in 2007 and 2010, and was a state qualifier on the school track team...member of the National Honor Society...physical therapy major.
