Alaya Smith

Photo by: Braden Huggins

Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Rockwall-Heath
Hometown:
Rockwall, Texas

Top Times:
50 Free: 24.19
100 Breast: 59:76
200 Breast: 2:16.57
100 Fly: 57.31
200 IM: 2:08.90

2020-21 (Freshman):

NCAA Championships: Aided the 400 medley relay team to a top 15 finish with a time of 3:32.64 and clocked in at 1:00.67 in the 100 breast.
SEC Championships: Finished first in the 100 breast B-final lowering her season-best time of 59.76 and aided the 200 medley relay team to a top five finish (1:37.49).
Art Adamson: Aided the 200 medley relay team to a second-place finish with a time of 1:40.57… Swam season-best times in the 50 free (24.95), 100 breast (1:00.86) and 200 breast (2:18.26).

Before A&M:
Earned four letters at Rockwall-Heath High School and was coached by Matt Bird.
Helped her team to top-three finishes at both the district and regional meets in her first two seasons.
Improved her 100 breast time in her sophomore season to earn a third-place finish at the state championship meet. Set the school record in the 100 breast (1:03.53) and was also a member of the school-record setting 200 medley relay (1:45.40) and the 200 free relay (1:36.34) teams.
Spent four years competing for the Rockwall Aquatics Center for Excellence, earning the club’s Most Improved Award in 2019.
Notched a 2020 Olympic Trials qualifier time in the 100 breast.
Earned USA Swimming Scholastic All-America honors in 2019.