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Career Best Times: 55.83 in the 100-yard backstroke (9th in school history); 1:55.45 in the 200-yard backstroke (1st in school history); 1:48.44 in the 200-yard freestyle; 4:48.16 in the 500-yard freestyle.
General: For the second year in a row, ranks at the No. 1 spot on the preseason depth chart at 1:55.45 in the 200 back which is also the fastest time in school history...three-time returning letter winner and will co-captain for this years Tar Heel Women's team...is ranked third on UNC's preseason depth chart in the 500-yard freestyle...qualified for NCAAs in the 200-yard backstroke where she swam .08 off her best time...member of the All-ACC Women's Swimming and Diving Academic Team for the 2008-2009 season
Long Course Highlights: Went a career best time in the 200-meter backstroke at 2009 U.S. Open with a time of 2:14.88...Qualified for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200-meter backstroke.
2008-09 (Junior): Set career best time of 1:55.45 in the 200-yard backstroke and placed fourth at ACC Championships making her the fastest in school history...went a best time in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:48.44 at ACCs...Made NCAA Championships in the 200-yard backstroke...was .08 off her career best time in the 200-yard backstroke at NCAAs with a time of 1:55.53...made the Dean's List for the Spring semester and made the ACC honor roll... recognized by the College Swimming Coaches Association as Academic All-Americans...Named to the All-ACC Women's Swimming and Diving Academic Team
2007-08 (Sophomore): Set career best times in the 100-yard backstroke and 500-yard freestyle at the ACC Championships with times of 56.63 and 4:51.70, respectively...her time of 1:57.84 in the 200-yard backstroke at the U.S. Swimming Short Course National Championships in the fall semester lifted her into second place in school history, only .01 seconds from first place on the Tar Heel chart ... finished fourth in the 200-yard backstroke at the ACC Championships... named to 2007-08 ACC Academic Honor Roll.
2006-07 (Freshman): Had a very successful ACC Championship meet...was a member of the victorious 800-yard freestyle relay unit with the team setting a new pool record and achieving an NCAA-B qualifying standard...placed third in the 200-yard backstroke with a career best time, NCAA consideration time and what was then the seventh fastest time in UNC history...was the ninth-place finisher in the 200-yard free, achieving the NCAA-B standard with a 1:50.04...took seventh in the 500-yard free with a career best...named an All-Conference Performer in the 200 backstroke and in the 800 freestyle relay...won the Andrea Erban Award as the team's most dedicated swimmer.
Prep: Graduated from Riverside High School on June 9, 2006...four-year swimming letter winner there in the free, back and IM...a senior national qualifier in the 200 backstroke...also qualified for the U.S. Open in both the 100 and 200 backstrokes ...named a North Carolina All-Star three times... named Riverside's MVP three times...four-year honor roll student...N.C. Scholar...National Honor Society member...junior national qualifier in the 100 and 200 backstrokes.
Personal: Given name is Ashley Brooke Howard...daughter of Ken and Jeannine Howard...was born January 13, 1988 in Durham, N.C ....has one sister Chelsea, 15.
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