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Career Best Times: 56.63 in the 100-yard backstroke; 1:57.84 in the 200-yard backstroke (2nd in school history); 1:49.74 in the 200-yard freestyle; 4:51.70 in the 500-yard freestyle.
General: Ranks at the No. 1 spot in the preseason depth chart at 1:57.84 in the 200 back...placed fourth in the 200 backstroke at the 2008 ACC Championships ...two-time returning letter winner in the backstroke and middle distance freestyle...competed on the ACC champion 800 free relay team as a freshman.
Long Course Highlights: Qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the 200-meter backstroke.
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...2005 North Carolina long course champion in the 400 IM and as a member of 200 and 400 free relay squads...named a North Carolina All-Star three times...N.C. Zone Team selection in 2002-03...MVP of Pac-6 Conference in 2004...named Riverside High's MVP three times...2005 and 2006 North Carolina state champion in open water swimming...the 2005 North Carolina state long course championships high point winner...four-year honor roll student...North Carolina Scholar...member of National Honor Society...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, 14.
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