Personal Bests:
50 free: 23.26
100 free: 50.83
200 free: 1:52.35
As a Junior (2007-08): Swam a season-best mark (23.48) in the 50 free at the ACC Championships...finished fifth in the 50 free at the Terrapin Cup and won the event against Duke...finished third in the 100 free v. Duke...member of NCAA B-cut 200 free relay that finished sixth at the ACC Championships.
As a Sophomore (2006-07): Won the 100-yard freestyle (51.07) against Johns Hopkins in the season opener ... placed first in both the 50 free (24.06) and 100 free (51.64) and was a member of the first-place 200 medley relay team (1:46.99) and 200 free relay team swimming an NCAA B-cut time of 1:33.00 at Duke and NC State ... placed fifth in the championship final for the 50 free (23.78), finished 10th after qualifying for the bonus consolation final in the 100 free (51.54) and placed 26th overall in the 200 free (1:53.94) at the Terrapin Cup ... was also a member of the second-place 800 free relay team (7:30.24), third-place 200 free relay team (1:34.74), fourth-place 200 medley relay team (1:46.42), fourth-place 400 free relay team (3:26.66) and sixth-place 400 medley relay team (3:52.20) at Terp Cup ... took second in the 100 free (53.09), second in the 200 free (1:55.08) and helped the 400 free relay team to a first-place finish (3:31.28) at West Virginia ... won the 50 free (23.87), took second in the 100 free with an NCAA B-cut time (50.83), was a member of the first-place 200 medley relay team (1:45.72), first-place 400 medley relay team (3:49.82), second-place in the 200 medley relay (1:34.88), and second-place 400 free relay team (3:28.92) against Pittsburgh, Richmond, and Villanova ... took second in the 50 free (24.01), 100 free (52.53), and was a member of the first-place 400 free relay team (3:30.66) against Virginia Tech and Georgia Tech ... won the 50 free (23.63) and placed fifth in the 200 free (1:55.46) and was part of the first-place 200 medley relay team (1:45.95) and second-place 200 free relay team (1:35.45) at North Carolina ... won the 100 free (51.38) and was part of the first-place 200 free relay team (1:35.59) and second-place 200 medley relay team (1:44.47) at Virginia ... at the ACC Championships, was a consolation finalist and point scorer for Maryland in the 50 free and 100 free ... finished eighth in the 50 free (23.60) after swimming a season best and NCAA B-cut time of 23.31 in the prelim, and placed 12th in the 100 free (51.18) at ACCs ... also swam a 1:52.35 in the 200 free for 22nd place at ACCs ... contributed to a sixth-place finish in the 200 medley (1:43.67), a sixth-place finish in the 200 free relay with an NCAA B-cut time (1:33.51), a sixth-place finish in the 400 medley relay (3:45.58), and a fourth-place finish in the 400 free relay with an NCAA B-cut time (3:24.23) at ACC Championships.
As a Freshman (2005-06): Competed at the U.S. Open in both the 50-meter free and the 100-meter free events ... finished 16th overall in the 50 free at the U.S. Open (27.33) ... won the 50 free (23.89) and 100 free (51.86) against Duke and Miami ... won the 100 free (51.63) at the Terrapin Cup Invitational ... won the 50 free against NC State (23.76) ... won the 100 free (51.12) against North Carolina ... led off the fifth place 800 free relay team (7:23.92) and anchored the third place 200 medley relay team (1:42.04) on the first day of ACC Championships ... took seventh in the 50 free at ACC Championships (23.44) after setting a personal record (23.26) in prelims ... anchored the 400 medley relay team that finished fourth (3:45.21) at ACCs ... took fifth in the 100 free at ACCs, swimming a 51.00 to follow her career best 50.94 in the prelims.
Before Maryland: Competed in the 50 and 100 free at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and at the World Championships in Barcelona ... participated in the 2003 World Cup Series in Germany and China ... is the national record holder in the 50 breast ... five-time national champion in the 50 breast.
Personal: Yelena Skalinskaya ... daughter of Alex and Olga ... enjoys writing poems and playing water polo ... lists competing at the 2004 Olympic Games as her biggest athletic thrill ... was also recruited by Georgia Tech.
