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2017-18 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Amit Palkovic

  • Position Breaststroke
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Herzliya, Israel
  • Highschool Tichon Hadash Herzliya

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
Event Time
50m free 31.24
100m breast 1:08.60
200m breast 2:25.63
50m breast 32.33

2017-18: Recorded at time of 2:26.82 in the 200Y breast at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 17)… Placed 5th in the 200Y breast (2:32.26) and earned a time of 1:11.19 in the 100Y breast against Central Connecticut (Jan. 20)… Took 2nd in the 200Y breast (2:27.28), 6th in the 100Y breast (1:08.60) and 8th in the 100Y freestyle (1:09.06), and earned a time of 31.82 in the 50Y freestyle at the Boston University Winter Invitational (Feb. 9-10)

2016-17: Earned a fifth place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:51.61), a seventh place finish in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.82) and an eighth place finish in the 200 breaststroke (2:35.86) at Boston University (Oct. 1)… Took tenth in the 100 breaststroke (1:12.43) and 11th in the 200 breaststroke (2:32.15) at George Mason with Towson (Nov. 5)… Placed 11th in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.23) at Drexel with Delaware (Jan. 7)… Claimed sixth in the 200 breaststroke (2:31.24) against Vermont (Jan. 14)… Finished fifth in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.28) at LIU Brooklyn with Wagner (Jan. 28)… Took first in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.93) at Harvard (Feb. 5)… Placed 24th in the 100 breaststroke (1:09.79), 25th in the 200 breaststroke (2:33.44) and 43rd in the 50 freestyle (31.56) at the 2017 CAA Championships (Feb. 22-25)

2015-16: Snagged fourth place in the 200 breaststroke (2.35.78) vs. MIT (Nov. 6) ... Placed second in the 200 breaststroke (2:29.21) and seventh in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.31) at the Connecticut Husky Open (Feb. 6).

2014-15:  Finished ninth in the 200 breaststroke (2:32.26) against George Mason (Nov. 1) ... Placed tenth in the 100 breaststroke (1:11.24) and ninth in the 200 breaststroke (2:32.61) against Drexel (Jan. 10).

Before NU: Member of Bnei Herzliya swimming and diving team under coach Rubi Shalev … Was also team captain … Finished second in the 50 and 200 breaststroke and third in the 100 breaststroke in Israel during 2012 and 2013 seasons …  2012 Israel U18 champion in the 50, 100, and 200 breaststroke …Placed third in 50, 100, and 200 breaststroke in Israel in 2011.
 
Personal: Hobbies include swimming, skiing, horseback riding, and traveling … graduated from high school with a 4.0 GPA … Computer science and business major … Plans to graduate in 2018.

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Breaststroke
    5'8"
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Breaststroke
    5'8"
  • 2016-17Junior

    Breaststroke
    5'8"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Breaststroke
    5'8"