Ellen Atkinson
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- Height:
- 5-6
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- Hometown:
- Katy, Texas
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Events:
- Backstroke/Freestyle
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- Previous School:
- Katy HS
Bio
2019-20 Senior Season: Named to the 2020 SCAC Winter Student-Athlete Academic Honor Roll.
2018-19 Junior Season:
2017-18 Sophomore Season: Named to the Scholar’s List for the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Fastest Times:
100 Freestyle: 1:04.69 Trinity 10/20
50 Freestyle: 28.66 Hendrix Invite 12/1-2
100 Freestyle: 1:05.91 Austin College Invite 1/6
100 Backstroke: 1:12.80 Hendrix Invite 12/1-2
50 Backstroke: 33.51 Southwestern 10/21
200 Backstroke: 2:38.25 Hendrix Invite 12/1-2
2016-17 Freshman Season:
Fastest Times:
200 Freestyle
2:17.07 vs Hendrix Classic 10/29
50 Freestyle
27.58 vs Austin 1/14
100 Backstroke
1:05.87 SCAC Championships 2/11
500 Freestyle
6:07.18 vs Hendrix Invite 11/19
50 Backstroke
31.29 SCAC Championships (Split from 200 medley relay) 2/11
200 Backstroke
2:23.95 SCAC Championships 2/11
Prior to Centenary: Member of the Katy HS swim team ... While with the Tigers, captured the University Interscholastic League Scholar Award, Citizenship Award, World History Award, and Academic and Varsity Letters ... Graduated with High Honors.
Personal: Born July 9... Daughter of Stephen Atkinson and Joan Benoit ... Majoring in both biology and math.
Favorite Movie: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Hobbies: Travelling
Favorite Athlete: Nathan Mackinnon and Emily Seebohm
News mentions
The Centenary men's and women's swimming team will celebrate “Senior Day” on Saturday as the Maroon and White welcome Austin College to town for a 1 p.m. meet at the Centenary Fitness Center. Three seniors (Ellen Atkinson, Jessi Jordan, and Eddie Dyess) will be honored in Centenary’s final home meet of the season. Atkinson (Katy, Texas) and Jessi Jordan (Dallas, Texas) are the two Ladies’ seniors. Atkinson swims the Backstroke and Freestyle while Jordan competes in the Breaststroke and IM. Dyess, a native of Vidor, Texas, competes in the Breaststroke and Freestyle and is the lone Gent senior this season.
The Centenary men's and women's swimming team returned to action on Saturday for the first time in the New Year as the Gents finished fourth and the Ladies third in the Austin College Invite at the Hannah Natatorium. The Ladies finished with a final team score of 327 while the Gents earned a 233 mark.
The Centenary men's and women's swimming team will welcome Millsaps to town on Friday, Nov. 8 for a dual meet set for 4 p.m. at the Centenary Fitness Center. The Ladies placed fourth last weekend at the Hendrix Relays/Hendrix Classic in Conway, Ark. while the men finished sixth. Millsaps and Centenary are meeting for the second time this season as the Maroon and White opened its 2019-20 season last month with a sweep of the Majors in a dual meet on the road. The women won, 94-70 and the men won by a count of 61-47.
The Centenary men’s and women’s swimming teams finished sixth and fourth respectively in the 52nd Annual Hendrix College Classic last Saturday at the Bob Courtway Pool. Centenary opened its 2019-20 season last month with a sweep of Millsaps in a dual meet on the road. The women won, 94-70 and the men won by a count of 61-47.