bio updated Sept. 22, 2021
Honors & Awards
Holds SDSU Top-10 marks in
50 Free- 22.38 (5th)
100 Free- 48.55 (2nd)
100 Fly- 54.58 (9th)
100 Back- 54.08 (4th)
200 Free Relay (2nd)
400 Free Relay (2nd)
200 Medley Relay (1st)
400 Medley Relay (1st)
2019, 2020 Academic All-Mountain West Honors
2020 CSCAA Scholar All-American (First Team)
SDSU Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2020)
2020 CSCAA All-American (200 medley relay)
2020 All-Mountain West honoree (50 Free, 100 Back, 100 Free, 200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 200 Free relay, 400 free relay)
2019 All-Mountain West honoree (50 Free, 100 Breast, 200 Breast, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay)
2018 All-Mountain West honoree (100 Free, 200 Medley Relay, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay)
2017 All-Mountain West honoree (100 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 200 Medley Relay)
2019-20: Named a CSCAA All-American for her part in the Aztecs’ 200 medley relay efforts at the MW Championships … Concluded her career at the 2020 MW Championships with a first-place finish in the 100 Free, swimming to a career-best and the second-fastest time in program history with a time of 48.55 … Also earned a third-place finish in the 50 free (22.55, fifth fastest time in program history) and a fourth-place finish in the 100 Back (54.08, fourth-fastest time in program history) at the conference championship, leading the Aztecs to their second-straight conference championship … Swam legs of SDSU’s 200 free, 400 free, the school, conference and conference championship-record 200 medley, and 400 medley relays, each earning top finishes at the league title chase ... Totaled two top finishes on her senior day, placing first in the 100 free and 100 back in the Aztecs’ regular-season finale against the University of San Diego … Collected three top-20 finishes at the Mizzou Invitational and three top-10 placements at the Chick-Fil-A Invitational.
2018-19: Member of both the 200 medley (1:36.76) and 400 medley (3:32.28) relay teams that set Mountain West records… Recorded the fourth-fastest 50 free time in school history at the Mountain West Championships (22.60) and finished second in the event… Logged the second-fastest 100 free time in school history at the Mizzou Invitational on Nov. 17 (48.81) and palced third in … Finished second in the 100 free at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 49.66… Won the preliminary round of the 100 free with a time of 49.54… Recorded the ninth-fastest 100 back time in school history at the Mountain West Championships (54.91).... Earned all-MW honors in the 50 free, 100 free, 200 medley relay and 400 medley relay.
2017-18: Earned all-Mountain West status in the 100 free, posting the fifth fastest time in school history at 49.79 and finishing fifth place in the league… Logged a first-place finish in the 100 back against Oregon State on Dec. 30, clocking in at 58.44… Recorded a first-place time against Pepperdine and San Diego in the 50 free at 23.88… Posted two first-place finishes at the A3 Invitational, posting a 23.41 in the 50 free and a 50.52 in the 100 free.
2016-17: Picked up all-Mountain West honors in the 100 freestyle along with three relays (200 free, 400 free, 200 medley) ... At the 2017 conference championship meet, placed fifth in the final of the 100 free in 50.00, eight-best mark ever by an Aztec swimmer ... Won the consolation final of the 50 free with a time of 22.67 at the Mountain West Championships, third-fastest mark in program history ... Her mark of 54.58 in the consolation final of the 100 butterfly ranks as the seventh-fastest by an Aztec ... Competed on three relay teams during the season that set times that rank among the all-time top 10 in SDSU history ... That includes the 200 free relay (1:30.63 -- fifth), 800 free relay (7:17.79 - eighth) and 400 medley relay (3:39.89 - ninth) ... Helped the 400 free relay team record the 10th-fastest time ever at the Aztec Aquaplex (3:28.10) on Oct.14 during the dual meet vs. Vanderbilt and UC San Diego ... Recorded three first-place and three second-place finishes in individual events in dual meet competition.
Collegiate Career Bests
50 Free | 22.55 (at 2020 MW Championships, Feb. 20, 2020) |
100 Free | 48.55 (at 2020 MW Championships, Feb. 22, 2020) |
100 Fly | 54.58 (at 2017 MW Championships, Feb. 17, 2017) |
100 Back | 54.08 (at 2020 MW Championships, Feb. 21, 2020) |
CLUB
Competed for the Jonkopings Simsallskap club ... Competed at the biennial 2015 Universiade in Gwangju, Korea, where she was a member of the seventh-place 400m freestyle relay team (3:44.50) ... Was also on the 800m freestyle relay squad that captured eighth place 9:821.44) ... Swam the anchor leg in the 200 free and third leg in the 800 free relay ... Finished 25th of 112 competitors in the 50m freestyle (26.62) at the 2015 Amsterdam Swim Cup ... Also placed 35th of 135 swimmers in the 100m freestyle (57.94) at that same meet.
PERSONAL
Alma Thormalm was born Feb. 22, 1996 in Eksjo, Jonkoping, Sweden ... Daughter of Birgitta Thormalm and Lars Lindgren ... Majoring in international business at San Diego State.