Honors & Awards:
2020 All-Mountain West honoree (100 Free, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
2020 CSCAA All-American (200 Medley Relay)
2020 CSCAA Scholar All-American (First Team)
2019 All-Mountain West honoree (100 Back, 200 Back, 200 Medley Relay, 400 Medley Relay)
SDSU Scholar-Athlete (Spring 2020, Fall 2020)
2019-20: Named a CSCAA All-American for her part in the Aztecs’ 200 medley relay efforts at the MW Championships … Qualified for the NCAA championships as a part of the Aztecs’ 200 medley relay squad, but was unable to compete as the event was canceled due to the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) ... Collected All-MW individual honors in the 100 back, finishing second in the finals with a time of 53.54, an NCAA ‘B’ cut effort … At the same meet, registered career-best 100 Fly time of 55.17 to finish 14th in prelims … Part of the Aztecs’ first-place 200 and 400 medley relay squads at the conference championships, earning All-MW honors for their efforts … SDSU’s 200 medley relay performance of 1:36.30 marked a conference all-time record, conference championship record, a program record, and an NCAA ‘A’ cut ... Finished third in the 100 back against USD (Jan. 24), touching the wall at 58.21 … Earned a gold-medal finish in the same event in the double-dual against Boise State and Pepperdine (Oct. 19).
2018-19: Member of both the 200 medley (1:36.76) and 400 medley (3:32.28) relay teams that set Mountain West records… Placed fourth in the 100 back at the MW Championships with a time of 53.33, the third-fastest in school history… Placed sixth in the 200 back with a time of 1:57.71 at the MW Championships… Recorded the third-fastest 200 back time in school history in the preliminary round of the MW Championships (1:57.06)… Posted the 10th-fastest 200 IM time in school history with a time of 2:01.64… Earned four all-MW honors (200 medley relay, 400 medley relay, 100 back, 200 back).
2017-18: Finished in first place in the 100 back in the A3 Invitational on Nov. 17, 2017 with a time of 54:55, good for a B-cut time and the seventh fastest time in school history… Also posted the fourth fastest time in school history in the 200 back on Feb. 17 at the Mountain West Championships with a time of 1:57.76… Posted a first-place time in the 100 back in SDSU’s regular-season finale against USD, posting a time of 57.68… Posted a first-place time of 57.72 in the 100 back on Dec. 22 against Air Force and Cal Poly… Finished in first place in both the 50 (27.95) and 100 back (58.76) in season-opening pentathlon meet against USD.
Collegiate Career-Bests
100 Back | 53.33 (at 2019 MW Championships, Feb. 21, 2019)# |
200 Back | 1:57.06 (at 2019 MW Championships, Feb. 23, 2019) |
100 Fly | 55.17 (at 2020 MW Championships, Feb. 21, 2020) |
200 IM | 2:01.64 (at 2019 MW Championships, Feb. 21, 2019) |
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HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year letterwinner as a swimmer at Ben Senior High School in Bend, Ore. under the direction of head coach Tamas Benyasi … Recorded a District 5A first-place finish in the 100 backstroke all four years… Also recorded a first-place finish in District 5A 50 freestyle her senior year and 200 IM her sophomore year… Team won state championship during her freshman, sophomore, and senior campaigns with a second place finish her junior year… Team captain as a senior in 2017.
CLUB
Spent nine years with Bend Swim Club in Bend, Ore.
PERSONAL
Full name is Elliyana Grace Ferrin, born April 17, 1999, in Bend, Ore. … Daughter of Cathy and joe… Enjoys hiking… Lists five-time Olympic gold medalist Missy Franklin as her favorite athlete… Interior design major at SDSU.