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2024-25 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Elle Motekaitis

  • Position Freestyle
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Major Travel and Tourism Management (School of Professional Studies)
  • Hometown Davis, CA
  • High School Davis Senior

Biography

Career Results (SwimCloud)
2024-25
  • NCAA 800 Freestyle Relay National Champion (DIII record 7:13.02)
  • All-American and National Runner-Up in the 400 freestyle relay at the NCAA Division III Championships (3/19-22)
  • Second Team All-American in the 200 freestyle (personal-best 1:49.83, 10th place), and 500 freestyle (personal-best 4:53.14, 11th place) at the NCAA’s
  • Member of the winning 400 and 800 freestyle relay teams and set a personal best of 51.35 in the 100 freestyle at the UAA Championships (2/12-15)
  • CSCAA Scholar All-American
  • Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete Team
Pre-NYU
  • Attended the University of California, Davis and was a four-year team member
Personal
  • Four-year swim team and two-year water polo team member in high school
  • Enjoys hiking, going to concerts, and going on trips
  • Plans to work in the travel industry to make it more sustainable and environmentally friendly
Motekaitis on NYU
  • Chose NYU because of “the opportunities that it has to offer in both my swimming and post-swimming life.”