Army West Point Athletics
2015-16 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Alex Dempsey
- Class:
- Senior
- Weight:
- null
- Hometown:
- Athens, Ga.
- High School:
- Prince Avenue Christian (Mercersburg)
2015-16: Competed for Army at the ECAC Championships where he clocked two career-best times … touched the wall in 51.57 during the 100 back and 1:49.29 in the 200 back to earn a seventh-place finish … also swam in the 200 IM where he posted a time of 1:54.37 … recorded a 49.77 in the 100 free at the Terrier Invitational which was also a career-best time … swam to a third-place finish in the 200 back (1:54.80) in the tri-meet against Colgate and Lafayette … also clocked a fourth-place time of 53.90 in the 100 back … placed fourth in the 200 back in the tri-meet with American and George Mason with a time of 1:54.23 … also raced in the 100 back (53.55) where he placed sixth … had fourth-place finishes in the backstroke events opposite Lehigh and a third-place time in the 100 back opposite Binghamton and NJIT … branched into the Infantry Corps.
2014-15: Competed for Army at the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Championships … clocked career-best times in each of his two events … placed 11th in the 200 back with a time of 1:50.40 … touched the wall 23rd in the 200 IM (1:54.28) … won the 200 back in the dual-meet against Lehigh … placed fourth in the 200 back in the dual-meet against rival Navy … finished third in the 200 back against Bucknell.
2013-14: Clocked the team's second-best time of the season (1:50.05) in the 200-back ... swam a 24.45 in the 50-back at the Army-Navy meet ... competed in the 100-back (52.71) at the Navy Invitational.
2012-13: Had a breakout sophomore season competing in sprints with a focus on 100 and 200 back...had a personal best at the Patriot League Championships including 200 back with a time of 1:49.31...holds a top-10 record time in the 200 back...also had a fifth-place finish in the 200 back...placed second in 100 back in addition to a first place finish in 200 back at Lehigh (Jan. 11)...touched the wall at 54.16 for a fifth-place in the tri-meet versus Colgate and Lafayette (Jan. 26)...also swam in the 500 free posting a time of 5:10.95...turned in a pair of top-10 finishes during the meet versus Delaware (Jan.18)...touched the wall at 52.94 in 100 back for a fourth place finish at Bucknell...swam for a fourth-place finish at Copa Coqui (Jan.5) in the 100 back...swam for a personal best in 100 back posting at time of 52.61 in addition to a third-place finish in 200 back against Navy (Dec. 6)...competed in his respective races in meet against LIU Post and Columbia (Nov. 17)....finished in the top-10 in 100 and 200 back in the meet versus UConn (Oct.26)...placed sixth in 100 back (53.98) and third in 200 back (1:54.78) against American and George Mason (Jan. 19)...also swam for a time of 4:23.64 in the 400 IM...swam for a personal best in the 200 IM (1:54.48) at the Big Brown Invitational (Dec. 2)...posted a fourth-place finish in the 200 back.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Four-year member of the swim team at Prince Avenue Christian School ... graduated in 2010 ... named Northeast Georgia Athlete of the Year in 2010 ... earned Scholastic All-America honors three times (2008-10) ... attended Mercersburg Academy following high school.
PERSONAL: Enjoys playing golf and baksetball in his spare time ... likes watching hockey ... spent the summer at combat dive school ... favorite mess hall meal is the salad ... loves Disney World and would live there if he could ... best advice ever given, "potential means you ain't done it yet" ... majoring in systems management.
