Ashley Carusone Junior Individual Medley/Butterfly High Springs (Gainesville High) Honorable Mention All-America Three-time All-SEC

UF All-Time Ranking: Ninth in the 200 fly (1:58.85).

National/International Competition: Competed at the 2004 Olympic trials in the 400 IM prelims with a time of 4:51.97 for 16th place as well as the 200 IM prelims with a time of 2:19.51 for 21st place, and took 23rd in 2:16.18 in the 200 fly … Swam a career-best time in the 200 fly (2:18.26) at the 2004 USA Spring Nationals (2/11) … Finished fifth (C) in the 200 fly (2:19.43) and sixth (C) in the 400 IM (4:59.19) at the 2003 U.S. Open (12/4-6) ... Took third at the Texas Senior Circuit Championships, with a 400 IM finals time of 4:55.46, also finished 10th with a 400 free prelim time of 4:26.65, then swam the 400 free finals in 4:21.59 for 10th-place, also earned fifth in the 200 fly (2:20.22), took 10th in the 200 IM prelims (2:23.12) and clocked 2:05.89 for 14th place in the 200 free.

At Florida:
2004-05: All-SEC performer in the 400 IM … Set three career records … Tallied 17 top-five finishes … Academic All-SEC honoree … Recorded one automatic NCAA qualifying time and six provisional clockings … Earned a top-20 finish in the 400 IM at the NCAA Championships, also competed in the 500 free and the 200 fly … Finished sixth in the 400 IM at the SEC Championships with an automatic-qualifying time (4:14.81) and bettered a career mark in the prelims of the 400 IM, swimming a 4:13.90 … Set a career best in the 500 free at the SEC Championships with a provisional 4:47.77 clocking, good for 12th-place, also finished in the top 10 in the 200 fly at the conference meet and recorded two provisional times (1:59.51, 2:00.90) in the event … Set a new career best and won the 1,000 free against IRCC (2/5) … Earned second-place honors in the 200 fly against Tennessee (1/29) … Swam a provisional time (2:03.21) to place third in the 200 IM against Virginia (1/28) … Placed fourth in the 200 free against Alabama (1/22) … Earned fourth in the 400 IM and sixth in the 200 fly against Auburn (1/21) … Won the 500 free against Miami (1/8) … Swam the second leg on the runner-up 800 FR team at the Miami Invitational (1/7), also placed fourth in the 400 IM … Earned runner-up honors in the 200 fly and placed fifth in the 500 free against Florida State (11/16) … Captured first-place in the 500 free and placed second in the 200 free against South Carolina (11/12) … Placed in the top 10 and recorded a provisional time (16:49.75) in the 1,650 free against Purdue (11/6) … Also finished in the top 10 in the 400 IM and in the 800 FR against the Boilermakers (11/6) … Established a new career best (9:49.53) in a winning effort in the 1,000 free against Georgia (10/28) … Also placed fifth in the 400 FR and fourth in the 200 fly against the Bulldogs (10/28) … Finished second in the 200 fly and fourth in the 500 free against Michigan (10/16) … Won the 200 fly against Florida Atlantic (10/8).

2003-04: Honorable Mention All-American (400 IM) … Earned two All-SEC honors … Ten NCAA provisional qualifying times … Twelve top-three finishes … Recorded at least a provisional time in the 400 IM in every attempt … Took 15th in the 400 IM with a career-best time of 4:42.74 and 41st in the prelims of the 400 free with a career-best time of 4:13.02 at the NCAA Championships, as well as clocking 2:13.07 for 17th in the 200 fly ... Swam an automatic time of 4:14.96 in the 400 IM finishing sixth, but posted a faster time in prelims (4:14.90), also finished eighth in the 200 fly with a provisional time of 1:59.95, but swam a career-best time of 1:58.85 in the prelims and finished 10th in the 1,650 free with a career-best provisional time of 16:36.82 at the SEC Championships … Finished second in the 200 IM (2:05.73) at Tennessee (1/31) … Touched the wall third in the 800-meter free vs. Alabama (1/24) with a career-best time of 9:03.29 … Swam a provisional time of 4:19.17 in the 400 IM vs. No. 16 Arizona State (1/9) en route to a third-place finish … Earned second-place in the 200 fly (2:02.53) vs. the Sun Devils … Clocked the second best time in the 500 free (4:55.78), as well as a second-place finish in the 200 free (1:51.74), and swam on the 400 FR team with the second best time (3:36.15) vs. Kentucky (1/3) … Took second in the 1,000 free (10:00.67) at South Carolina (11/14) … Swam two provisional times at Georgia (11/13) in the 200 fly (2:01.34) and 500 free (4:51.17), finishing fourth in both events … Claimed first in the 200 IM (2:02.24), a provisional qualifying time, and fourth in the 200 breast (2:22.75) vs. FSU (11/11) … Finished third in the 200 breast (2:27.16), tied for fourth in the 200 back (2:08.05), and clocked the fifth-best time in the 50 free (25.11) vs. Arkansas (10/23) … Won the 1,650 free (16:42.01) and placed third in the 400 IM (4:20.60), both provisional qualifying times, at the Florida Invitational … In first collegiate meet, placed second in the 200 fly (2:02.34), at the Michigan-FAU (10/17) double dual meet.

High School: A 2003 graduate of Gainesville High … A four-time state champion in the 200 IM (2:01.19) and 500 free (4:51.47) in 2002 … 2001 State Champion in 200 IM (2:02.82) and 500 free (4:54.59) … Holds five school records … All-American in 500 free, 200 IM and 100 fly … Team captain … Qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 200 and 400 IM, as well as the 200 fly … Member of the track and cross country teams … Placed third in State Championships for cross country … Track district champion in the two mile … High school swim coach was Rob Ramirez.

Club: Member of the North Central Florida YMCA and was coached by Scott Caron … Holds team records for 200 IM, 200 free, 200 back, 200 fly, 100 back, 100 fly, 100 free, 50 free, 1,650 free, 500 free and 200 breast … Received the 2002 Florida Swimmer of the Year award … 2002 and 2003 USA Swimming Scholastic All-American … Holds YMCA National Records in the 200- and 400-meter IM (4:13.35), 200 fly (1:57.91), and the 800-meter free.