Academic Notes: Majoring in accountancy...NAU Gold Axe recipient...Golden Eagle Female Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year in 2018...Four-time WAC All-Academic selection and Golden Eagle Scholar-Athlete Award recipient...Three-time CSCAA Scholar All-American Honorable Mention.
Career Notes: School record holder in 100 Butterfly (53.83) and 200 Butterfly (1:57.66)...Part of school record in 200 Freestyle Relay (1:31.58) and 400 Freestyle Relay (3:23.27)....Tied for third-fastest time in program history in 50 Freestyle (23.11).
2017-18 (Senior): Totaled four gold medals with four All-WAC first team honors and two second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relays and 400 medley relay at the WAC Championships...Swam the fourth leg of the 400 Free Relay team that won gold with a school record time of 3:23.27...Swam the fourth leg of the 800 Free Relay team that won gold with a time of 7:17.94...Won the 100 Fly with a NCAA B Standard and season-best time of 54.14...Won the 200 Fly with a NCAA B Standard time of 1:59.15...Finished fifth in the 50 Free after a season-best time of 23.16...Swam the first leg of the 200 Free Relay team that finished second with a time of 1:32.53...Also swam the third leg of the 400 Medley Relay team that finished fourth with a time of 3:45.20...Recorded a NCAA B Standard and season-best time of 1:58.91 in the 200 Fly at the Texas Invitational...Named WAC Swimmer of the Week on Jan. 16...Totaled 32 top-three finishes with 10 individual wins and eight relay wins during the season.
2016-17 (Junior): Totaled three gold medals with four All-WAC first team honors and two second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle, 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relays and 200 medley relay at the WAC Championships...Swam the fourth leg of the 800 Free Relay team that won gold with a time of 7:20.31...Won the 100 Fly with a NCAA B Standard and season-best time of 54.06...Won the 200 Fly with a NCAA B Standard and season-best time of 1:59.30...Finished second in the 50 Free with a career-best time of 23.11...Swam the third leg of the 200 Medley Relay team that finished second with a time of 1:41.44...Swam the first leg of the 200 Free Relay team that finished third with a time of 1:33.85...Swam the first leg of the 400 Free Relay team that finished third with a time of 3:24.70...Named Kansas Classic All-Star...Placed second in the 200 Fly, third in the 100 Fly and eighth in the 50 Free at Kansas Classic...Named WAC Swimmer of the Week on Oct. 11 and Nov. 1...Totaled 44 top-three finishes with 18 individual wins and seven relay wins during the season.
2015-16 (Sophomore): Totaled three gold medals with four All-WAC first team honors and two second team honors at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle and 200 and 800 freestyle relays and 200 medley relay at the WAC Championships...Won the 200 Fly with a NCAA B Standard, career-best and school record time of 1:57.66...Broke her own school record and finished second in the 100 Fly with a NCAA B Standard and career-best time of 53.83...Swam the first leg of the 200 Free Relay team that won gold with a school record time of 1:31.58...Swam the third leg of the 200 Medley Relay team that won gold with a time of 1:41.45...Finished fourth in the 50 Free after a career-best prelim time of 23.15...Also swam the fourth leg of the 800 Free Relay team that finished second with a time of 7:19.45...Named WAC Swimmer of the Week on Nov. 17...Named CollegeSwimming.com WAC Swimmer of the Week on Dec. 8...Totaled 52 top-three finishes with 20 individual wins and seven relay wins during the season.
2014-15 (Freshman): Totaled one gold medal with two All-WAC first team honors and one second team honor at WAC Championships...Swam in 100 and 200 butterfly, 50 freestyle and 200 and 400 freestyle relays and 400 medley relay at the WAC Championships...Won the 100 Fly with a NCAA B Standard, season-best and school record time of 53.86...Finished third in the 200 Fly with a season-best time of 2:00.75...Advanced to the B final and finished 10th in the 50 Free with a season-best time of 23.71...Swam the fourth leg of the 400 Medley Relay team that finished third with a time of 3:44.58...Swam the second leg of the 200 Free Relay team that finished fourth with a time of 1:33.89...Also swam the first leg of 400 Free Relay team...Totaled 24 top-three finishes with seven individual titles and one relay title during the season...Won four individual titles in 200 Fly, two in 100 Free and one in 100 Fly and was part of 200 Medley Relay winning team versus New Mexico State.
High School: Swam for Coach Emil Guligev at Humboldtschule Hannover...Finished eighth in the 100 butterfly at German National meet in 2014...Also swam for SGS Hannover Swim Club...Holds club long course and short course records in 50, 100 and 200 butterfly...Also holds 50 butterfly short course record in Lower Saxony.
Personal: Alina Staffeldt was born March 29 in Hannover, Germany...Daughter of Joachim and Christiane Staffeldt...Two younger sisters, Svenja and Meike...Mother, Christiane, was member of Germany's bronze medal 4x100 freestyle relay team at 1984 Summer Olympics...Lists most memorable athletic moment as making the finals for the first time winning medals in all of her events at the German Age Group Championships...Chose NAU because she was looking for new experiences and the mixture of academic and swim programs.
