2024-25 Swimming & Diving Roster

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Kostas Lymperopoulos

Lexi Elkovitch

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Position Freestyle
  • Highschool New Albany
  • Hometown New Albany, Ohio

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
50 Free (23.14)
100 Free (50.70)
200 Free (1:49.95)
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2024-25 (Graduate)
BIG EAST Champion 200 Free Relay (Anchor Leg) - 1:31.39 (22.67 split)
All-BIG EAST 200 Free Relay (gold)
All-BIG EAST 400 Free Relay (bronze)
2022-23 (Junior)
BIG EAST Champion 800 Free Relay (Anchor Leg) - 7:21.83 (1:50.37 split)
BIG EAST Champion 200 Free Relay (Third Leg) - 1:33.10 (23.14 split)
BIG EAST Champion 400 Medley Relay (Freestyle Leg) - 3:42.13 (50.30 split)
BIG EAST Champion 400 Free Relay (Anchor Leg) - 3:23.77
All- BIG EAST 200 Freestyle (bronze)
All- BIG EAST 200 Free Relay (gold)
All- BIG EAST 800 Free Relay (gold)
All- BIG EAST 400 Medley Relay (gold)
All- BIG EAST 400 Free Relay (gold)
2021-22 (Sophomore)
BIG EAST Champion 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (2nd Leg) - 1:31.66 (23.05 split)
All-BIG EAST 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (2nd Leg) (gold)
2020-21 (Freshman)
BIG EAST Champion 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (3rd Leg) - 1:32.49 (23.35 split)
BIG EAST Champion 400 Yard Freestyle Relay (3rd Leg) - 3:22.21 (50.87 split)
All-BIG EAST 100 Yard Freestyle (bronze)
All-BIG EAST 200 Yard Freestyle Relay (3rd Leg) (gold)
All-BIG EAST 400 Yard Freestyle Relay (3rd Leg) (gold)
ACADEMIC HONORS
PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team (2022-23)
BIG EAST All-Academic Team (2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24)
Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024)

Villanova Career: An eight-time BIG EAST Champion in relay races along with 11 All-BIG EAST performances … Has been a part of four 200 Free Relay championship teams, including the 2025 title-winning group that posted the fifth-fastest time in program history … 2022-23 PhillySIDA Academic All-Area Team selection and three-time BIG EAST All-Academic Team member.
 
2024-25: Part of two All-BIG EAST relays including a 200 Free Relay title that posted the fifth-fastest time in program history (1:31.39); BIG EAST Championships (2/24-27): Anchor (22.67) for the winning 200 Free Relay (22.67) and the anchor (50.27) for the 400 Free Relay’s bronze medal (3:21.33); WVU/Duquesne (1/25): Tied for second in the 50 Free (23.50) … Anchor (51.17) for the A team’s 400 Free Relay win (3:24.67); James Madison (1/17): Led the ‘Cats in the 50 Free with a third-place finish (24.17) ... Part of the A team's third-place finish in the 400 Free Relay (3:33.12); WVU Invitational (11/20-22): Third leg (23.22) for the A team’s third-place showing in the 200 Free Relay (1:32.95); La Salle (11/8): Finished third in the 200 Free (1:55.01); Penn (11/6): Touched third in the 50 Free (24.47) … Was the third leg (24.92) in the A team’s 200 Free Relay win (1:38.37); Georgetown (10/26): Won the 50 Free in 24.14 and touched third in the 100 Free (52.64) … Posted a 53.64 lead-off for the A team’s 400 Free Relay win (3:30.42); UConn (10/17): Second leg (52.57) for the A team’s 400 Free Relay win (3:31.15).
 
2023-24: Posted a season-best time of 23.65 in the 50 Free, 51.92 in the 100 Free and 1:53.13 in the 200 Free; Penn State (2/3): Helped the 200 Free Relay B team to a third-place finish (1:39.61), swimming a third-leg time of 25.23; Rutgers (1/20): Swam a 55.94 second leg for a B squad’s second place finish (3:37.74) in the 400 Free Relay; Penn (11/8): Went 54.19 as the second leg in the A team’s first-place 400 Free Relay (3:33.67); La Salle (11/4): Finished third in the 200 Free (1:56.86); UConn (10/21): Anchored the 200 Free Relay A team to a winning time of 1:36.36 (24.02).
 
2022-23: A part of four BIG EAST Champion relays with the 800 Free Relay, 200 Free Relay, 400 Medley Relay and 400 Free Relay … Earned bronze in the 200 Free for five All-BIG EAST performances … Set two personal bests at the conference meet in the 50 Free (23.32) and the 200 Free (1:49.95);  BIG EAST Championships (2/22-25): Anchor leg for both the 400 Free and 800 Free Relays that won in 3:23.77 and 7:21.83, respectively, and for the 400 Medley Relay, posting a 50.30 freestyle split in the team’s 3:42.13 finish … Was the third leg in the 200 Free Relay winning time of 1:33.10 with a 23.14 leg … Earned bronze with a 1:49.95 time in the 200 Free; West Virginia (1/28): Led Villanova in the 200 Free with a third-place time of 1:55.54 … Swam a 24.82 second leg split for the A team’s 200 Free Relay second-place showing (1:38.03); Penn State (1/27): Finished second in the 200 Free (1:54.89) … Swam third-leg (24.27) in the A team’s 200 Free Relay win (24.27); Rutgers (1/21): Posted a third-place showing in the 200 Free (1:55.97); Richmond (1/13): Recorded a trio of second-place performances in individual and relay action … Was second in the 200 Free (1:54.84) and the 100 Free (53.00) … Lead-off leg (24.83) for the A team’s second-place 200 Free Relay (1:37.19); WVU Invitational (11/17-20): Posted a 50.82 first-leg split for the A team’s third-place 400 Free Relay (3:22.82); Penn (11/9): Swam third leg of the A team’s 400 Free Relay first-place showing (3:31.01) with a 47.31 split; Georgetown (10/29): Tied for first in the 100 Free (53.29) and was third in both the 200 Free (1:56.66) and 50 Free (24.63) … Anchored the A team’s 400 Free Relay win (3:31.70) with a 52.65 split.
 
2021-22: Earned the third BIG EAST Championship of her career, swimming the second leg of the 200 Free Relay team … Scored in three individual events with two championship final appearances; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-26): Posted a 23.05 split as the second leg of the 200 Free Relay championship team … Competed in the championship final of two races, finishing fifth in the 50 Free (23.43) and seventh in the 100 Free (51.55) … Landed in the consolation final of the 200 Free where she finished 14th (1:52.71); Penn State (1/28): Swam the third leg of the ‘B’ team that finished second in the 400 Free Relay with a 3:37.77 time … Had a 55.16 split in that outing; West Virginia/Iowa State (1/22): Second leg of the “A” team that won the 400 Free Relay in 3:26.91, posting a 52.98 split; Pittsburgh (1/20): Finished fifth in the 100 Free with a time of 52.71 … Anchored the “B” team to a third-place time of 3:33.55 with a 52.82 split; Rutgers (1/17): Swam third leg of the 400 Free Relay for the “B” team that finished fourth … Swam to sixth place in the 100 Free (54.15) … Richmond (1/14): Took fourth in the 50 free at 24.89 … Anchored the ”C” team to a fourth-place time of 1:50.76 with a 24.33 split.
 
2020-21: Earned all-conference honors as a freshman in the 100 free as well as in both the 200 free relay and the 400 free relay … Scored in three individual events and recorded a pair of top-eight finishes at the BIG EAST Championships … Competed at three regular season dual meets prior to the conference championships; BIG EAST Championships (4/7-4/10): Tied for a third place finish in the championship final of the 100 free … Her time of 51.20 earned her All-BIG EAST honors and came after she was fourth in the prelims in 51.48 … Made the championship final of the 100 free by a margin of just six-hundredths of a second and then went on to move up three spots from the prelims and come in fifth in the final with a PR of 1:51.13 … Came in ninth overall in the 50 free after recording times of 23.84 in the preliminary heats and 23.79 in the consolation final … Swam the third leg of the champion 200 free relay and 400 free relay in which Villanova had winning times of 1:32.49 and 3:22.21, respectively; Drexel (3/3): Made her collegiate debut by finishing fourth in the 50 free with a time of 24.71 and swimming legs of both the 200 medley relay and the 200 free relay … Anchored the “B” lineup in the 200 medley relay and led off the 200 free relay with a 50 free split of 24.70 in a race that Villanova won in 1:37.07; Seton Hall (3/7): Finished fourth in the 100 free (54.38) and fifth in the 50 free (25.29) … Anchored the “B” lineup in the 200 medley relay and swam the second leg for the “B” entry in the 400 free relay … Both relay teams finished third in their respective races; Loyola Md. (3/13): Placed third in the 100 free (53.70) and fourth in the 50 free (24.78) … Swam the third leg of the 400 free relay in a race that the Wildcats won in 3:34.22 … Anchored the “B” lineup in the 400 medley relay.
 
New Albany High School: Earned four varsity letters in swimming and competed in the sprint freestyle events … Eight-time All-American and nine-time All-Ohio performer … Won two state titles and tallied one other runner-up state finish … Named a USA Swimming Scholastic All-American.
 
Personal: Born 9/20/02 in Albany, N.Y. … Older of two children of Mark and April Elkovitch … Has a younger sibling, Kaden (16) … Chose to attend Villanova because the combination of a rich athletic tradition and the school’s academic excellence made it the right fit for her … Has yet to declare a major.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020-21Freshman

    Free
  • 2021-22Sophomore

    Free
  • 2022-23Junior

    Freestyle
  • 2023-24Senior

    Freestyle
  • 2024-25Graduate Student

    Freestyle