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Elected Team Captain for the 2005-06 season
As a Senior (2005-06): Clocked Tech's season-best time of 57.00 in the 100 butterfly at the Georgia Tech Invitational (11/19) to finish in fifth place ... Tallied a 10th-place finish at the GT Invite in the 200 IM with a Jacket season-best time of 2:08.42 ... Swam a time of 57.62 in the prelims of the 100 fly at the ACC Championships, qualifying for the bonus finals and finishing in 23rd place ... Swam legs of the 200 and 400 freestyle relay teams that posted season-best times of 1:36.31 and 3:29.23, respectively, at the conference championship.
As a Junior (2004-05): Held Tech's top times of the season in the 100 butterfly and 200 IM ... Participated on all the relay teams for the Jackets at the ACC Championships and helped Tech set new school records in the 400 medley (3:48.63) and 200 freestyle relays (1:34.54) ... Qualified for the consolation finals of the 100 fly and won the heat with a season-best time of 55.60, finishing the event in ninth place ... Clocked a season-best time of 52.07 in the prelims of the 100 free at the conference championship ... Swam a season-best time of 2:05.41 in the prelims of the 200 IM and qualified for the consolation finals, finishing in 15th place at ACC's.
As a Sophomore (2003-04): Held the top times of the season in the 100 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley events ... Posted a new school record in the 100 free with a time of 51.49 at the ACC Championships, finishing fourth ... Tallied a ninth-place finish in the 100 fly with a season-best mark of 55.47 at the ACC meet ... Swam a lifetime-best time of 2:05.39 in the preliminaries of the 200 IM at ACC's, finishing the finals in 15th place ... Helped lead three relay teams to school records at the conference meet ... Part of the 400 medley relay team that finished with a time of 3:49.39 ... Guided the 200 free relay team to a program-best third-place finish with a school record time of 1:34.25 ... Swam a leg on the 400 free relay team that broke the school record with a time of 3:27.35, finishing fifth ... Recipient of team's Chapman/Hiles Most Improved Athlete Award ... ACC Academic Honor Roll.
As a Freshman (2002-03): Finished 14th at the ACC Championships in the 100 butterfly with a time of 57.28 ... Placed 21st in the 100 freestyle (53.04) at the ACC meet ... Ranked second on the Tech squad in the 100 free with a time of 52.97 ... Finished third on the team in the 200 IM (2:07.68), 100 fly (57.26) and sixth in the 200 fly (2:15.11) ... Dean's List for the fall semester.
High School: Earned seven letters at Franklin County High School for coach Kelly Caldwell...Five-time Kentucky state champion...Served as team captain as a junior and senior...Named Speedo Kentucky High School Swimmer of the Year and Kentucky Female Swimmer of the Year for 2000-01...Earned prep All-America honors in the 100 fly in '01...Named Kentucky High School Coaches Association Outstanding Senior Girl Swimmer as a senior...Tabbed Central Region Outstanding Female competitor in 2000 and '01...Named to U.S. Swimming Scholastic All-American team in 2000...Holds seven school records at Franklin County...Member of YMCA National Team for six seasons and Junior National Team for four seasons...Voted Best Female Sportsman as a senior...Member of National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, Key Club, Beta Club, Young Republicans and Fellowship of Christian Athletes...Senior Class Representative.
Personal: Elizabeth Ashley Foster...Daughter of Robert and Carolyn Foster...Born July 31, 1984, in Alexandria, Va....Older brother Robbie swam for Tech's men's team from 1999-2003...Majoring in civil engineering.
| Foster's Career Top Times | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EVENT | TIME | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 50 free | 24.31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 free | 51.49* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 100 fly | 55.47* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 200 IM | 2:05.07 | ||||||||||||||||||||
* - School Record.
