Alex Coci

Position:
Butterfly
Height:
5-9
Weight:
null
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Bai Mare, Romania
High School:
Sportive

Alabama Highlights:
2011 - Freshman: Freshman All-SEC ... turned in the league's top freshman finish in the 200 butterfly, taking sixth in the championship finals ... also scored in the 100 butterfly and 100 backstroke at the SEC Championships, taking 12^th place and 14^th respectively ... posted career-best times in the 100 and 200 butterfly at the SEC Championships, clocking in at 47.35 and 1:45.43 respectively ... also posted a career-best time in the 100 backstroke at the SEC Championships, touching at 48.27 which ranks him fourth all-time at Alabama ... ranked third and sixth all-time for the Tide in the 100 and 200 butterfly respectively ... part of Alabama's school-record setting 400 freestyle relay at the SEC Championships ... ... turned in Alabama's top time of the season in the 100 and 200 butterfly ... earned the Crimson Tide's Coach's Award.

Prep Highlights:
Swam for Adrian Gherghel at CSM Brasov ... Romanian national champion ... swam the 100 and 200-meter butterfly at the 2010 European Championships, posting a career-best time of 43.83 in the 100 and 1:59.95 in the 200 ... swam the 50, 100 and 200m butterfly at the 2009 European Championships ... swam the butterfly events at the 2007 European Junior Championships ... competed at eh Balkan Games ... broke the Romanian 200m freestyle relay record along with former Tide swimmers Catalin Cosma and Alin Mihalca as well as fellow sophomore Vlad Caciuc.

Personal Information:
Full name: Alexandru Coci ... son of Dumitru and Viorica Coci ... brother - Mircea ... pre-major studies ... born October 31, 1989.

Top Times:
100 butterfly 47.35
200 butterfly 1:45.43
100 backstroke 48.27