2019-20 Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Melara, Alexa

Alexa Melara
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Breaststroke
- Height:
- 5-5
- Hometown:
- Rialto, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Whittier College
Bio
2020-21
Took 11th in the 200 breaststroke (2:21.19) and 16th in the 100 breastroke (1:06.04) at the WAC Championships... Qualified for WAC All-Academic Team.
2019-20
Placed eighth in 200-yard breaststroke (2:18.39), 10th in 100 breast (1:04.06) and 27th in 200 IM (2:08.49) at WAC Championships... Clocked top-10 times in CBU history in 200 breast (third, 2:18.39) and 100 breast (fourth, 1:04.06)... Finished third at UNLV Invite at 200 breast (2:19.49)... Named Academic All-WAC.
Posted the second fastest time in school history in the 200 breaststroke (2:19.53)... Finished third in the 200 breast at the Malibu Invite (2:29.28) and fourth against UNLV in the 400 IM... Took 10th in the 200 breast (2:19.53) and 15th in the 100 breast (1:05.80) at the WAC Championships... Named Academic All-WAC.
WHITTIER
Spent her freshman season at Whittier College in 2017-18... Broke the Poet's 100-yard breaststroke (2:21.78) and 200 individual medley records... Set school records in 200-medley relay (1:48.14) and 400-medley relay (3:57.04)... Won 200 IM (2:06.93), took second in 200 breast (2:22.06) and third in the 200-medley relay (1:48.14) at SCIAC Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Redlands East Valley High in Redlands, Calif., where she graduated in 2017... Set a record in the 100-yard breaststroke in 2015... Voted Most Inspirational... Swam club with Fusion Aquatics.
PERSONAL
Born in Fontana and raised in Rialot, Calif... Daughter of Luisa and Walter Melara... Has two siblings, Carissa and Izabela... Lists Psalm 73:26 as her favorite Bible verse... Business management major... Wants to become a wedding planner after graduation.
Took 11th in the 200 breaststroke (2:21.19) and 16th in the 100 breastroke (1:06.04) at the WAC Championships... Qualified for WAC All-Academic Team.
2019-20
Placed eighth in 200-yard breaststroke (2:18.39), 10th in 100 breast (1:04.06) and 27th in 200 IM (2:08.49) at WAC Championships... Clocked top-10 times in CBU history in 200 breast (third, 2:18.39) and 100 breast (fourth, 1:04.06)... Finished third at UNLV Invite at 200 breast (2:19.49)... Named Academic All-WAC.
?? MOST IMPROVED (WOMEN'S SWIM) ??
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) May 8, 2020
Alexa Melara takes home the 2019-20 Most Improved Women's Swimmer Award. She had big-time drops in the 100 and 200-yard breaststrokes to now sit top-four in team history in both of those events. #LanceUp?? pic.twitter.com/kxJZrwiXEV
2018-19?? TOP-?? ??
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) December 18, 2019
Alexa Melara set a new personal record in the 200-yard breastroke, improving her top-10 time in CBU history to 2:19.49. #LanceUp? pic.twitter.com/dGWo2nDJA3
Posted the second fastest time in school history in the 200 breaststroke (2:19.53)... Finished third in the 200 breast at the Malibu Invite (2:29.28) and fourth against UNLV in the 400 IM... Took 10th in the 200 breast (2:19.53) and 15th in the 100 breast (1:05.80) at the WAC Championships... Named Academic All-WAC.
WHITTIER
Spent her freshman season at Whittier College in 2017-18... Broke the Poet's 100-yard breaststroke (2:21.78) and 200 individual medley records... Set school records in 200-medley relay (1:48.14) and 400-medley relay (3:57.04)... Won 200 IM (2:06.93), took second in 200 breast (2:22.06) and third in the 200-medley relay (1:48.14) at SCIAC Championships.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Redlands East Valley High in Redlands, Calif., where she graduated in 2017... Set a record in the 100-yard breaststroke in 2015... Voted Most Inspirational... Swam club with Fusion Aquatics.
PERSONAL
Born in Fontana and raised in Rialot, Calif... Daughter of Luisa and Walter Melara... Has two siblings, Carissa and Izabela... Lists Psalm 73:26 as her favorite Bible verse... Business management major... Wants to become a wedding planner after graduation.
Junior Alexa Melara shares what @calbaptist means to her.#LanceUp? pic.twitter.com/eGzwSmcoKg
— CBU Swimming & Diving (@CBUswim) April 8, 2020
CBU Swim vs Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Monday, January 08
California Baptist University Athletics Master Facility Plan Update
Wednesday, August 17
CBU Swim Dive Senior Day 2022
Sunday, January 23
CBU Swim & Dive vs Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College
Monday, January 10