This week, Badger swimmers head to Greensboro, North Carolina to compete at USA Swimming’s 2014 AT&T Winter National Championship. Badger is sending ten swimmers to Nationals this week. These ten swimmers are representing Badger in twenty-six events, and they look to improve upon a fifth place club finish from last year’s event. Badger is sending five high school students and five post grads to Nationals this week. Our senior team is led by 16 year olds Anina Lund and Spencer Lafata. Spencer Lafata looks to improve upon his sixth place finish in the 1650 at the Minneapolis Grand Prix, and Anina Lund is hoping to score in her third consecutive National Championship. She is seeded fifteenth in the 1650. Badger seniors, Jack Collins, David Stewart and Maria Oceguara, will also be competing this week.
Badger post-grads also look to make a strong statement at the meet. While the team is without Cody Miller and Lindsay Vrooman who are headed to Short Course World Championships in Qatar, Ryan Feeley, James Wells, and Derek Toomey are all seeded in the top 16. Derek is currently seeded second in the 50 Freestyle and third in the 100 Freestyle. James is seeded fourth in the 100 Backstroke and fifth in the 200 Backstroke. Ryan is thirteenth in the 500 Freestyle and fifteenth in the 1650 Freestyle. On the women’s team, Emily McClellan and Bronwyn Pasloski look to make a statement in the 100 and 200 Breaststroke events. They are seeded first and fifth in the 100 and first and sixth in the 200.
Follow the meet on USA Swimming. The event page can be found here:
