U.S. AQUATIC SPORTS MEDIA GUIDE USA SYNCHRO 2015 FINA World Championships U.S. National Team

Name Height Age Hometown Anita Alvarez 5-7 18 Kenmore, N.Y. Claire Barton 5-6 18 Los Gatos, Calif. Phoebe Coffi n 5-4 18 Los Gatos, Calif. Olivia Ekberg 5-5 17 Gilbert, Ariz. Mary Killman 5-6 24 McKinney, Texas Mariya Koroleva 5-5 25 Concord, Calif. Isabel Malcolmson 5-11 18 San Jose, Calif. Sandra Ortellado 5-7 18 Walnut Creek, Calif. Sarah Rodriguez 5-9 19 San Antonio, Texas Karensa Tjoa 5-11 19 San Jose, Calif. Alison Williams 5-6 25 Northridge, Calif.

Head coach: Myriam Glez Assistant coach: Lolli Montico Consultant coach: Tammy McGregor USA At World Championships

1973 Belgrade, Yugoslavia 2001 Fukuoko,

1st Solo: Teresa Andersen 4th Solo: 1st Duet: Teresa Andersen, Gail Johnson 4th Duet: Becky Martin, Lauren McFall 1st Team: Teresa Andersen, Sue Baross, Robin Curren, Jackie 4th Team: Alison Bartosik, Tammy Crow, Becky Jasontek, Anna Douglass, Gail Johnson, Dana Moore, Amanda Norrish, Suzanne Kozlova, Becky Martin, Lauren McFall, Katie Norris, Gina Pietras, Randell Lindsey Wigginton, Kendra Zanotto

1975 Cali, Colombia 2003 ,

1st Solo: Gail Johnson 5th Solo: Anna Kozlova 1st Duet: Robin Curren, Amanda Norrish 4th Duet: Alison Bartosik, Anna Kozlova 1st Team: Michele Barone, Sue Baross, Robin Curren, Gail 3rd Team: Alison Bartosik, Erin Dobratz, Mary Hofer, Becky Johnson, Mary Ellen Longo, Amanda Norrish, Linda Shelley, Pam Jasontek, Anna Kozlova, Sara Lowe, Lauren McFall, Stephanie Tryon Nesbitt, Katie Norris, Kendra Zanotto 2005 Montreal, 1978 Berlin 6th Solo: Christina Jones 2nd Solo: Pam Tryon 4th Duet: Stephanie Nesbitt, Sara Lowe 3rd Duet: Michelle Barone, Pam Tryon 4th Team: Janet Culp, Christina Jones, Rebekah Kim, Sara 1st Team: Tami Allen, Michele Barone, Erin Barr, Michelle Lowe, Stephanie Nesbitt, Andrea Nott, Annabelle Orme, Kimberly Beaulieu, Gerri Brandley, Jane Goeppinger, Linda Shelley, Pam Probst, Jennifer Culp, Katherine Hooven Tryon 2007 Melbourne, 1982 Guayaquil, 4th Solo Tech: Christina Jones 1st Solo: 5th Solo Free: Christina Jones 2nd Duet: , Tracie Ruiz 5th Duet Tech: Christina Jones, Annabelle Orme 2nd Team: Tara Cameron, Candie Costie, , 5th Duet Free: Christina Jones, Andrea Nott , Tracie Ruiz, Holly Spencer, Mary Visniski, 3rd Free Combination: Brooke Abel, Janet Culp, Kate Hooven, Robin Waller, Marie White, Karen Callaghan, Julie Olson Christina Jones, Becky Kim, Meghan Kinney, Andrea Nott, An- nabelle Orme, Jillian Penner, Kim Probst 1986 Madrid 5th Team Tech: Brooke Abel, Janet Culp, Kate Hooven, Becky Kim, Andrea Nott, Annabelle Orme, Jillian Penner, Kim Probst 2nd Solo: Sarah Josephson 5th Team Free: Brooke Abel, Kate Hooven, Christina Jones, 2nd Duet: Karen Josephson, Sarah Josephson 2nd Team Becky Kim, Andrea Nott, Annabelle Orme, Jillian Penner, Kim Kristen Babb, Karen Josephson, Sarah Josephson, Karen Mad- Probst sen, Michelle Svitenko, Susan Reed, Lori Hatch, Mary Visniski, Margarita Smith, Lisa Riddell 2009 Rome

1991 Perth, Australia 12th Duet Tech: Meghan Kinney, Jillian Penner 7th Team Tech: Meghan Kinney, Olivia Morgan, Jillian Penner, 2nd Solo: Kristen Babb-Sprague Leah Pinette, Layla Smith, Michelle Theriault, Lyssa Wallace and 1st Duet: Karen and Sarah Josephson Alison Williams 1st Team: Kristen Babb-Sprague, Becky Dyroen, Karen 9th Team Free: Meghan Kinney, Olivia Morgan, Jillian Penner, Josephson, Sarah Josephson, Lori McCoy, Jill Savery, Nathalie Leah Pinette, Layla Smith, Michelle Theriault, Lyssa Wallace and Schneyder, Heather Simmons, Jill Sudduth, Michelle Svitenko Alison Williams 2011 Shanghai 1994 Rome 9th Team Tech: Morgan Fuller, Megan Hansley, Mary Killman, 1st Solo: Becky Dyroen-Lancer Mariya Koroleva, Michelle Moore, Leah Pinette, Lyssa Wallace, 1st Duet: Becky Dyroen-Lancer, Jill Sudduth Alison Williams 1st Team: Suzannah Bianco, Tammy Cleland, Becky Dyroen- 9th Duet Tech: Mary Killman and Lyssa Wallace Lancer, Jill Savery, Nathalie Schneyder, Heather Simmons, Jill 11th Solo Tech: Mary Killman Sudduth, Margot Thien, Heather Pease, Emily Porter LeSueur 11th Duet Free: Mary Killman and Lyssa Wallace 10th Team Free: Morgan Fuller, Megan Hansley, Mary Killman, 1998 Perth, Australia Michelle Moore, Leah Pinette, Lyssa Wallace, Katy Wiita, Alison Williams 4th Solo: Kristina Lum 4th Duet: Carrie Barton, Elicia Marshall 3rd Team: Carrie Barton, Bridget Finn, Tracy Gayeski, Becky 2013 Barcelona Jasontek, Tina Kasid, Kristina Lum, Emily Marsh, Elicia Marshall, Tuesday Middaugh, Kim Wurzel 10th Solo Tech: Mary Killman USA At

1984

1st Solo: Tracie Ruiz 1st Duet: Candy Costie, Tracie Ruiz

1988 , Korea

2nd Solo: Tracie Ruiz Conforto 2nd Duet: Karen Josephson, Sarah Josephson

1992 Barcelona, Spain

1st Solo: Kristen Babb-Sprague 1st Duet: Karen Josephson, Sarah Josephson

1996 Atlanta

1st Team: Suzannah Bianco, Tammy Cleland, Becky Dyroen- Lancer, Heather Pease, Emily Porter LeSueur, Jill Savery, Nathalie Schneyder, Heather Simmons-Carrasco, Jill Sudduth, Margot Thien

2000

4th Duet: Anna Kozlova, Tuesday Middaugh 5th Team: Carrie Barton, Bridget Finn, Anna Kozlova, Kristina The 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Lum, Elicia Marshall, Tammy Cleland-McGregor, Tuesday Mid- daugh, Heather Pease-Olson, Kim Wurzel

2004 ,

3rd Duet: Alison Bartosik, Anna Kozlova 3rd Team: Alison Bartosik, Tamara Crow, Erin Dobratz, Rebec- ca Jasontek, Anna Kozlova, Sara Lowe, Lauren McFall, Stephanie Nesbitt, Kendra Zanotto

2008 Beijing

5th Duet: Christina Jones, Andrea Nott 5th Team (Tie with Japan): Brooke Abel, Janet Culp, Kate Hooven, Christina Jones, Becky Kim, Andrea Nott, Annabelle Orme, Jillian Penner, Kim Probst

2012 London

11th Duet: Mary Killman, Mariya Koroleva The 2004 U.S. Olympic Team

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Anita Alvarez Phoebe Coffi n Hometown: Kenmore, NY. Hometown: Los Gatos, Calif. Birthplace: Amherst, N.Y. Birthplace: San Jose, Calif. Awards/Honors: Presidential Gold Honors/Awards: CSF Member Award, 4.0 GPA through all years of from 2008-2010 schooling, 2014 East Zone Athlete Goal: To go the Olympics in of the Year. 2016/2020 Goal: Help in bringing our country Athletic Achievements: 2015 U.S. back to the podium and compete Open: Team Tech 1st; 2015 U.S. for USA in the Olympics. National Championships: Team Free 1st; 2014 U.S. Junior/Se- Athletic Achievements: nior Nationals: Team 2nd, Combo 2015 US Nationals Team: 1st; 2nd, Solo 5th; 2014 U.S. Open: 2015 French Open: Duet 6th; 2014 Team 2nd, Solo 2nd, Combo 2nd; Junior World Championships: 2014 U.S. Junior National Cham- Team and Duet member; 2014 US Open: Team and Duet pionships: Duet 3rd; 2014 Pan American Synchronized 1st Place; 2014 Open: Duet 7th; 2014 French Open: Swimming Championships: Team 1st, Combo 2nd; 2013 Duet 11th; 2013 UANA Pan American Championships: U.S. Junior/Senior Nationals: Team 1st; 2011 Age Group Team 1st; 2013 US Junior Nationals: solo 12th, fi gures Nationals: Team 1st; 2007 Age Group Nationals: Team 1st 15th; 2012 US Junior Nationals: Solo 12th, Figures 15th; 2012 US Age Group Nationals: Solo 1st, Figures 1st, Duet 2nd; 2011 US Junior Nationals: Solo 21st, Figures 49th; 2011 US Age Group Nationals: Solo 3rd, Figures 4th, Duet Olivia Ekberg 1st, Team 2nd; 2010 US Age Group Nationals: Solo 9th, Figures 31st ; 2008 US Age Group Nationals: Solo 7th, Hometown: Gilbert, Ariz. Figures 9th, Team 8th; 2007 US Age Group Nationals: Solo Awards/Honors: Golden Scholar; 12th, Figures 19th, Trio 4th 2009 Arizona Desert Dolphins Ath- lete of the Year Goal: Study psychology and make Claire Barton the junior worlds and Olympic teams Homewtown: Los Gatos, Calif. Athletic Achievements: 2014 U.S. Birthplace: San Diego, Calif. Junior National Championships: Awards/Honors: Ella Peckham Solo 2nd; 2013 Junior Nation- Nomination, Student of the Month, als: Team 6th, Figures 12th, 2012 4.0 GPA throughout all years of UANA Pan American Champion- schooling. ships: Solo 1st, Duet 1st, Team Goal: Win a medal for the USA in 1st, Figures 2nd; 2012 eSynchro the Olympics Age Group Championships: Solo 3rd,Team 6th, Duet 7th, Athletic Achievements: 2015 U.S. Figures 5th Open: Team Tech 1st; 2015 U.S. National Championships: Team Free 1st; 2014 U.S. Open: Junior Team 1st; 2014 FINA World Junior Championships: Team 8th; 2013 UANA Pan American Championships: Team 1st; 2013 SwimOutlet.com U.S. Junior National Championships: Team 1st, Duet 3rd, Solo 5th; 2013 FINA World Trophy: Duet 7th; 2012 US Junior Nationals Team: 2nd, Duet 2nd, Solo 7th; 2011 US Junior Nationals: Team 5th, Duet 7th, Solo 8th; 2010 eSynchro Age Group Championships: Team 2nd, Duet 3rd; 2009 eSynchro Age Group Championships: Team 2nd; 2008 eSynchro Age Group Championships: Team 1st, Duet 2nd; 2007 eSynchro Age Group Champion- ships: Team 2nd, Figures 8th; 2006 eSynchro Age Group Championships: Team 3rd U.S. National Team

Mary Killman Isabel Malcolmson Hometown: McKinney, Texas Hometown: Saratoga, Calif. Birthplace: Ada, Okla. Birthplace: Chicago, Ill. Olympic Experience: 2012 Olym- Awards/Honors: VIP Soccer 3 pic Games, 11th in women’s duet years Athletic Achievements: 2015 Goal: Compete in the Olympic U.S. National Championships: Solo games, become a journalist 1st, Duet 1st; 2015 U.S. Collegiate Athletic Achievements: 2015 Championships: Solo 1st, Duet U.S. Open: Team Tech 1st; 2015 1st, Trio 1st; 2014 U.S. National U.S. National Championships: Championships: Solo 1st, Duet 1st; Team Free 1st; 2014 U.S. Open: 2014 U.S. Collegiate Champion- Team 1st; 2014 FINA World Junior ships: Solo 1st, Trio 1st; 2013 FINA Championships :Team 8th; 2013 World Championships: Solo 10th; UANA Pan American Champion- 2013 World University Games: Solo ships: Team 1st; 2013 SwimOutlet. 4th; 2013 U.S. National Championships: Solo 1st, Duet 1st; com U.S. Junior National Championships: Team 1st; 2012 2013 U.S. Collegiate Championships: Solo 1st, Trio 3rd; U.S. Junior National Championships: Combo 2nd, Team 2012 Spanish Winter Open: Tech Team 3rd, Team Free 3rd; 3rd; 2012 U.S. Open: Solo 4th; 2011 Comen Cup: Combo 2011 : Team 2nd, Duet 2nd; 2011 5th; 2010 Synchro Copa Peru: Combo 1st, Team 1st; 2009 FINA World Trophy: Team 6th; Two-time USA Synchro Ath- Synchro Copa Peru: Combo 1st, Team 1st lete of the Year (2001-11); 2010 U.S. National Champion- ships: Solo 1st; 2009 U.S. National Championships: Team 1st, Duet 2nd, Solo 3rd Sandra Ortellado Hometown: Walnut Creek, Calif. Mariya Koroleva Birthplace: Walnut Creek, Calif. Awards/Honors: 2013 Dave Amell Hometown: Concord, Calif. Award, Excellence in Math and Birthplace: Yaroslavi, English, Maintains 4.0 GPA Olympic Experience: 2012 Olym- Goal: Swim in the Olympics and pic Games, 11th in women’s duets pursue a career in medicine or law Athletic Achievements: 2015 Chi- Athletic Achievements: 2015 U.S. na Open: Duet 2nd; 2015 French Open: Team Tech 1st; 2014 French Open: Duet 6th; 2015 U.S. National Open: Duet 11th; 2014 Brazil Championships: Team 1st; 2014 Open: Duet 7th; 2014 U.S. Open: U.S. National Championships: Duet Duet 1st, Team 1st; 2014 FINA 2nd; 2011 Pan American Games: World Junior Championships: Duet Duet 2nd, Team 2nd; 2011 FINA 11th, Team 8th; 2013 UANA Pan World Trophy: Team 6th; 2011 Col- American Championships: Team 1st; 2013 SwimOutlet.com legiate National Championships: U.S. Junior National Championships: Team 2nd, Duet 2nd; Team 1st, Duet 1st; 2011 Collegiate 2012 Junior Worlds: Team 9th, Duet 10th; 2012 Junior National Championships: Trio 2nd, Duet 3rd Nationals: Team 1st, Duet 3rd, Solo 8th; 2011 Comen Cup: Team 6th, Duet 8th, Combo 6th; 2011 Junior Nationals: Team 3rd, Combo 2nd, 2010 Junior Worlds: Duet Preswim- mer; 2010 Esynchro Age Group 3rd Championships: Team 1st, Trio 3rd U.S. National Team

Sarah Rodriguez Head Coach Myriam Glez Hometown: San Antonio, Texas Myriam has been USA Synchro’s Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas High Performance Director since Awards/Honors: Texas Speech/ 2013 and the Senior National Team Debate Tournament fi nalist; St Head Coach since September Anthony of Padua Award; IWHS 2014. She was a consultant with Academic Scholarship 4.0 GPA, the Great Britain Olympic Team National Honor Society, Academic from 2010 to 2012 and was Head Excellence in Latin, receiving Coach of the English Development Summa Cum Laude on the Nation- Teams at the same time. Myriam has coached synchro- al Latin Exam nized swimming clubs in , England and Australia. Goals: To qualify for the 2016 She was the founder of the Sydney Emeralds Synchro Olympics and be a part of the Club. team that restores USA Synchro’s As an athlete, Myriam was a member of the French Na- podium status. tional Team for 10 years and the Australian National Team Athletic Achievements: 2015 U.S. Nationals: Team 1st; for two years. She swam in two Olympics — for France 2013 U.S. Open: Team 2nd; 2013 SwimOutlet.com U.S. Ju- in 2000 and for Australia in 2008. She fi nished fourth in nior National Championships: Team 1st, Duet 3rd, Figures team at the Sydney Olympics and second at the European 8th; 2013 FINA World Trophy: Duet 7th; 2012 U.S. National Championships in 1999. Championships: Team 2nd, Duet 2nd; 2012 U.S. Open: Myriam is also a Pilates instructor and has extensive knowl- Solo 3rd edge of land training. Aside from , Myriam went to business school and has a master’s in business. She worked in marketing and sponsorships as an Karensa Tjoa executive for eight years. Hometown: San Jose, Calif. Birthplace: Kurashiki, Japan Assistant Coach Goal: Olympic Games 2016 Athletic Achievements: 2015 Lolli Montico U.S. Open: Team Tech 1st; 2015 U.S. National Championships: Lolli is currently the Assistant Team Free 1st; 2014 Junior World Coach for the U.S. Senior National Championships: Team 8th; 2014 Team and Head Coach for the U.S. U.S. Open: Team 1st; 2013 UANA Junior National Team. She has Pan American Championships: more than 30 years of coaching Team 1st; 2013 SwimOutlet.com experience in synchronized swim- U.S. Junior National Champion- ming. She coached Great Britain’s ships: Team 1st, Duet 1st; 2012 US Olympic team from 2007 to 2014, Junior Nationals: Team 2nd, Duet helping them rise from Top 20 to 4th; 2011 US Junior Nationals: Team 5th, Duet 6th; 2010 Top 8 in the world. Before that, Lolli eSynchro Age Group Championships: Team 2nd, Duet 1st; coached the Italian national teams 2009 eSynchro Age Group Championships: Team 2nd; at all levels, 13-15 to the Senior 2008 eSynchro Age Group Championships: Team 3rd, Trio National Team. She participated in the 2004 Olympics with 1st, Duet 2nd and the 2008 and 2012 Olympics with England. Lolli also coached the bronze medal soloist from Scotland at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. Lolli has been a consultant Alison Williams for the 13-15 U.S. national teams for phe last two years. She has a degree from the University of Sport in Rome and Hometown: Moraga, Calif. a master’s in sport science from the University of Chich- Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif. ester, UK. Lolli is also the Technical Director of the Down Athletic Achievements: 2015 U.S. Syndrome International Swimming Organization and helped Open: Team Tech 1st; 2015 organized the Down Syndrome Synchro World Champion- Open: Duet 2nd; 2015 U.S. Nation- ships in 2012 and 2014. al Championships: Team Free 1st; 2012 Spanish Open: Team Free 3rd, Team Tech 3rd; 2011 FINA World Trophy: Team 6th; 2011 Pan Am Games: Team 2nd U.S. National Team

Team USA hoping for strong showing

A mix of veterans and rising newcomers have come team and building a new team dynamic. The duet has together for the U.S. synchronized swimming national team been improving every competition and we are hoping to in a bid for a strong showing at the FINA World Champion- get even better at Worlds,” Koroleva said. “The team hasn’t ships. had as much competition experience this season, but we Team USA includes eight teenagers and two 2012 Olym- are defi nitely on the right path in terms of getting stronger, pians, a strong squad ready to make strides heading into more synchronized and more powerful. With such a young the 2016 Olympics. team, it will take some time to develop and train two new “This team is young with huge potential,” said U.S. head programs, but we have already made big improvements in coach Myriam Glez. “They have great bodies for synchro- a short amount of time.” nized swimming, and they are getting stronger and fl exible. Anita Alvarez has boosted her international resume over They have good technique, good height and their elements the past year. In addition to her sixth-place fi nish in duet at are really good.” the French Open this year, the former member of the U.S. The team includes 2012 Olympians Mary Killman and Junior National Team competed in duet at the Brazil Open Mariya Koroleva, who fi nished in duet at the London (seventh place), French Open (11th) and FINA World Junior Games. The duo continued their careers in college, with Championships (11th in duet, eighth in team) in 2014. Killman swimming for Lindenwood University and Koroleva 2015 also saw the return of Alison Williams, a co-captain for Stanford. Killman has won numerous gold medals in with Mariya Koroleva. Williams, a member of the 2012 U.S. solo and duet at the U.S. National Championships and U.S. National Squad that fell short of qualifying for the 2012 Collegiate Championships over the past two years. This Olympic Games, spent a couple of years away from the na- year, Koroleva, a member of USA Synchro’s National Duet tional program to expand her synchro repertoire to include Training Squad, won silver in duet (with Alison Williams) at coaching and performing. the China Open and was sixth in duet (with Anita Alvarez) “Every single athlete on the team has a very strong and at the French Open. different personality, and this makes it very rich and com- “It’s been fun getting to know the younger girls on the plementary,” Glez said.

The duet of Anita Alvarez, left, and Mariya Koroleva U.S. Mixed Duet

Junior World Championships Team 7th; 2002 U.S. National Bill May Championships Team 10th; 2002 Junior National Cham- pionships Team 2nd, Solo 9th; 2001 United Airlines Open Hometown: Cicero, NY Team 1st, Solo 2nd, Duet 3rd; 2001 U.S. Age Groups Solo, Athletic Achievements: U.S. Na- Duet, Team, Figures 1st; 2001 U.S. National Champion- tional Champion (1998-2004); ships Team 9th; 2001 Junior National Championships Team Swiss Open Champion (1997, 5th; 2000 U.S. Age Groups Team 1st, Duet and Solo 3rd; 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003); 1999 U.S. Age Groups Team and Trio 1st, Duet 2nd German Open Champion (2002); Duet 2nd (1998); USA Synchro Athlete of the Year (1998, 1999); French Open Cham- Kristina Lum Underwood pion, Duet (1999); Rome Open Hometown: Las Vegas champion Solo (2000), Duet Athletic Achievements: Member (2002); Coach and choreography of the 2000 Olympic team; Four- for: U.S. Olympic Team (2000, time national team and duet cham- 2004), SCAmp Summer Synchro- pion; Two-time national solo silver nized Swimming Intensive Camp, medalist; national team member for national champions (1998-2004), Swiss Olympic Team, eight years; Represented the U.S. Swiss National Champion Club Team, Santa Clara Aqua- in duet and was the soloist for the maids, Canadian National Champions, Calgary Aquabelles, World Aquatic Games and FINA and various clubs and clinics in the U.S., Canada and World Cup; USA Synchro Athlete Europe. of the Year in 2000; Named to All American Team I from 1996-2000; Nominee for USOC Athlete of the Christina Jones Year and the Sullivan Award in 1998; Four-time national champion in mixed duet with Bill Hometown: Fremont, Calif. May and international champions in Rome, , Athletic Achievements: 2010 and France; Won silver medal in duet at the 1998 World Cup Solo 5th; 2008 Olympic Goodwill Games. Games Team 5th, Duet 5th; 2007 Pan American Games Team 1st, Duet 1st; 2007 FINA World Trophy Cup Team 3rd, Duet 3rd, Combo 2nd; 2007 FINA World Champion- ships Combo 3rd, Solo Tech 4th, Solo Free 5th, Team Free 5th, Duet Free 5th, Duet Tech 5th; 2006 U.S. National Championships Solo 1st, Duet, 2nd, Team 1st; 2006 Swiss Open Solo 1st, Duet 1st, Team 1st; 2006 FINA World Cup Solo 4th, Duet 4th, Team 4th; 2006 FINA World Trophy Cup Combo 1st, Duet 4th, Team 4th; 2005 Junior Pan American Games Solo 1st, Duet 1st; 2005 Japan Open Solo 3rd, Duet 4th; 2005 Junior National Championships Solo 1st, Duet 1st, Figures 1st, Team 3rd; 2005 U.S. National Championships Solo 2nd, Duet 1st, Team 1st; 2005 Rome Open Solo 3rd; 2005 FINA World Championships Solo 5th, Team 4th, Combo 5th; 2004 FINA Junior World Championships Solo 2nd, Duet 2nd, Team 4th, Figures 9th; 2004 German Open Solo 2nd, Duet 6th; 2004 Junior National Championships Solo 1st, Duet 1st, Figures 1st, Team 1st; 2004 U.S. National Championships Team 1st, Solo 5th, Duet 6th, Elements 1st; 2003 U.S. Na- tional Championships Team 1st, Solo 6th; Junior National Bill May and Kristina Lum Underwood won four Championships: Team 3rd, Solo 4th, Duet 2nd; 2002 FINA national championships together. U.S. Mixed Duet

Mixed duet swimmers set to make history

Bill May is ready to make history at the 2015 FINA World “Their routines are strong with good content and rhythm,” Championships. said U.S. National Team coach Myriam Glez. “The techni- May, who was once barred from competing at interna- cal duet is really interesting and catchy, and the free duet is tional events because of his gender, and former Olympians intense and powerful.” Christina Jones and Kristina Lum Underwood are USA May won 14 U.S. national championships and several Synchro’s offi cial selections for the inaugural mixed duet at international titles during his synchronized swimming the World Championships in Kazan, Russia, July 24-Aug. career. A trailblazer in a predominantly all-woman sport, 9. FINA added mixed duet to international competitions late he became the fi rst male to win a national title in the U.S. last year. and was named USA Synchro’s Athlete of the Year in 1998 The swimmers advanced after a second phase of trials in and 1999. He added numerous duet titles and won a silver Las Vegas last weekend. medal with Kristina Lum at the Goodwill Games in 1998. “The last phase of our trials went great. It was an amaz- May was inducted into the U.S. Synchronized Swimming ing opportunity to show our routines to the judges and Hall of Fame in 2012. the national team director, Myriam Glez,” May said. “We He is currently a synchronized swimming performer in received a lot of positive feedback that will help improve our Cirque du Soleil’s “O” show on the Las Vegas Strip. routines and take our performance to the next level. Jones, who also performs in Cirque du Soleil’s “O” show, “Now, with all of us offi cially named to the World Cham- competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in duet and team pionships Team we can focus on one thing: perfecting our and represented the USA as a soloist for several years. routines and being the most incredible athletes we can be. Lum Underwood is a synchronized swimmer and team We are excited to show the world just how beautiful, ath- captain in “Le Reve- The Dream,” an aquatic and aerial letic and entertaining a mixed duet truly is.” production show at Wynn Las Vegas. In addition to her four May and Jones, a 2008 Olympian, will compete in the national duet titles with May, the pair won the silver medal technical routine, which will be held July 25-26. Under- at the and several addition interna- wood, who competed at the 2000 Olympics and is a four- tional titles. Lum Underwood, a member of the U.S. Syn- time national duet champion with May, will swim the free chronized Swimming Hall of Fame, was the soloist for the routine with him on July 28, with the fi nal on July 30. national team for two years.

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Synchronized Swimming Competition Schedule - All events at the Kazan Arena Saturday, July 25 Sunday, July 26 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Solo Technical Duet Technical 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Mixed Duet Technical Free Combo 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.-7:05 p.m. Team Technical Duet Technical (Final) 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. 7:15 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Solo Technical (Final) Mixed Duet Technical (Final)

Monday, July 27 Tuesday, July 28 9 a.m.-1 p.m. 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Solo Free Duet Free 5:30 p.m.-7 p.m. 11:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Team Technical (Final) Mixed Duet Free 5:30 p.m.-8 p.m. Team Free

Wednesday, July 29 Thursday, July 30 5:30 p.m.-7:05 p.m. 5:30 p.m.-7:10 p.m. Solo Free (Final) Duet Free (Final) 7:15 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Mixed Duet Free (Final)

Friday, July 31 Saturday, August 1 5:30 p.m.-7:15 p.m. 5:30 p.m.-7:20 p.m. Team Free (Final) Combo Free (Final)

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