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2018 Winter National Championships Usaswimming.Org L @Usaswimming L @Usaswimlive L #Swimwinternats U.S 2018 Winter National Championships usaswimming.org l @USASwimming l @USASwimLive l #SwimWinterNats U.S. Athletes to Watch • Katie Ledecky: Fresh off her record sixth consecutive Female Athlete of the Year honor at USA Swimming’s Golden Goggle Awards, Ledecky is entered in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle in Greensboro. At 2014 Winter Nationals in Greensboro, Ledecky won the 200y, 500y and 1650y freestyle events, setting an American record in the 1650. • Simone Manuel: A standout freestyle Event Schedule sprinter and Olympic and world champion, Manuel is slated to compete in the 50m, Start Times 100m and 200m free. She is the top seed in Prelims Day Finals the 50m and 100m free and third in the 200m N/A Wednesday, Nov. 28 6 p.m. ET 9 a.m. ET Thursday, Nov. 29 5 p.m. ET free. 9 a.m. ET Friday, Nov. 30 5 p.m. ET 9 a.m. ET Saturday, Dec. 1 5 p.m. ET • Chase Kalisz: The reigning TYR Pro Swim Series champion, Kalisz is the top seed in the Wednesday, Nov. 28 (Timed Finals) 200m individual medley and 200m butterfly Women Men in Greensboro. He is fresh off Pan Pacific • Winter Nationals and Nov. 28 mark the Event # Event Event # Championships gold in the 200m and 400m opening of the qualification period for the 1 800m Freestyle 2 IM. 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming, Thursday, Nov. 29 the sole qualifier for American swimmers for • Nathan Adrian: Adrian, a three-time Women Men the pool competition at the Olympic Games. Olympian, is the top seed in the 50m and Event # Event Event # A full list of qualifying standards is above. 3 400m Freestyle 4 100m freestyle this week. At 2014 Winter Nationals, Adrian swept the short-course 5 200m Individual Medley 6 • The first full day of Winter Nationals com- 7 50m Freestyle 8 50y, 100y and 200y freestyle events. petition (Nov. 28) is 571 days away from the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming Friday, Nov. 30 • Dana Vollmer: The mother of two and (June 21, 2020, in Omaha, Nebraska) and 605 Women Men eight-time Olympic medalist is entered in days from the opening of the 2020 Olympic Event # Event Event # the 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle in Games in Tokyo (July 25, 2020). 9 400m Individual Medley 10 Greensboro. She last competed in April 2018. 11 100m Butterfly 12 13 200m Freestyle 14 15 100m Breaststroke 16 Note: Full National Team bios are available online at Broadcast Schedule usaswimming.org. 17 100m Backstroke 18 Date, Time Network Live/Delay Nov. 28, 6 PM ET usaswimming.org Live Saturday, Dec. 1 Meet Facts Nov. 29, 5 PM ET Olympic Channel Live Women Men • Twenty-seven members of the USA Swim- Nov. 30, 5 PM ET Olympic Channel Live Event # Event Event # ming National Team - and 12 Olympians - are Dec. 1, 5 PM ET usaswimming.org Live 19 1500m Freestyle 20 entered in this weekend’s Winter Nation- 21 200m Backstroke 22 Dec. 2, 10 PM ET NBCSN Delay al Championships in Greensboro. Twelve Dec. 16, 3 PM ET NBC Delay 23 100m Freestyle 24 members of the National Junior Team are also 25 200m Breaststroke 26 expected to compete. 27 200m Butterfly 28 All prelims will stream live on usaswimming.org. • Among the U.S. Olympians entered in Upcoming Events Winter Nationals, four have won at least four Engage on Social • Dec. 11-16: FINA World Championships Olympic medals: • Event Hashtag: #SwimWinterNats (25m), Hangzhou, China • Twitter: @USASwimming, @USASwimLive 2019 TYR Pro Swim Series • Nathan Adrian - 8 (5 gold) • Instagram: @USASwimming • Jan. 9-12, 2019: TYR Pro Swim Series at • Dana Vollmer - 8 (5 gold) • Snapchat: usaswimming Knoxville • Katie Ledecky - 6 (5 gold) • Facebook: Facebook.com/USASwimming • March 6-9, 2019: TYR Pro Swim Series • Simone Manuel - 4 (2 gold) • YouTube: YouTube.com/USASwimming at Des Moines • April 10-13, 2019: TYR Pro Swim Series at Richmond • At the last long-course Winter Nationals in • May 17-19, 2019: TYR Pro Swim Series at 2015, 11 of the U.S. event winners went on to Bloomington make the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team, including • June 12-15, 2019: TYR Pro Swim Series Adrian, Kalisz, Manuel and Vollmer. at Clovis .
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