2014 AT&T Winter National Championships usaswimming.org l @USASwimming l @USASwimLive l #ATTNats Event Schedule Start Times Friday, Dec. 5 Prelims Day Finals Women Men N/A Wednesday, Dec. 3 6 p.m. ET Event # Event Event # 9 a.m. ET Thursday, Dec. 4 5 p.m. ET 13 400y Individual Medley 14 9 a.m. ET Friday, Dec. 5 5 p.m. ET 15 100y Butterfly 16 9 a.m. ET Saturday, Dec. 6 5 p.m. ET 17 200y Freestyle 18 19 100y Breaststroke 20 Wednesday, Dec. 3 (Timed Finals) 21 100y Backstroke 22 Women Men 23 200y Freestyle Relay 24 Event # Event Event # 1 200y Medley Relay 2 Saturday, Dec. 6 3 800y Freestyle Relay 4 Women Men Quick Facts Event # Event Event # What: 2014 AT&T Winter National Thursday, Dec. 4 25 1650y Freestyle 26 Women Men 27 200y Backstroke 28 Championships Event # Event Event # 29 100y Freestyle 30 When: Wed.-Sat., Dec. 3-6 5 500y Freestyle 6 31 200y Breaststroke 32 7 200y Individual Medley 8 33 200y Butterfly 34 Where: Greensboro, N.C.: 9 50y Freestyle 10 35 400y Freestyle Relay 36 Greensboro Aquatic Center 11 400y Medley Relay 12 Note: All relays will be swum as timed finals at the end of the evening. 1921 West Lee Street Greensboro, NC 27403 Media Information Format: Short Course Yards (25 yds) Credentials Media members may pick up credentials at the registration desk in the Greensboro Aquatic Center lobby Wednesday, Dec. 3 through Saturday, Dec. 6. Questions can be directed to John Martin of USA Swimming at 719-362-6422. Parking Media must print the parking pass distributed via email. Refer to the map on the pass for media parking locations (Lot No. 2 with overflow in lot No. 9.). Media Work Areas The media workroom is located just off the pool deck with a limited number of spaces on deck reserved for media. Media members will have access to a tabled area with power and wireless Internet access. Interviews Requested athletes will be available following each race. In the case where an athlete has another race upcoming in the session, that athlete will be available following his/her final race. All interview requests must be coordinated through John Martin of USA Swimming and conducted in a USA Swimming-designated area. USA Swimming On-Site Communications Staff John Martin (719-362-6422, [email protected]) Rhonda Marable (719-425-0433, [email protected]) 2014 AT&T Winter National Championships 1 2014 AT&T Winter National Championships usaswimming.org l @USASwimming l @USASwimLive l #ATTNats FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Martin ([email protected] / 719-362-6422) Nathan Adrian, Katie Ledecky Highlight 2014 AT&T Winter Nationals More than 800 swimmers set to compete Dec. 3-6 at Greensboro Aquatic Center COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Olympic gold medalists Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.) and Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md.) are among the more than 800 swimmers expected to compete Dec. 3-6 at USA Swimming’s AT&T Winter National Championships at the Greensboro (N.C.) Aquatic Center. The meet opens Wednesday, Dec. 3 with a relay-only session at 6 p.m. ET. Thursday, Dec. 4, through Saturday, Dec. 6, prelims will be held at 9 a.m. ET, followed by finals at 5 p.m. ET. Tickets are required for all sessions and can be purchased online now or at the Greensboro Aquatic Center box office during the event. Expected to join Adrian and Ledecky in the field are fellow U.S. OlympiansAndrew Gemmell (Wilmington, Del.), Connor Jaeger (Fair Haven, N.J.) and Cullen Jones (Irvington, N.J.), who trains with SwimMAC Carolina and swam collegiately at North Carolina State, and Micah Lawrence (Pflugerville, Texas) In total, more than 20 members of the USA Swimming National Team are expected to compete. Ledecky is the American record holder in the 500-yard and 1650y freestyle events, while Adrian holds the American record in the 50y and 100y freestyle. Ledecky, Gemmell and Jaeger were all winners Monday at USA Swimming’s Golden Goggle Awards in New York. On the local collegiate front, North Carolina, North Carolina State and East Carolina are expected to enter teams in the meet. Other college teams expected to enter large squads include Indiana and Louisville. A live webcast of the entire meet will be available at usaswimming.org/nationals. NBC will air exclusive television coverage of the meet Sunday, Dec. 7 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET. About USA Swimming As the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming in the United States, USA Swimming is a 400,000-member service organization that promotes the culture of swimming by creating opportunities for swimmers and coaches of all backgrounds to participate and advance in the sport through clubs, events and education. Our membership is comprised of swimmers from the age group level to the Olympic Team, as well as coaches and volunteers. USA Swimming is responsible for selecting and training teams for international competition including the Olympic Games, and strives to serve the sport through its core objectives: Build the base, Promote the sport, Achieve competitive success. For more information, visit www.usaswimming.org. 2 2014 AT&T Winter National Championships 2014 AT&T Winter National Championships usaswimming.org l @USASwimming l @USASwimLive l #ATTNats Meet Notes Upcoming Key Events (Pool) American Record Holders in Action: Olympic gold medalists 2014 Nathan Adrian and Katie Ledecky will be in action in Greensboro Dec. 3-7: FINA Short Course World Championships (Doha, Qatar) and own a combined four short-course yards American records. Dec. 11-13: Speedo Winter Junior Nationals (Federal Way, Wash.) Adrian has held the 50-yard freestyle record of 18.66 since 2011 and set the 100y free mark of 41.08 in 2009. Ledecky, meanwhile, 2015 owns the American marks in the 500y free (4:28.71) set in Jan. 15-17: Arena Grand Prix at Austin February 2014 and the 1650y free (15:15.17) set at last year’s AT&T Jan. 30-Feb. 1: Billiton Aquatic Super Series (Perth, Australia) Winter Nationals in Knoxville, Tennessee. Feb. 12-14: Arena Grand Prix at Orlando April 15-18: Arena Grand Prix at Mesa Defending Champions Looking for Repeat Titles: Olympians May 14-17: Arena Grand Prix at Charlotte Nathan Adrian, Connor Jaeger and Katie Ledecky were all double June 18-21: Arena Grand Prix at Santa Clara title winners at the 2013 AT&T Winter National Championships July 4-11: World University Games (Gwangju, South Korea) in Knoxville, Tennessee, and will look for repeat victories in the July 14-18: Pan American Games (Toronto, Canada) same events this week in Greensboro. Adrian will aim for repeat July 30-Aug. 3: Speedo Junior National Champs. (San Antonio) wins in the 50y and 100y free; Jaeger in the 500y and 1650y free; Aug. 2-9: FINA World Championships (Kazan, Russia) and Ledecky in the 500y and 1650y free. Ledecky will look for her Aug. 6-10: Phillips 66 National Championships (San Antonio) third straight title in each event. Aug. TBD: FINA World Junior Championships (Singapore) Dec. 2-5: AT&T Winter National Champs. (Federal Way, Wash.) Golden Goggle Award Winners Flock to Greensboro: Six of the eight award winners from the Nov. 24 USA Swimming Golden 2016 Goggle Awards will be represented in Greensboro this week. Katie June 26-July 3: U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming (Omaha) Ledecky claimed Female Athlete of the Year, Female Race of the Aug. 6-13: Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Year (1500m free) and teamed up to win Relay Performance of the Year (800m free relay) accolades. Connor Jaeger claimed Male Upcoming Key Events (Open Water) Race of the Year honors for his 1500m free victory at the 2014 Pan Pacific Championships, whileAndrew Gemmell shared the 2015 Perseverance Award with open water teammate Haley Anderson. July 3-14: World University Games (Gwangju, South Korea) Nation’s Capital Swim Club coach Bruce Gemmell, who coaches July 11-12: Pan American Games (Toronto, Calif.) Ledecky and son Andrew Gemmell, was named Coach of the Year July 24-30: FINA World Championships (Kazan, Russia) for the second straight year. 2016 AT&T, USA Swimming to Sponsor Clinic for Sigma Gamma Rho: Aug. 15-16: Olympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) On Friday, AT&T and USA Swimming are sponsoring an exclusive swim clinic for the ladies of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. at the Greensboro Aquatic Center. As part of the partnership with Swim 1922, the clinic is designed to educate the adult women of Sigma Gamma Rho about the importance of learning to swim and how to be safer around the water. Olympian and Swim 1922 spokeswoman Maritza Correia will lead the in-water activities for the group of 30 women. Correia is the first African American woman to make the U. S. National Team and win an Olympic medal, earning silver in the women’s 4x100 meter relay in 2004. The Swim 1922 partnership between USA Swimming and Sigma Gamma Rho is committed to creating and growing opportunities for increased participation in the sport of swimming for black women and the black community at large. 3 2014 AT&T Winter National Championships 2014-15 National Team: Women usaswimming.org l @USASwimming l @USASwimLive l #ATTNats Name Event(s) Hometown Club* @Twitter Cammile Adams 200 FL Cypress, Texas SwimMAC Carolina/Texas A&M @CammileAdams Haley Anderson 10K Granite Bay, Calif. Trojan Swim Club @SwimHaley Kathleen Baker 100/200 BK Winston-Salem, N.C. SwimMAC Carolina @KathleenBaker2 Courtney Bartholomew 200 BK Holland, Mich. Cavalier Swimming Tina Bechtel 100/200 FL Franklin, Tenn.