2013 AT&T Winter National Championships usaswimming.org l @USA_Swimming l @USASwimLive l #ATTnats Event Schedule Start Times Friday, Dec. 6 PRELIMS DAY FINALS WOMEN MEN 9 a.m. ET Thursday, Dec. 5 5 p.m. ET Event # Event Event # 9 a.m. ET Friday, Dec. 6 5 p.m. ET 11 200y Medley Relay* 12 9 a.m. ET Saturday, Dec. 7 5 p.m. ET 13 400y Individual Medley 14 15 100y Butterfly 16 Thursday, Dec. 5 17 200y Freestyle 18 WOMEN MEN 19 100y Breaststroke 20 Event # Event Event # 21 100y Backstroke 22 1 200y Freestyle Relay* 2 23 800y Freestyle Relay 24 3 500y Freestyle 4 Quick Facts 5 200y Individual Medley 6 Saturday, Dec. 7 What: AT&T Winter National 7 50y Freestyle 8 WOMEN MEN Championships 9 400y Medley Relay 10 Event # Event Event # 25 1650y Freestyle 26 When: Thursday-Saturday, Dec. 5-7 * Qualification for the 4 x 50 relays will be the corresponding 4 x 100 relay time standards. The 200 Freestyle and 200 Medley Relays will 27 200y Backstroke 28 Where: Knoxville, Tenn.: be swum as preliminaries and finals, with the preliminaries at the 29 100y Freestyle 30 beginning of the morning sessions, and the top 16 from preliminaries Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center advancing to finals. The preliminaries will be championship seeded, 31 200y Breaststroke 32 2200 Andy Holt Ave. and men’s and women’s heats will be conducted simultaneously in 33 200y Butterfly 34 their respective pools. If only one pool is used for the competition, all Knoxville, TN 37996 women’s heats will be swum before the men’s heats. 35 400y Freestyle Relay 36 Format: Short Course Yards (25 yds) * Heats for events 25 and 26 will be swum after event 34 Upcoming Events Media Information December 12-14, 2013 Credential Pick-Up Speedo Winter Junior Nationals Media members can pick up credentials at the Aquatic Center Tuesday, Dec. 3 through Friday, Dec. Greensboro, N.C. 6. Questions can be directed to Karen Linhart of USA Swimming at 719.440.2424. December 20-21, 2013 Media Work Areas Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool The media workroom is located above the Officials’ Area in the northwest corner of the Allan Jones Glasgow, Scotland Intercollegiate Aquatic Center, to the right of the diving towers. All approved media representatives will have access to the work area equipped with wireless Internet along with a safe and secure area January 17-19, 2014 for any equipment (not available for overnight storage). 2014 Arena Grand Prix at Austin Austin, Texas Interviews Requested athletes will be available following each race. In the case where an athlete has another February 13-15, 2014 race upcoming in the session, that athlete will be available following his/her final race.All interview 2014 Arena Grand Prix at Oralando requests should be coordinated through Karen Linhart of USA Swimming. Orlando, Fla. USA Swimming Contacts: Karen Linhart Tommy Schield [email protected] [email protected] 719.440.2424 719.358.3340 2013 AT&T Winter National Championships 1 2013 AT&T Winter National Championships 2013 AT&T Winter National Championships usaswimming.org l @USA_Swimming l @USASwimLive l #ATTnats usaswimming.org l @USA_Swimming l @USASwimLive l #ATTnats FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, November 26, 2013 Name Event(s) Hometown Club @Twitter Contact: Tommy Schield ([email protected] / 719-358-3340) Cammile Adams 200 FL Cypress, Texas Aggie Swim Club CammileAdams Haley Anderson 800 FR Granite Bay, Calif. Trojan Swim Club Halswims Kathleen Baker 200 BK Winston-Salem, N.C. SwimMAC Carolina KathleenBaker2 Tristin Baxter 10K Open Water Fresno, Calif. Clovis Swim Club/Arizona State Missy Franklin, Katie Ledecky Expected to Headline 2013 AT&T Winter Nationals Elizabeth Beisel 200 BK, 200/400 IM Saunderstown, R.I. Bluefish Swim Club/Florida ebeisel34 Nearly 40 National Team members slated to swim in Knoxville, Tenn. Rachel Bootsma 100 BK Eden Prairie, Minn. California Aquatics r_bootsma15 Justine Bowker 200 IM Monroe, Mich. T2 Aquatics teeny53 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Olympic gold medalists Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.) and Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Emily Brunemann 10K Open Water Crescent Springs, Ky. Club Wolverine EmilyBrunemann Md.) are expected to highlight USA Swimming’s 2013 AT&T Winter National Championships, which runs Dec. 5-7 in Knoxville, Natalie Coughlin 50/100 FR Vallejo, Calif. California Aquatics NatalieCoughlin Tenn. Sarah Denninghoff 100/200 BK Tucson, Ariz. Texas Longhorn Aquatics Maya DiRado 200 FR, 200 FL, Santa Rosa, Calif. Stanford Swimming MayaDiRado The short-course yards meet will take place at the University of Tennessee’s Allan Jones Aquatic Center and will feature 400 IM many top American swimmers, including 16 members of the U.S. 2013 FINA World Championships Team. Claire Donahue 100 FL Lenoir City, Tenn. Western Kentucky University clairedonahue Erika Erndl 100 FL Naples, Fla. T2 Aquatics Fellow Olympic gold medalists Natalie Coughlin (Vallejo, Calif.), Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.), Matt Grevers (Lake Eva Fabian 10K Open Water Keene, N.H. Greenwood Memorial Swim Club/Yale Forest, Ill.) and Cullen Jones (Irvington, N.J.) are expected to join Franklin and Ledecky in the field. Missy Franklin 100/200 FR, Centennial, Colo. Colorado Stars FranklinMissy 100/200 BK Other top swimmers slated to compete include Olympic medalists Rachel Bootsma (Eden Prairie, Minn.) and Caitlin Katy Freeman 200 BR Concord, Calif. Santa Barbara Swim Club Prince55katy Leverenz (Tucson, Ariz.), as well as 2013 Phillips 66 National Championships medalists Chloe Sutton (Mission Viejo, Margo Geer 50/100 FR Milford Center, Ohio Tucson Ford Dealer Aquatics Calif.) and Connor Jaeger (Fair Haven, N.J.). As of Tuesday, nearly 40 U.S. National Team members are expected to swim Molly Hannis 100 BR Santa Rosa, Calif. Tennessee Aquatics at the three-day meet. Jessica Hardy 100 BR Long Beach, Calif. Trojan Swim Club swimhardy Lauren Harrington 200 FL Memphis, Tenn. Athens Bulldog Swim Club Lauren_Elise92 Knoxville-area swimmers set to compete include Olympic gold medalist Claire Donahue (Lenoir City, Tenn.); National Team Meghan Hawthorne 400 IM Granada Hills, Calif. Unattached/USC member Molly Hannis (Santa Rosa, Calif.), one of many University of Tennessee athletes slated to swim; and Tennessee Sarah Henry 400/800 FR, Garner, N.C. Aggie Swim Club Aquatics’ Bryar Long (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Brad Craig (Midland, Mich.), also a National Teamer. 200/400 IM Kiera Janzen 200 FR Robbinsdale, Minn. Minnesota Aquatics Kiera_Janzen A strong field of international competitors also will be in attendance, including Olympians Yulduz Kuchkarova of Uzbekistan, Christine Jennings 10K Open Water Longmont, Colo. RallySport Aquatic Club CJennings303 Russia’s Arkady Vyatchanin, Great Britain’s Adam Brown and South Africa’s Darian Townsend, among others. Megan Kingsley 200 FL Mount Pleasant, S.C. Mount Pleasant Swim Club Megs_Kingsley Breeja Larson 100/200 BR Mesa, Ariz. Aggie Swim Club BreejaLarson Preliminaries will start at 9 a.m. ET Thursday, Dec. 5 through Saturday, Dec. 7 with finals beginning at 5 p.m. ET. Tickets Micah Lawrence 100/200 BR Pflugerville, Texas SwimMAC Carolina micah_lawrence may be purchased at the door. Katie Ledecky 200/400/800 FR Bethesda, Md. Nation’s Capital Swim Club katieledecky Felicia Lee 100 FL Wayne, N.J. Stanford Swimming FeliciaFLee A live webcast of prelims and finals will be available for all three days via usaswimming.org. National television coverage Caitlin Leverenz 200/400 IM Tucson, Ariz. California Aquatics cleverenz from the meet will air on NBC on Saturday, Dec. 21 from 5-6 p.m. ET. Celina Li 200/400 IM Pleasanton, Calif. Pleasanton Seahawks Christine Magnuson 50 FR, 100 FL Knoxville, Tenn. Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics cmagsflyer About USA Swimming Becca Mann 200 FL, Homer Glen, Ill. Clearwater Aquatic Team 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 10K Open Water the culture of swimming by creating opportunities for swimmers and coaches of all backgrounds to participate and advance in the sport through clubs, Simone Manuel 50/100 FR Sugar Land, Texas First Colony Swim Team simone_manuel 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 Melanie Margalis 200 IM Clearwater, Fla. St. Petersburg Aquatics/Georgia Swimming is responsible for selecting and training teams for international competition including the Olympic Games, and strives to serve the sport through Ivy Martin 50 FR Madison, Wis. Wisconsin Aquatics ivyJ4 its core objectives: Build the base, Promote the sport, Achieve competitive success. For more information, visit www.usaswimming.org. Jordan Mattern 200 FR Aurora, Colo. Athens Bulldog Swim Club Jordan_Marie19 Amber McDermott 400 FR Mill Creek, Wash. Athens Bulldog Swim Club ambermcdermott0 Katie McLaughlin 200 FL Dana Point, Calif. Mission Viejo Nadadores katie_mcl87 Stephanie Peacock 800 FR Cape Coral, Fla. Swim Florida/North Carolina Elizabeth Pelton 100/200 BK Baltimore, Md. California Aquatics eliZAbethP_1126 Emma Reaney 100/200 BR Lawrence, Kan. Irish Aquatics Megan Romano 50/100 FR, 100 BK St. Petersburg, Fla. Athens Bulldog Swim Club Megan__Romano Gillian Ryan 400/800 FR Kutztown, Pa. North Baltimore Aquatic Club Olivia Scott 100 FL Aurora, Ill. Auburn University Olivia Smoliga 100 BK Glenview, Ill. Glenview Titan Aquatic Club OSmoliga Laura Sogar 100/200 BR Exeter, R.I. Bluefish Swim Club/Texas laurasogs Kendyl Stewart 200 BK Carlsbad, Calif. North Coast Aquatics/USC kendylstewart17 Chloe Sutton 400/800 FR Mission Viejo, Calif. Mission Viejo Nadadores csutswim Ashley Twichell 10K Open Water Fayetteville, N.Y. Mission Viejo Nadadores atwich616 Dana Vollmer 100 FL Granbury, Texas California Aquatics danavollmer Shannon Vreeland 100/200 FR Overland Park, Kan. Athens Bulldog Swim Club s_vreeland Lindsay Vrooman 400 FR Baden, Pa.