Nathan Adrian, Katie Ledecky Headlining U.S. Winter Nationals
Photo Courtesy: John David Mercer – USA Today Sports
COLORADO SPRINGS – 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. Olympians Andrew 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, approximately 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 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 national coverage of the meet Sunday, Dec. 7 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. ET.
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Doesn’t Cullen Jones have the American record in the 50 meter free with 21.40 ?
Doesn’t David Walters have the American record in the 100 meter free with 47.33 ?
I forgot to add, I read that information from this website: http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabId=1476
Winter Nats is contested in SCY, and Adrian has the AR in both SCY events.
My fault. I missed that part.