USA Swimming announced today that Henry McFadden and Anna Moesch are the Phillips 66 Hometown Heroes for the Toyota U.S. Open in Greensboro, North Carolina. A tenured partner of USA Swimming, the diversified energy company is proud to highlight up-and-coming swimming talent from communities near Phillips 66 refineries.
McFadden, who is from Haddonfield, New Jersey, and is a member of the USA Swimming National Junior Team, swims for the Jersey Wahoos swim team. A freshman at Stanford University, McFadden’s top finish in Greensboro was bronze in the men’s 200m freestyle.
“I love my hometown,” McFadden said. “It feels homey. They always catch up, even if they don’t know much about swimming. Everyone follows along and is super supportive of me…I also love how much you learn in this sport. I feel like I have learned so much about my body and how it operates, and I feel like I can even correlate that over to tests in school and how to keep myself healthy.”
McFadden was also a member of the U.S. squad that competed at the World Aquatics Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, this summer, where he was part of the silver-medal winning men’s 4x200m freestyle relay.
Moesch is from Greenbrook, New Jersey, and is also a member of the USA Swimming National Junior Team. She swims for the Greater Somerset County YMCA swim team and has verbally committed to attending the University of Virginia next year. At the Toyota U.S. Open in Greensboro, Moesch’s top finish was third in the women’s 100m freestyle B final in Greensboro.
“I come from a very small place, a small team. My old team had less than 100 kids. It’s very small but very homey,” Moesch said. “When you do something big or exciting, it’s a big deal. I remember after my first Olympic Trials, there was a huge parade in my development because things are seen as such huge accomplishments in small towns…I always like to say I don’t chase the physical success, but the inner feeling you get from succeeding.”
Moesch won one gold, two silvers on relays, and one bronze medal for her performance in the women’s 100m freestyle this summer at the World Aquatics Junior Swimming Championships in Netanya, Israel.
View complete results from the Toyota U.S. Open here. Learn more about members of the USA Swimming National Junior Team here.
The Hometown Heroes program annually recognizes the achievements of one male and one female swimmer from the Phillips 66 National Championships and Toyota U.S. Open swim meets. McFadden and Moesch join a growing list of athletes who have gone on to achieve collegiate and national success.
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