2012 USA Swimming Nats & JRs

Olympic Gold Medalists Lochte, Franklin, Schmitt, Grevers and Adrian to Compete in the 2012 AT&T Winter National Championships, Nov. 29-Dec. 1 Short Course Meet will be Held in Austin, Texas and Broadcast on NBC on Dec. 2* COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. –*Top swimmers in the country, including Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach, Fla.), Missy Franklin (Centennial, Colo.), Allison Schmitt (Canton, Mich.), Matt Grevers (Lake Forest, Ill.) and Nathan Adrian (Bremerton, Wash.), will compete in at the 2012 AT&T Winter National Championships, November 29 – December 1 at the Lee and Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas. The three-day meet will be contested in short course yards and is the last major domestic USA Swimming event of the year. The event will be broadcast on NBC as a one-hour special on Sunday, December 2 from 2-3 p.m. ET. More than 15 members of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Swim Team will compete in Austin. Lochte, Franklin, Schmitt, Grevers and Adrian each earned multiple Olympic medals this summer in London. Each swimmer also took home gold in an individual event. Other Olympic team members include Jessica Hardy (Long Beach, Calif.), Anthony Ervin (Berkeley, Calif.), Lia Neal (New York, N.Y.) and Scott Weltz (San Jose, Calif.). The meet will also include top Austin-based swimmers such as Ricky Berens, Kathleen Hersey, Jimmy Feigen, and Garrett Weber-Gale. Preliminary heats will take place each day at 9 a.m. CT with finals beginning each evening at 5 p.m. CT. Five to seven events will be contested daily. Friday and Saturday arrive early for autograph sessions with some Olympians from 4-5 p.m. Saturday from*3:30- 5p.m. CT Austin based band, The Sweet Nuthin will perform from the diving tower. Tickets available at the door or online at www.longhornaquaticsstore.com. Media wishing to cover the event are advised to submit the online credential request form About USA Swimming As the National Governing Body for the sport of swimming in the United States, USA Swimming is a 300,000-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.

The meet started Some impressive swims tonight 2012 AT&T WINTER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Thu Nov. 29 – Sat Dec. 1, University of Texas, Austin, TX Info TIX PSYCH Sheet RESULTS Order of Events (same as NCAAs) Thu 200 FR Relay 500 FR 200 IM 50 FR 400 Medly Fri 200 Med Relay 400 IM 100 FL 200 FR 100 BR 100 BK 800 FR Relay Sat 1650 FR 200 BK 100 FR 200 BR 200 FL 400 FR Relay 2012 SPEEDO WINTER JUNIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Dec. 6-8, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Info

I especially liked Celina Li's 200 IM win; she will be even more dangerous in the 400 IM. Cal women are going to benefit greatly over the next four years from her versatility. Clark "the shark" showed some nice 500 street cred with his 4:18 4th place finish. Eddie's gonna have fun with him.

It's really a shame about Nathan Adrian's finger. After his smoking fast 50 in prelims, I was really looking forward to his swim in the finals and in the 100. Plus it's just fun to look at him...

I remember reading that he was coaching but I had no idea that he was back in swimming. Me neither. A 1:33 low 200 free ain't too shabby for an old, retired guy.

Me neither. A 1:33 low 200 free ain't too shabby for an old, retired guy. Speaking of not too shabby, check out Erik Erndl's 200 in prelims. I thought she was more of a 50-100 swimmer; this is awesome: USA Swimming-National Meets 11/30/12 - 10:56AM 2012 AT&T Winter National Championships - 11/29/12 to 12/01/12 Event 17 Women 200 Yard Freestyle ================================================================== American: A 1:41.21 03/16/12 Megan Romano, Georgia U.S. Open: O 1:41.21 03/16/12 Megan Romano, Georgia Meet: M 1:42.36 12/04/09 Dana Vollmer, California Aquat ================================================================== === Preliminaries === 1 Ledecky, Kathleen 15 Nation's Capital 1:46.75 1:44.58 r:+0.71 24.66 51.03 (26.37) 1:18.07 (27.04) 1:44.58 (26.51) 2 Erndl, Erika 34 T2 Aquatics-FL 1:45.25 1:44.92 r:+0.78 25.26 52.18 (26.92) 1:18.76 (26.58) 1:44.92 (26.16)

Yeah, that's very impressive. Her second 100 was a 52.7!

Very impressive final Event 17 Women 200 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= American: A 1:41.21 03/16/12 Megan Romano, Georgia U.S. Open: O 1:41.21 03/16/12 Megan Romano, Georgia Meet: M 1:42.36 12/04/09 Dana Vollmer, California Aquat Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Franklin, Missy 17 Colorado Stars-C 1:45.73 1:42.42 20 r:+0.79 24.28 50.43 (26.15) 1:16.65 (26.22) 1:42.42 (25.77) 2 Erndl, Erika 34 T2 Aquatics-FL 1:44.92 1:43.46 17 r:+0.79 24.57 50.81 (26.24) 1:17.29 (26.48) 1:43.46 (26.17)

Me neither. A 1:33 low 200 free ain't too shabby for an old, retired guy. Event 18 Men 200 Yard Freestyle ========================================================================= American: A 1:31.72 03/27/09 David Walters, Texas U.S. Open: O 1:31.20 03/24/06 Simon Burnett, Arizona/GBR Meet: M 1:32.13 11/30/07 Michael Phelps, Club Wolverine Name Age Team Prelims Finals Points ========================================================================= === A - Final === 1 Berens, Ricky 24 Una TXLA-ST/TXLA 1:33.21 1:31.96M 20 r:+0.69 21.81 45.35 (23.54) 1:08.74 (23.39) 1:31.96 (23.22) :bow:

The 200 free A final is Erndl, six girls who are young enough to be her biological daughters, and a random college kid.