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Torres, Peirsol to compete at Austin Grand Prix (2/26/2009)
From USA Swimming
Ten members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swim Team, including Dara Torres (Los Angeles) and Aaron Peirsol (Irvine, Calif.), will compete March 5-7 at the 2009 Austin Grand Prix, the fourth stop of the USA Swimming Grand Prix Series.
The meet will serve as the first competition back for both Torres and Peirsol since Beijing. Both swimmers took home hardware in Beijing and will be competing in preparation for the ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships in July which will serve as the qualifying meet for the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome. Torres is entered in the 50 free. The 41-year-old won an Olympic silver medal in the 50-meter free in 2008, becoming the oldest Olympic medalist in the history of the sport.
National Teamer and current Grand Prix Series leader Mary DeScenza will look to extend her 32-point lead in Austin. DeScenza is in pole position for the $20,000 prize that will be awarded to the highest-scoring swimmer at the conclusion of the series.
Additional U.S. Olympians competing in Austin include multiple American record-holder Katie Hoff (Towson, Md.), Lacey Nymeyer (Tucson, Ariz.), Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich.), Kara Lynn Joyce (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Elizabeth Beisel (Saunderstown, R.I.), Kathleen Hersey (Atlanta, Ga.), and Austin locals Garrett Weber-Gale (Milwaukee, Wis.) and Eric Shanteau (Lilburn, Ga.).
In addition to the strong pool of American talent, world-record holder and Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) will compete at the Austin Grand Prix. Brazilian Olympic gold medalist Cesar Cielo, French Olympic silver medalist Fred Bousquet, and Trinidadian Olympian George Bovell will also swim in Austin.
The full Article can be viewed at USA Swimming
www.usaswimming.org/.../ViewNewsArticle.aspx
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Torres, Peirsol to compete at Austin Grand Prix (2/26/2009)
From USA Swimming
Ten members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Swim Team, including Dara Torres (Los Angeles) and Aaron Peirsol (Irvine, Calif.), will compete March 5-7 at the 2009 Austin Grand Prix, the fourth stop of the USA Swimming Grand Prix Series.
The meet will serve as the first competition back for both Torres and Peirsol since Beijing. Both swimmers took home hardware in Beijing and will be competing in preparation for the ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships in July which will serve as the qualifying meet for the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome. Torres is entered in the 50 free. The 41-year-old won an Olympic silver medal in the 50-meter free in 2008, becoming the oldest Olympic medalist in the history of the sport.
National Teamer and current Grand Prix Series leader Mary DeScenza will look to extend her 32-point lead in Austin. DeScenza is in pole position for the $20,000 prize that will be awarded to the highest-scoring swimmer at the conclusion of the series.
Additional U.S. Olympians competing in Austin include multiple American record-holder Katie Hoff (Towson, Md.), Lacey Nymeyer (Tucson, Ariz.), Peter Vanderkaay (Rochester, Mich.), Kara Lynn Joyce (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Elizabeth Beisel (Saunderstown, R.I.), Kathleen Hersey (Atlanta, Ga.), and Austin locals Garrett Weber-Gale (Milwaukee, Wis.) and Eric Shanteau (Lilburn, Ga.).
In addition to the strong pool of American talent, world-record holder and Olympic gold medalist Kirsty Coventry (Zimbabwe) will compete at the Austin Grand Prix. Brazilian Olympic gold medalist Cesar Cielo, French Olympic silver medalist Fred Bousquet, and Trinidadian Olympian George Bovell will also swim in Austin.
The full Article can be viewed at USA Swimming
www.usaswimming.org/.../ViewNewsArticle.aspx
