U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. — Air Force junior Genevieve Miller qualified for the Olympic Trials in her second event as she swam an 8:47.92 in the 800-meter free at the USA Winter Nationals, Saturday, Dec. 4, in Seattle, Wash. Miller placed 14th in the event.
On Friday, the junior from Winston-Salem, N.C., qualified for the Olympic Trials in the 400-meter free as she swam a 4:15.16 in the prelims. In the finals of the 400, Miller swam a 4:17.84 to place 15th out of 55 swimmers. She entered the event seeded 38th and improved her ranking by 23 places.
Senior Sara Menke also competed in the 800 free on Saturday afternoon and placed 31st with a time of 9:07.14, just missing an Olympic Trials time.
The Falcons are now off until Jan. 3 at the Orange Bowl Classic in Key Largo, Fla
Swimming news courtesy of Air Force Swimming & Diving.
