Ella Eastin

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2017 World University Games: Day 6 Prelims Live Recap

Full Name:	Ella Eastin
Born:	March 28th, 1997
	Irvine, California
Nationality:	United States of America
Status:	Active

Ella Eastin Ella Eastin is an American medley specialist from Orange County, California. Eastin comes from a family of outstanding athletes. Her father Jeff, played college and international professional basketball, her grandfather was drafted in baseball and her grandmother was one of the first professional golfers. Her younger sister also swims at the University of Michigan. Being born 11 months apart, the Eastin sisters are Irish twins. Personal Life Eastin fell in love with the sport at age six with the help of her first coach Todd Larson. He taught her and her sister the strokes and instilled in them the passion for the sport. In 2010, Larson died after a year battle with leukaemia. Eastin said he is the motivation for her to keep swimming. Swimming for Socal Aquatics and Crean Lutheran High School, Eastin broke numerous national age group and independent high school records. She committed to Stanford and began her record-breaking college career in 2015. College Swimming As the number six recruit in the nation, Eastin chose to stay in California and swim for Greg Meehan at Stanford University. 2015-2016 Eastin made an immediate impact as a cardinal picking up duel meet wins throughout the season. She continued dominating the medley events and 200 yard butterfly at Pac-12's. In the …

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