Federal Way, WA – Senior Amanda Lucia (Easthampton, MA/Easthampton) along with junior teammates Anu Nihipali (Honolulu, HI/Hawaii Preparatory Academy) and Katja Claesson (Fullerton, CA/Troy) of the Wagner women’s swimming & diving team head to the Weyerhaeuser King County Aquatic Center in Federal Way, WA this week to compete at the 2015 AT&T US Winter Nationals.
The 2015 AT&T US Winter Nationals will be broadcast on NBC Universal.
This is the second year in a row for the Wagner program to have swimmers qualify and compete in the prestigious meet.
The competition will begin on Thursday, December 3 at 9:00 a.m. with the men’s and women’s 400 Freestyle, 200 Individual Medley and the 50 Free.
The action continues on Friday, December 4, with the men’s women’s 400 IM, 100 Butterfly, 200 Free, 100 Breaststroke and the 100 Backstroke.
The final day of competition will be Saturday, December 5, with the men’s and women’s 800 Free (women only), 1500 Free (men only), 200 Back, 100 Free, 200 Breast, and the 200 Fly.
Leading the way for the Seahawks will be Nihipali, the reigning NEC Swimmer of the Week and Walsh Electric Student-Athlete of the Month, who put together a stellar performance at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 20-22) where she set four school records, two meet records, qualified for two NCAA “B” cuts all while claiming first place in two of her individual events. Nihipali will be competing in the 100 Backstroke and time trialing the 100 Free.
Along with Nihipali is Lucia, who both attended the 2014 AT&T Winter Nationals last year for the first time in Seahawk program history. Lucia will be competing in the 200 Butterfly as she did last year, attempting to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Trials.
Claesson, a junior breaststroker, qualified for the 2015 AT&T Winter Nationals when she broke the Wagner school record during a time trail in the 100 Breast at the Frank Elm Invite (Nov. 20-22) with a time of 1:02.81. She will be competing in the 100 Breast while in Federal Way.
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Swimming news courtesy of Wagner Swimming & Diving.
