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Summer Update with Swimming and Diving
7/29/2015 8:34:00 AM | Swimming
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Written by Kayla Brumbaum, a junior on the NC State women's swimming and diving team. In this article, Brumbaum gives insight to the accomplishments the program has achieved so far this summer, as well as the additional opportunities left for the team's athletes before the 2015-16 season.
RALEIGH, N.C. - Coming off of one of the most incredible seasons in NC State swimming and diving history, several members of the team have competed this summer in some of the largest and prestigious meets around the world while representing their home countries.
Simultaneously, other Wolfpack team members have been training in Raleigh to prepare for the 2016 United States Olympic Trials and the upcoming 2015-16 season.  Â
One of the main focuses for the program over the next year is to qualify as many individuals as possible for the 2016 Olympic Trials. In order to attend Trials, one must obtain a qualifying time standard in an individual event. These qualifying times continue to be more difficult to obtain due to the evolution of the sport and the times getting faster.
So far this summer, NC State has 17 American athletes that have qualified to attend the trials next summer in Omaha, Neb., as well as nine international swimmers that have met the standard in 21 events. Out of the combined 26 athletes that have achieved qualifying marks to represent their respective countries, the squad has earned the right to compete in a total of 58 individual events.
As mentioned, many Wolfpack members represented their home countries in international waters over the summer. In early July diver Rachel Mumma represented the United States in Gwangju City, South Korea, at the 2015 World University Games. The senior finished 8th overall in the one-meter dive, and was the only American diver to advance to the final round of competition.
Junior Lotta Nevalainen also had the honor of representing her home country, Finland, at the University Games. Nevalainen competed in 50 and 100m backstroke as well as the 50 and 100m freestyle.
Meanwhile in Denmark, Soren Dahl, Anton Ipsen and Andreas Schiellerup competed at the 2015 Danish Nationals, collecting a combined 10 medals throughout the five-day competition.
Ipsen, a sophomore, collected gold medals in the 400, 800 and 1500m freestyle events along with the 400m individual medley. Dahl, a junior on the men's team, received a gold medal in the 50m butterfly, claimed silver in the 100m fly and earned a bronze medal in the 50m free.
In addition Schiellerup, also a junior, took home a silver medal in the 50m free and bronze medals in the 50 and 100m backstroke.
Looking ahead to the next two weeks, members of the NC State swimming and diving team are set to attend more meets around the world in hopes of qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Trials and Olympic Games.
Simonas Bilis of Lithuania and Dahl of Denmark represent their respective countries at the 2015 FINA World Championships, held in Kazan, Russia, August 2-9. This meet will provide the two athletes an opportunity to race with some of the best athletes in the world.
In addition to the international competition, rising juniors Alex Hamilton and Alexia Zevnik will return to their home country of Canada to compete at the 2015 Canadian Swimming Championships in Quebec, Canada, Aug. 6-9.
On the national level of competition, sophomore Krista Duffield is slated to race at the 2015 Speedo Junior Nationals in San Antonio, Texas. The championship, which will run July 30-Aug. 3, is exclusively for swimmers 18-years-old and younger.
Following junior nationals, the program will take 17 members to the 2015 Phillips 66 National Championships held in San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 6-10 as a final opportunity to grab more Trial cuts before the 2015-16 begins.
With how successful this summer has already gone the program is excited for these final upcoming meets, holding high hopes for all members wherever they may be competing.
Written by Kayla Brumbaum, a junior on the NC State women's swimming and diving team. In this article, Brumbaum gives insight to the accomplishments the program has achieved so far this summer, as well as the additional opportunities left for the team's athletes before the 2015-16 season.
RALEIGH, N.C. - Coming off of one of the most incredible seasons in NC State swimming and diving history, several members of the team have competed this summer in some of the largest and prestigious meets around the world while representing their home countries.
Simultaneously, other Wolfpack team members have been training in Raleigh to prepare for the 2016 United States Olympic Trials and the upcoming 2015-16 season.  Â
One of the main focuses for the program over the next year is to qualify as many individuals as possible for the 2016 Olympic Trials. In order to attend Trials, one must obtain a qualifying time standard in an individual event. These qualifying times continue to be more difficult to obtain due to the evolution of the sport and the times getting faster.
So far this summer, NC State has 17 American athletes that have qualified to attend the trials next summer in Omaha, Neb., as well as nine international swimmers that have met the standard in 21 events. Out of the combined 26 athletes that have achieved qualifying marks to represent their respective countries, the squad has earned the right to compete in a total of 58 individual events.
As mentioned, many Wolfpack members represented their home countries in international waters over the summer. In early July diver Rachel Mumma represented the United States in Gwangju City, South Korea, at the 2015 World University Games. The senior finished 8th overall in the one-meter dive, and was the only American diver to advance to the final round of competition.
Junior Lotta Nevalainen also had the honor of representing her home country, Finland, at the University Games. Nevalainen competed in 50 and 100m backstroke as well as the 50 and 100m freestyle.
Meanwhile in Denmark, Soren Dahl, Anton Ipsen and Andreas Schiellerup competed at the 2015 Danish Nationals, collecting a combined 10 medals throughout the five-day competition.
Ipsen, a sophomore, collected gold medals in the 400, 800 and 1500m freestyle events along with the 400m individual medley. Dahl, a junior on the men's team, received a gold medal in the 50m butterfly, claimed silver in the 100m fly and earned a bronze medal in the 50m free.
In addition Schiellerup, also a junior, took home a silver medal in the 50m free and bronze medals in the 50 and 100m backstroke.
Looking ahead to the next two weeks, members of the NC State swimming and diving team are set to attend more meets around the world in hopes of qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Trials and Olympic Games.
Simonas Bilis of Lithuania and Dahl of Denmark represent their respective countries at the 2015 FINA World Championships, held in Kazan, Russia, August 2-9. This meet will provide the two athletes an opportunity to race with some of the best athletes in the world.
In addition to the international competition, rising juniors Alex Hamilton and Alexia Zevnik will return to their home country of Canada to compete at the 2015 Canadian Swimming Championships in Quebec, Canada, Aug. 6-9.
On the national level of competition, sophomore Krista Duffield is slated to race at the 2015 Speedo Junior Nationals in San Antonio, Texas. The championship, which will run July 30-Aug. 3, is exclusively for swimmers 18-years-old and younger.
Following junior nationals, the program will take 17 members to the 2015 Phillips 66 National Championships held in San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 6-10 as a final opportunity to grab more Trial cuts before the 2015-16 begins.
With how successful this summer has already gone the program is excited for these final upcoming meets, holding high hopes for all members wherever they may be competing.
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