Dec. 4, 2011
ATLANTA – Five Yellow Jacket swimmers qualified for the United State Olympic Trials in six events during the 2011 AT&T Winter Nationals that was held this past weekend at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center.
Senior Heidi Hatteberg was the only Yellow Jacket to qualify in multiple events as the Louisville, Ky. native earned a spot in both the 100 back (1:03.19) and 200 back (2:17.44).
“We were very happy with the results at the Winter Nationals this weekend and it was awesome to see our own venue on the national stage once again,” said Georgia Tech swimming & diving head coach Courtney Shealy Hart. “Heidi swam very well, and as a program we’re thrilled to have five qualifiers to the U.S. Olympic Trials.”
In addition to Hatteberg, freshman Kate Woolbright qualified in the 400 free (4:19.39), while senior Lexi Weber earned her spot in the 50 free (25.96) and senior Jordan Evans clinched an Olympic Trials spot in the 100 free (1:01.99).
On the men’s side, junior Eric Chiu qualified with his 100 fly time of 55.05.
These five join Matt Vaughan (100 breast) and Andrew Kosic (100 free), who have previously earned Olympic Trials qualifying times.
The GT Aquatic Center is again the center of the swimming world in two weeks when its hosts the fifth Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool. The event features the best swimmers in the USA against a strong European All-Star team in a dual meet battle for bragging rights. Competing for Team USA will be Olympic gold medalists Ryan Lochte, Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Brendan Hansen, Dana Vollmer and Amanda Beard. The European team will be represented by athletes from Great Britain, the Netherlands, Austria, Belarus, Poland, Lithuania, Denmark and more.
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