University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics
Nationals Field Features Seven Bruins
June 26, 2017 | Swimming & Diving
Seven current, former and future members of the UCLA swimming and diving team will compete this week at the Phillips 66 National Championships at the IU Natatorium on the campus of IUPUI in Indianapolis. Competition will begin Tuesday, June 27 and run through Saturday, July 1.
Rising sophomore Kenisha Liu will participate in nine racesโtops among the Bruins. Departed senior Linnea Mack and rising junior Emma Schanz will each take part in five events, while incoming freshman Jennifer Lathrop and rising senior Katie Grover are scheduled to compete in four. Rising junior Sandra Soe will swim three times, while rising senior Sarah Kaunitz rounds out the group with two scheduled appearances.
The Nationals will serve to determine the USA National Teams scheduled to compete at the 2017 FINA World Championships (July 23-30 in Budapest, Hungary), the 2017 World University Games (Aug. 20-26 in Chinese Taipei, Taiwan) and the 2017 FINA World Junior Championships (Aug. 23-28 in Indianapolis). Each of the races will be in the long-course format. Preliminary rounds will begin at 9:00 a.m. (ET) Tuesday-Saturday, while finals will commence at 6:00 p.m each day.
All prelim sessions will be available to watch via webcast on USASwimming.org. NBCSN will televise coverage on same-day delay from 7:00-8:00 p.m. (ET), while Universal HD will air a live broadcast from 6:00-8:00 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The NBC Sports App will also feature coverage on those days. NBC will air a taped broadcast of action from 1:00-3:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
Prelims Schedule
Tuesday, June 27
9:00 a.m. โ 200 Fly (Grover, Liu)
9:46 a.m. โ 100 Free (Grover, Liu, Mack)
2:21 p.m. โ 800 Free (Soe)
Wednesday, June 28
9:00 a.m. โ 200 Free (Liu)
10:07 a.m. โ 200 Breast (Liu, Schanz)
11:08 a.m. โ 200 Back (Lathrop, Schanz)
12:19 p.m. โ 50 Fly (Grover, Liu, Mack)
Thursday, June 29
9:00 a.m. โ 400 IM (Liu)
10:43 a.m. โ 100 Fly (Grover, Lathrop, Liu)
11:22 a.m. โ 50 Breast (S. Kaunitz)
11:43 a.m. โ 50 Back (Lathrop, Mack, Schanz)
Friday, June 30
9:00 a.m. โ 400 Free (Soe)
10:36 a.m. โ 100 Breast (S. Kaunitz)
11:10 a.m. โ 100 Back (Lathrop, Mack, Schanz)
Saturday, July 1
9:00 a.m. โ 200 IM (Liu, Schanz)
10:11 a.m. โ 50 Free (Liu, Mack)
2:35 p.m. โ 1500 Free (Soe)
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