The Tennessee Swimming and Diving staff will probably be nicely represented on the 2019-20 USA Swimming National Team.
On Wednesday, the group introduced that seniors Erika Brown and Meghan Small of the ladies’s staff, in addition to former swimmer David Heron (2013-18) landed a spot on the nationwide staff. They will probably be joined by present Tennessee coaches Matt Kredich, Lance Asti, Ashley Jahn and Rich Murphy.
With the addition of Brown and Small, Tennessee joins simply two different colleges with two or extra present feminine student-athletes to make the nationwide staff.
The USA Swimming National Team will function the highest six athletes with the very best World Rankings in particular person Olympic Events. The qualifying occasions had been recorded at each the USA Swimming and FINA sanctioned meets from Jan. 1, 2019 by way of Aug. 25, 2019.
The Lady Vols’ Brown joined the staff as a consequence of her performances in two occasions, the 50 and 100-meter freestyle. The Charlotte, NC native is tied with swimmer Gretchen Walsh for the third-fastest 50-meter time at 24.71 and now claims the sixth-fastest time within the 100-meter at 54.13.
At the Phillips 66 National Championships in August, Brown swam sub-25 second for the primary time in her collegiate profession within the 50-meter, incomes herself the gold with a time of 24.71. She additionally took dwelling a silver medal as a consequence of her 54.13 time within the 100-meter, taking second place within the occasion.
Small earned her spot on the U.S. National Team within the 200-meter particular person medley, swimming a time of two:11.36 on the Pan American Games. The efficiency earned her the silver.
Heron joins the open water staff, swimming the 10-kilometer the place he positioned second on the USA Swimming 10K National Championships in South Korea in July. Heron positioned fourth general with a time of 1:52:22.03.