Swim Comes Dwelling with a Bronze Medal & 4 National Data – UK Athletics

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Kentucky swimming program had 12 people characterize the Wildcats and their dwelling nations on the World Aquatics World Cup in Carmel, Ind. this previous weekend. They walked away with a third-place end from Carson Hick and 4 new Bolivian nationwide information from Esteban Nunez Del Prado.

The worldwide swimming scene just isn’t new to junior Hick, who was named to the USA Swimming National Team only recently. Over the previous 12 months, his distance instances have steadily improved, making him a pressure to be reckoned with at each degree, though simply 20 years outdated. He had an enormous weekend, ending third within the mile (14:55.00) alongside distance teammate senior Levi Sandidge, who completed fifth (14:58.40) in the identical race.

It was additionally the sophomore and 2024 Paris Olympian, Nunez Del Prado, with an enormous weekend for his dwelling nation of Bolivia. Going an ideal 4 for 4, he set new Bolivian nationwide information within the 100 butterfly (52.82), 100 IM (54.73), 200 IM (2:01.38), and 200 breaststroke (2:16.39).

Hick, Sandidge, Nunez Del Prado, and the remainder of the Wildcats that traveled to the World Cup will use this momentum as gas for his or her first collegiate meet of the season on the Lancaster Aquatic Center towards Indiana on Oct. 22 at 10 a.m. ET.

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