Ledecky, Adams and Rooney Highlight USA Swimming Scholastic All America List

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USA Swimming has selected 1,925 athletes for this year’s Scholastic All America List. Included in this list are superstars Katie Ledecky, Claire Adams, and Maxime Rooney, who all notched perfect scores.

Press release:

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – USA Swimming National Team members Katie Ledecky (Bethesda, Md./Nation’s Capital Swim Club), Claire Adams (Carmel, Ind./Carmel Swim Club) and Maxime Rooney (Livermore, Calif./ Pleasanton Seahawks) headline a list of over 1,900 prep swimmers honored by USA Swimming this week as 2014-15 Scholastic All-America selections.

After earning 4.0 grade point averages and national championship victories during the 2014-15 season, Ledecky, Adams and Rooney received the only perfect scores among the 1,925 swimmers honored this year. With her selection, Ledecky becomes a three-time SAA team member. She won five gold medals at the 2015 FINA World Championships last month in Kazan, Russia.

The Southern Zone led the way with 585 Scholastic All-America selections. North Carolina Swimming topped the LSC rankings with 119 honorees, while Nation’s Capital Swim Club-PV was the top club with 42 swimmers recognized.

Visit usaswimming.org for a complete breakdown of the 2014-15 USA Swimming Scholastic All-America team. The application for the 2015-16 team will be available June 1, 2016.

In order to be considered for the Scholastic All-America Team, swimmers must maintain a 3.5 GPA for the current academic year and swim a time equal to a 2011 Junior Nationals bonus time in any event during the qualification period. High school sophomores, juniors and seniors are eligible for inclusion.

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Firouzeh Salmanpour

8 years ago

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Monica L.Barry

8 years ago

Yea Katie and NCAP!!!