{"id":110897,"date":"2014-09-29T17:06:16","date_gmt":"2014-09-30T00:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=110897"},"modified":"2014-09-29T17:10:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-30T00:10:11","slug":"washingtons-top-ranked-recruit-emma-schanz-headed-to-ucla-photo-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/washingtons-top-ranked-recruit-emma-schanz-headed-to-ucla-photo-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington’s Top-Ranked Recruit Emma Schanz Headed to UCLA (Photo Gallery)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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COLVILLE, Washington, September 29. \u00a0Last night, Spokane Waves’ Emma Schanz announced on Instagram that she’s headed to UCLA after her senior year of high school.<\/p>\n

Schanz, the top-ranked swimming in Washington as well as the 13th-ranked recruit in the nation by CollegeSwimming.com<\/a>, provides the Bruins with a legitimate threat in several events.<\/p>\n

Her top-ranked swims are in the 100-yard back (53.94) and 200-yard backstroke (1:56.59) with a pair of stellar times from earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Emma Schanz<\/p><\/div>\n

Schanz also has a strong breaststroke with a 2:11.90 in the 200-yard breaststroke that allows her, along with her sizzling backstroke, to put together a nice IM. \u00a0She owns a 1:59.10 in the 200-yard IM from last winter.<\/p>\n

Schanz definitely has an interesting background as she trains\u00a0in a 20-yard hotel pool with her brother Dylan, in a story told by USA Swimming’s Mike Gustafson<\/a>, even though she represents the Spokane Waves when she travels with the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to hold each other accountable for getting up for practice in the morning,\u201d Emma told Gustafson. \u201cWe don’t have a coach to get mad at us. It’s tough to motivate each other. You have to learn how to push yourself.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n