{"id":148993,"date":"2015-08-07T18:31:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-08T01:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=148993"},"modified":"2015-08-07T18:31:22","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T01:31:22","slug":"video-interview-claire-adams-rockets-100-back-at-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-interview-claire-adams-rockets-100-back-at-nationals\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: Claire Adams Rockets 100 Back at Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

17 year old Claire Adams<\/b> provided a jolt into the world of female backstrokers in San Antonio on Friday night when she swam a 59.58 to win the event at U.S. Nationals. Adams defeated a heat that included British National teamer Georgia Davies<\/b>, Michigan’s Ali Deloof<\/b>, and butterfly star Kelsi Worrell<\/b>, and she clocked a time ranked ninth in the world for 2015.<\/p>\n

Afterwards, Adams talked to Swimming World’s<\/i> David Rieder about her two 100 back swims, where she dropped a combined second and a half on the day. She spoke about the pressures of going into a National final seeded first and how she felt clocking a time that would have made the finals at the World Championships. The soon-to-be high school senior also discussed her plans for the college recruiting season this fall.<\/p>\n