{"id":48022,"date":"2014-01-24T09:38:38","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T16:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/?p=48022"},"modified":"2014-01-24T09:38:48","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T16:38:48","slug":"video-freshman-mikaela-aponte-gives-behind-the-scenes-look-at-west-florida-swimming-and-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-freshman-mikaela-aponte-gives-behind-the-scenes-look-at-west-florida-swimming-and-diving\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Freshman Mikaela Aponte Gives Behind The Scenes Look at West Florida Swimming and Diving"},"content":{"rendered":"

PENSACOLA, Florida, January 24. FIRST, the University of West Florida put a mic on Argonaut head coach Andrew Hancock<\/a>. Now, the UWF Athletics program provides a great inside look at the West Florida swimming and diving program with its \u201cCampus Correspondent\u201d series.<\/p>\n

The series features different athletes talking about their particular sports program, and this week freshman swimmer Mikaela Aponte takes viewers through a quick two-minute jaunt through everything Argonaut.<\/p>\n

Aponte is a pre-med student from Pompano Beach who represented Fort Lauderdale High School as a prep star. She represented Bolivia at the 2012 FINA World Open Water Championships, and also qualified for the 2013 edition in Spain.<\/p>\n

The video includes the always fun GoPro underwater footage with Aponte taking swimmers through a bit of practice from her point of view.<\/p>\n