COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, March 7. USA Swimming’s Diversity Select Camp brings a group of promising minority athletes to the Olympic Training Center each year to give them the tools to continue in the sport and rise through the ranks as they get older.<\/p>\n
No one exemplifies the goals of this camp more than Simone Manuel, who participated in the Diversity Select Camp in 2011. She’s now a member of the USA Swimming national team and a world championship medalist.<\/p>\n
The next big swimming star could come from this year’s camp, which will take place May 1-4 in Colorado Springs. The 18 boys and 18 girls were picked to participate based on their times relative to the AAAA national motivational times for the 13-14 age group, though the age range for this camp is 14 to 16 years old. Athletes must also represent at least one of the following minority groups: African American, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander, or Native American.<\/p>\n
Rockville Montgomery Swim Club will take two swimmers to the camp, the only team with multiple athletes on the list. As far as Local Swim Committees go, it should come as no surprise that Southern California is sending the most swimmers to the camp. Four athletes will represent the largest LSC in USA Swimming at the camp.<\/p>\n
Like the “regular” Select camps, the personal coach of each swimmer is invited to Colorado Springs for a weekend of education.<\/p>\n
Juan Caraveo, the head coach at Pearland Aquatics in Texas, will serve as the camp’s head coach with a staff of three assistant coaches — Brian Nabeta, Kimi Davidson and Justin Correia — also attending. Correia is the older brother of Olympic medalist Maritza Correia, who was the first black female to make an Olympic swim team, doing so in 2004.<\/p>\n
Boys roster<\/b>
\nRobert Anaya, Unattached (100 free)
\nTaye Baldinzanno, Columbia Aquatics (1650 free)
\nDuncan Brookover, Jersey Wahoos (200 back)
\nDaniel Chang, Barracuda Swim Club (200 breast)
\nBenjamin Dufauchard, University of Denver Hilltoppers (multiple events)
\nEli Fouts, Rockville Montgomery Swim Club (multiple events)
\nMaicoll Gomez, Carter Center Aquatics (200 fly)
\nEmanuel Hernandez, Fox Valley Wave Swim Team (500 free)
\nMaziar Hinman, Star Aquatics (400 IM)
\nSamuel Jo, Crescenta-Canada YMCA (100 back)
\nJoshua Kim, Hancock Park Swim Club (200 free)
\nMarco Leo, Swim Florida (200 IM)
\nDaniel Lupro, Hillsboro Swim Team (100 breast)
\nEien McGee, Sunkist Swim Team (multiple events)
\nDean Nguyen, Cascade Swim Club (50 free)
\nDevin Truong, Nation’s Capital Swim Club (IMX)
\nSanjay Wijesekera, Rockville Montgomery Swim Club (IMX)
\nJared Williams, Nu Wave Swim Club (100 fly)<\/p>\n
Girls roster<\/b>
\nJewels Harris, Crimson Tide Aquatic (multiple events)
\nLara Maria Hernandez Tome, Sarasota YMCA (400\/500 free)
\nKendal Kitahara, Excel Aquatics (400 IM)
\nKrystal Lara, Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics (multiple events)
\nCaroline Liu, Duke Aquatics, (100 breast)
\nKamaria Mahone, Royal Swim Team (200 back)
\nKailee Nabeta, Arden Hills Swimming (200 breast)
\nTenzin Nordon, Charles River Aquatics (IMX)
\nNneka Pilgrim, Randolph YMCA (1500\/1650 free)
\nColette Robinson, Hershey Aquatic Club (50 free)
\nMarcella Ruppert-Gomez, Clearwater Aquatic Team (800\/1000 free)
\nJulia Samson, Albany Starfish (100 back)
\nSamantha Shelton, Mission Viejo Nadadores (IMX)
\nMiku Takabayashi, SoNoCo Swim Club (IMX)
\nBryanna Vasquez, First Colony Swim Team (multiple events)
\nJulianne Walz, San Antonio Wave (200 IM)
\nElaine Zhou, Mount Pleasant Swim Club (200 fly)
\nVictoria Zukeran, Splash Aquatics Makiki (100 fly)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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