{"id":534973,"date":"2023-08-06T16:23:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T23:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=534973"},"modified":"2023-08-06T16:23:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T23:23:09","slug":"usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/","title":{"rendered":"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) Summer National Championships concluded from Sarasota, Florida.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Laura Val<\/strong> continued her strong, record-setting masters career with one more world age-group record on the final night of competition. She wasn&#8217;t alone as several swimmers continued their record-setting swims.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the records from Day 5 of Summer Nationals.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>Chuck Barnes<\/strong>, New England Masters Swim Club: men&#8217;s 45-49 200 backstroke (2:12.67, USMS record)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Richard Burns<\/strong>, Tamalpais Aquatic Club: men&#8217;s 80-84 200 backstroke (3:04.57,\u00a0World Aquatics world Masters record and\u00a0USMS record)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Erika Braun<\/strong>, North Carolina Masters Swimming: women&#8217;s 50-54 100 freestyle (1:00.40,\u00a0World Aquatics world Masters record and USMS record)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Laura Val<\/strong>, Tamalpais Aquatic Club: women&#8217;s 70-74 100 freestyle (1:06.68,\u00a0World Aquatics world Masters record and USMS record)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dave Noble<\/strong>, MOVY Masters: men&#8217;s 80-84 200 butterfly (3:54.46, US MS record)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jane Oberg<\/strong>, Colorado Masters Swimming: women&#8217;s 85-89 400 IM (10:17.34, US MS record)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Swimmers in individual events were awarded points for first through tenth places as 11-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1, respectively. Relays will be awarded double points for first through tenth places as 22-18-16-14-12-10-8-6-4-2, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Club scoring will be tabulated in two categories (regional clubs and local clubs) and three divisions (men, women, and combined). Mixed relays score points only in the combined division.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usms.org\/events\/national-championships\/pool-national-championships\/2023-pool-national-championships\/2023-summer-national-championship\/2023-summer-nationals-results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Results<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/masters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More Masters News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day The U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) Summer National Championships concluded from Sarasota, Florida. Laura Val continued her strong, record-setting masters career<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3915,"featured_media":272971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[132926,3123],"class_list":["post-534973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-masters","tag-2023-us-masters-summer-nationals","tag-laura-val"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day - Swimming World<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day. of United States Masters Summer Nationals from Sarasota, Florida.\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day. of United States Masters Summer Nationals from Sarasota, Florida.\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Swimming World\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-08-06T23:23:09+00:00\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/laura-val.jpg\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"893\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\r\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dan D&#039;Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swimmingworld\" \/>\r\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dan D&#039;Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\r\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\"},\"headline\":\"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-06T23:23:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-06T23:23:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/\"},\"wordCount\":239,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/laura-val.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2023 US Masters Summer Nationals\",\"Laura Val\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Masters\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/\",\"name\":\"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day - Swimming World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/laura-val.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-06T23:23:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-08-06T23:23:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day. of United States Masters Summer Nationals from Sarasota, Florida.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/laura-val.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/laura-val.jpg\",\"width\":893,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"description\":\"The Global Leader in Aquatic News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Swimming World\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg\",\"width\":1799,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Swimming World\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld\",\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04\",\"name\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor\"},\"description\":\"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/\"}]}<\/script>\r\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day - Swimming World","description":"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day. of United States Masters Summer Nationals from Sarasota, Florida.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day","og_description":"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day. of United States Masters Summer Nationals from Sarasota, Florida.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/","og_site_name":"Swimming World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","article_published_time":"2023-08-06T23:23:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":893,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/laura-val.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swimmingworld","twitter_site":"@swimmingworld","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/"},"author":{"name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04"},"headline":"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day","datePublished":"2023-08-06T23:23:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-06T23:23:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/"},"wordCount":239,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/laura-val.jpg","keywords":["2023 US Masters Summer Nationals","Laura Val"],"articleSection":["Masters"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/","name":"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day - Swimming World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/laura-val.jpg","datePublished":"2023-08-06T23:23:09+00:00","dateModified":"2023-08-06T23:23:09+00:00","description":"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day. of United States Masters Summer Nationals from Sarasota, Florida.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/laura-val.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/laura-val.jpg","width":893,"height":500,"caption":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/usms-nationals-laura-val-leads-six-records-on-final-day\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"USMS Nationals: Laura Val Leads Six Records on Final Day"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","name":"Swimming World","description":"The Global Leader in Aquatic News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Swimming World","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/SWorld_BLKBKG-1.jpg","width":1799,"height":900,"caption":"Swimming World"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SwimmingWorld","https:\/\/x.com\/swimmingworld","https:\/\/instagram.com\/swimmingworldmag\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SwimmingWorldSPI"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/ef4e84c32e2bc4f10b0e5ed1fda25d04","name":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3055ac6ff59b58e41ba8bffac00fb751?s=96&d=blank&r=pg","caption":"Dan D'Addona \u2014\u00a0Swimming World Managing Editor"},"description":"Dan D'Addona is the managing editor and lead college swim writer for Swimming World. He has covered swimming at all levels since 2003, including the NCAA championships, USA nationals, Duel in the Pool and Olympic trials. He is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a graduate of Central Michigan University. He currently lives in Holland, Michigan, where he also is the Sports Editor at The Holland Sentinel.","url":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/author\/danield\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick","source_text":"","source_url":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/laura-val.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p56Jja-2faB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3915"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=534973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}