Olympic Swimming: Caitlin Leverenz Looks For Gold To Go With NCAA Success

July 21st, 2012

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

By Shoshanna Rutemiller, Swimming World

In 2008, Caitlin Leverenz barely missed the Olympic team when she placed third in the 200 breaststroke. In 2012, she certainly made sure it didn’t happen again.

Although Elizabeth Beisel took first in the 400IM, Leverenz captured second by a remarkable margin, leaving open water for the third-place finisher, who touched over four seconds behind.

“I was ready to do this and ready to go,” Leverenz said post-race. “I remember in 2008, I was in the lane next to Elizabeth and was telling her congratulations [for making the Olympics]…. This year we were both telling each other congratulations.”

Following her Trials silver in the 400IM, Leverenz added another event to her Olympic line-up by finishing first in the 200IM.

When asked about the way she handles meets with multiple events, Leverenz responded that she is “…used to swimming those college meets where you swim multiple events a day.”

After the Olympics, Leverenz will have another year to swim collegiately. She’ll be headed into her senior year at Cal, under head women’s coach Teri McKeever.

Already Leverenz has been wildly successful at the collegiate level. At the 2011 NCAA Championships, she helped set a new American and NCAA record as part of the winning 200 medley relay. She also won bronze individually in the 200 breaststroke.

The following year, in 2012, she upped the ante by taking home four NCAA titles, in the 200IM, 200 breaststroke, and 200 and 400 medley relays. In the 400IM, she placed second. Perhaps for good measure, she also won the NCAA Swimmer of the Meet.

In London, Leverenz has her best shot at gold in the 200IM. The current World Record in this event is held by teammate Ariana Kukors, who placed second in the 200IM to Leverenz at Trials.

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Camille Adams

EVENT: 200m fly
AGE: 20
HOMETOWN: Cypress, Texas
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Alyssa Anderson

EVENT: 200m freestyle
AGE: 21
HOMETOWN: Granite Bay, California
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Elizabeth Beisel

EVENT: 400m individual medley, 200m backstroke
AGE: 19
HOMETOWN: Saunderstown, Rhode Island
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 2008 Beijing

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Rachel Bootsma

EVENT: 100m backstroke
AGE: 18
HOMETOWN: Eden Prairie, Minnesota
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Natalie Coughlin

EVENT: 100m freestyle
AGE: 29
HOMETOWN: Vallejo, California
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 2004 Athens (2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze), 2008 Beijing (1 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze)

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Allison Schmitt

EVENT: 200m freestyle, 400m freestyle, 100m freestyle
AGE: 22
HOMETOWN: Canton, Michigan
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 2008 Beijing (Bronze)

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Missy Franklin

EVENT: 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle
AGE: 17
HOMETOWN: Centennial, Colorado
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Jessica Hardy

EVENT: 100m freestyle, 50m freestyle
AGE: 25
HOMETOWN: Long Beach, California
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Kathleen Hersey

EVENT: 200m fly
AGE: 22
HOMETOWN: Atlanta, Georgia
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 2008 Beijing

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Ariana Kukors

EVENT: 200m individual medley
AGE: 23
HOMETOWN: Auburn, Washington
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Breeja Larson

EVENT: 100m breaststroke
AGE: 20
HOMETOWN: Mesa, Arizona
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Micah Lawrence

EVENT: 200m breaststroke
AGE: 21
HOMETOWN: Las Cruces, New Mexico
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Caitlin Leverenz

EVENT: 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley
AGE: 21
HOMETOWN: Tucson, Arizona
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Claire Donahue

EVENT: 100m fly
AGE: 23
HOMETOWN: Dallas, Texas
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Rebecca Soni

EVENT: 200m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke
AGE: 25
HOMETOWN: Plainsboro, New Jersey
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 2008 Beijing (1 Gold, 2 Silver)

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Chloe Sutton

EVENT: 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle, 10k open water
AGE: 20
HOMETOWN: Mission Viejo, California
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 2008 Beijing

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Katie Ledecky

EVENT: 800m freestyle
AGE: 15
HOMETOWN: Bethesda, Maryland
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.usaswimming.org/” target=”_hplink”www.usaswimming.org/a
Shannon Vreeland

EVENT: 200m freestyle
AGE: 20
HOMETOWN: Overland Park, Kansas
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Amanda Weir

EVENT: 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle
AGE: 26
HOMETOWN: Lawrenceville, Georgia
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 2004 Athens (Silver)

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Lauren Perdue

EVENT: 200m freestyle
AGE: 21
HOMETOWN: Greenville, North Carolina
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.usaswimming.org/” target=”_hplink”www.usaswimming.org/a
Dana Vollmer

EVENT: 100m fly, 200m freestyle
AGE: 24
HOMETOWN: Granbury, Texas
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 2004 Athens (Gold)

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Kate Ziegler

EVENT: 400m freestyle, 800m freestyle
AGE: 24
HOMETOWN: Great Falls, Virginia
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 2008 Beijing

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.teamusa.org/” target=”_hplink”www.teamusa.org/a
Haley Anderson

EVENT: 10K Open Water
AGE: 20
HOMETOWN: Granite Bay, California
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: N/A

*All information courtesy a href=”http://www.usaswimming.org/” target=”_hplink”www.usaswimming.org/a