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June 7, 2007
CHARLOTTESVILLE – The Virginia swimming and diving program has announced the addition of ten women who have signed National Letters of Intent to join the program next fall. Nancy Baar (Roanoke, Va.), Katya Bachrouche (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Claire Crippen (Conshohocken, Pa.), Hannah Davis (Toano, Va.), Amanda Faulkner (Louisville, Ky.), Ellie Freeman (Englewood, Colo.), Claire Galdun (Knoxville, Tenn.), Kristen Moores (Gaithersburg, Md.), Anne Summer Myers (Richmond, Va.), and Elizabeth Shaw (Richmond, Va.) will form the first-year class of the 2007-08 Cavalier team.
Among the ten swimmers, five have posted Olympic Trial qualifying times. The class also includes arguably the top four high school swimmers from Virginia. Overall, the class was ranked No. 3 nationally by collegeswimming.com.
“I believe that this class is probably the finest and largest class we have had in my 30 years at Virginia,” head coach Mark Bernardino said. “This group is talented, intelligent, and has the ability to improve. They remind me a lot of the class that came here in 1996 that went on to have a top-ten NCAA finish and won two ACC Championships.”
Virginia Women’s Swimming Class of 2011
Nancy Baar – Freestyle – Roanoke, Va. (Virginia Gators/Doug Fonder)
Sprint freestyler with career best times of 23.37 in the 50 Free, 51.23 in the 100 Free, and 55.79 in the 100 back … also the state champion in the pole vault.
Katya Bachrouche – Free/Fly/I.M. – Farmington Hills, Mich. (Farmington Y Stingrays/Rich Bennetts)
Versatile swimmer with career best times of 4:48.14 in the 500 Free, 2:02.51 in the 200 Fly, 2:03.59 in the 200 I.M., and 4:20.16 in the 400 I.M. … three-time state champion in the 500 Free … High School All-American.
Claire Crippen – Fly, I.M. – Conshohocken, Pa. (Germantown Academy/Dick Shoulberg)
Strong I.M. and Butterfly swimmer with career best times of 2:18.78 in the 200 I.M. (LC), 4:48.12 in the 400 I.M. (LC), and 2:15.06 in the 200 Fly (LC) … a multi-event Olympic Trials qualifier … senior national finalist … Prep school All-American … younger sister of former Cavalier All-American Fran Crippen.
Hannah Davis – Free/Back/Fly – Toano, Va. (Coast Guard Blue Dolphins/Steve Griffin)
Versatile swimmer with career best times of 23.43 in the 50 Free, 50.92 in the 100 Free, 1:50.96 in the 200 Free, 26.79 in the 50 Free (LC), 57.32 in the 100 Free (LC) … 2006 and 2007 state champion in the 50 and 100.
Amanda Faulkner – Free/Back/I.M. – Louisville, Ky. (Lakeside Seahawks/Mike DeBoor)
Strong I.M. and backstroke swimmer with career best times of 56.86 in the 100 back, 2:01.22 in the 200 back, 2:03.05 in the 200 I.M., and 4:22.55 in the 400 I.M. … an Olympic Trials qualifier … finished third in the 200 back at the 2006 USA Junior Nationals.
Ellie Freeman – Breaststroke – Englewood, Colo. (University of Denver Hilltoppers/Shawn Smith)
Strong breaststroke swimmer with career best times of 1:02.62 in the 100 breast, 2:15.08 in the 200 breast, 1:12.41 in the 100 breast (LC), and 2:34.94 in the 200 breast (LC) … an Olympic Trials qualifier … finished sixth in the 100 breast and ninth in the 200 breast at the 2006 USA Junior Summer Nationals … two-time Colorado state high school champion.
Claire Galdun – Freestyle – Knoxville, Tenn. (Pilot of Knoxville/Gardner Howland)
Outstanding distance freestyler with career best times of 4:20.99 in the 400 Free (LC), 8:50.17 in the 800 Free (LC), and 17:01.00 in the 1500 Free (LC) … an Olympic Trials qualifier.
Kristen Moores – Freestyle – Gaithersburg, Md. (Curl-Burke/Tim Kelly)
Strong sprinter with career best times of 24.0 in the 50 free, 51.0 in the 100 free, and 1:52.0 in the 200 free.
Anne Summer Myers – Free/Breast/I.M. – Richmond, Va. (NOVA of Virginia/Geoff Brown)
Versatile swimmer with career best times of 1:50.73 in the 200 Free, 4:53.25 in the 500 Free, 16:47.72 in 1650 Free, 4:22.44 in the 400 I.M., and 2:18.57 in the 200 breast … 2006 USA Junior National Finalist.
Elizabeth Shaw – Free/Back/Fly/I.M. – Richmond, Va. (NOVA of Virginia/Geoff Brown)
Strong all-around swimmer with career best times of 55.22 in the 100 Fly, 1:57.47 in the 200 Fly, 2:02.69 in the 200 I.M., 4:15.10 in the 400 I.M., and 1:50.87 in the 200 Free … a multi-event Olympic Trials qualifier … member of the USA National Junior Team … consolation finalist at US senior nationals … two-time Richmond Times-Dispatch Swimmer of the Year.