This past weekend Elise Morely and Meredith Koch traveled to Colorado Springs, Colorado to compete in the U.S. Paralympics Swimming World Championships Trials. Both had a great couple of events and were able to drop times despite the change in altitude. “Overall the meet went really well. Everyone swam hard, cheered each other on, and mutually commiserated about the altitude,” commented Koch. “I dropped a decent chunk of time from three of my four events and improved my technique / race strategy for all my events. Having Mike and Anna there was awesome as Elise & I were both able to make slight improvements to our stroke between prelims and finals. It was such a great experience and I’m motivated to take my training to the next level this fall!”

Here are the results and some photos from the event:

Morely:
100 m LC Breast Class SB9
3rd place- 1.53.65
100 LC Meter Backstroke Multi-Class S9
6th place 1.36.85
Women 50 LC Meter Freestyle Multi-Class S9
5th place 34.06
Women 100 LC Meter Freestyle Multi-Class S9
5th place 1.18.15
Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly Multi-Class S9
3rd 1.21.63

Koch:
Women 100 LC Meter Breaststroke Multi-Class SB7
3rd place 2.39.84
Women 50 LC Meter Freestyle Multi-Class S8
3rd place 43.98
Women 100 LC Meter Freestyle Multi-Class S8
5th 1.41.80
Women 100 LC Meter Butterfly Multi-Class S8
1st 2.13.15