2011 AT&T Winter National Championships Media ... - USA Swimming

USA Swimming
Elizabeth Pelton
CLUB: North Baltimore Aquatic Club
AGE: 18 DOB: Nov 26, 1993
HEIGHT: 5' 10" (177.8 cm)
HOMETOWN: Ruxton, Md.
BIRTHPLACE: Fairfield, Conn.
COACHED BY: Paul Yetter
Career Highlights:
Took second in the 200m back and fourth in the 100m back at the 2011 ConocoPhillips
National Championships ... Earned a silver medal for her second place finish in the 200m back
at the 2010 MOO Pan Pacific Championships ... finished sixth in the 200m back at the 2009
FINA World Championships … placed second in the 100m and 200m back and 200m IM at the
2009 National Championships ... placed first in the 200m back and second in the 200m IM at
the 2009 Junior Pan Pacific Championships.
World Champs History:
2009: 6, 200m BK; 10, 400m MED-R(pr); 13, 100m BK; 22, 50m BK
Pan Pacs History:
2010: Silver, 200m BK
Duel in the Pool History:
2009: Bronze, 200m BK; 4, 100m BK
Olympic Trials History:
2008: 13, 100m BK; 18t, 100m FL; 24, 200m BK; 56, 200m FR; 63, 200m FR
U.S. Nationals History:
2011: 2, 200m BK; 4, 100m BK ... 2010: 4, 100m BK & 200m BK; 6, 200m IM ... 2009: 2, 100m
BK/200m BK/200m IM
RECORDS:
Holds NAG (17-18) in 200y BK, set at 2011 MD SWIMMING Champs ... Former NAG (17-18)
holder in 200y BK, set at 2010 MD NBAC CHRISTMAS INVITATION ... Holds NAG (15-16) in
200y BK, set at 2010 MD SWIMMING CHAMPS ... Former NAG (15-16) holder in 100y BK, set
at 2010 MD SWIMMING CHAMPS ... Former NAG (15-16) holder in 200y BK, set at 2010 CA
SO CAL GRAND PRIX ... Former NAG (15-16) holder in 200y BK, set at 2008 MD NBAC
CHRISTMAS ... Former NAG (15-16) holder in 800y FR-R, set at 2008 MD NBAC
CHRISTMAS ... Former NAG (13-14) holder in 100m BK (Prelim), set at 2008 Olympic
Trials ... Former NAG (13-14) holder in 200m MED-R, set at 2008 PV Speedo Champs Series
Eastern Zone South ... Holds NAG (13-14) in 400m MED-R, set at 2008 PV Speedo Champs
Series Eastern Zone South ... Former NAG (13-14) holder in 100y BK (Prelim), set at 2008 MD
State Champs ... Holds NAG (13-14) in 400y MED-R, set at 2006 MD NBAC Christmas
Invite ... Holds NAG (13-14) in 800y FR-R, set at 2006 MD NBAC Christmas Invite ... Holds
NAG (13-14) in 400y FR-R, set at 2006 MD NBAC Christmas Invite ... Former NAG (11-12)
holder in 50m BK, set at 2006 Top Times
ADDITIONAL HONORS:
National Teams: Member of the 2009-10 National Team
PERSONAL:
High School: Homeschool '12
Future Professional Aspirations: Sports psychology or a swim coach
Parents: Greg and Anne ... father is a psychiatrist and mother is a homemaker ... father was a
swimmer at Pittsburgh
Sibling(s): Older brother (Greg), younger sister (Mary) and younger brother (Will) ... Greg swims
for Harvard and Mary and William also swim for NBAC
Started Swimming: Age 6 ... loved being in the water all the time
Sports Played Before Swimming: Soccer, softball, basketball and baseball
Nickname(s): Monsoon, Liz ... coach started calling her "Liz" because it was easier than
Elizabeth and Monsoon because she once yelled that it was a monsoon when it was raining
really hard outside
Pet(s): One dog (Lucky) who is a Golden Retriever
Hobbies Outside the Pool: Being outside, hanging out with friends and watching scary movies
Ultimate Way to Relax: Sleeping, laying on the couch watching television and a hot shower
Most Influential Person: Her parents .. "They sacrifice so much for our family."
Training Stats: Swims 6-8,000 meters/yards per day, 2-4 hours a day, 6 days a week
More: She LOVES sushi
Favorites: U.S. city: Laguna Beach, Calif. ... int'l destination: Puerto Rico ... summer activity:
sitting by the pool ... holiday song: Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer ... magazine: Seventeen ...
book: Twilight
FAST FACTS
Second LC World Championships (2011,
2009)
INTERNATIONAL MEDALS
2011 Conoco Phillips National Championships
2011: Silver, 800m FR-R; Silver, 200m BK
2011 FINA World Champs
2011: Gold, 400m MED-R (pr)
2010 Pan Pacific Champs
2010: Silver, 200m BK
2009 Jr Pan Pacific Champs
2009: Gold, 200m BK; Silver, 200m IM
2008 Fina World Youth Champs
2008: Silver, 200m BK; Bronze, 50m BK; Silver,
100m BK
TOP TIMES
Event Best Year
50m BK 28.35 Jul 11
100m BK 59.99 Jun 10
CAREER STATS:
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
National Champs - 23 Final, 50m FR; 12 Final, 100m FR; t4
Final, 100m BK; 2 Final, 200m BK; 2 Final, 800m FR-R
World Champs - 16 Semi, 50m BK; t11 Semi, 100m BK
Pan Pacs - 9 Final, 100m BK; 2 Final, 200m BK; 9 Final, 200m
IM; Final, 400m MED-R; Final, 400m MED-R
World Champs - 13 Semi, 100m BK; 6 Final, 200m BK
Ultra Swim - 3 Final, 100m BK; 3 Final, 200m IM
- 15 Final, 50m FR; 14 Final, 200m FR; 5 Final, 100m BK; 3
Final, 200m BK; 11 Final, 100m FL
JR Pan Pacs - 4 Final, 100m BK; 1 Final, 200m BK; 2 Final,
200m IM
- 3 Final, 50m BK; 2 Final, 100m BK; 2 Final, 200m BK; 8
Final, 50m FL
TRIALS - 13 Semi, 100m BK
Swimvitational - 7 Final, 100m FR (NAG (13-14)); 12 Final,
200m FR; 4 Final, 200m BK; 8 Final, 100m FL
08 OSU GP - t5 Final, 50m FR; t4 Final, 100m FR; 10 Final,
200m FR; 2 Final, 100m BK; 2 Final, 200m BK; 1 Final, 400m
FR-R; 1 Final, 800m FR-R; 1 Final, 400m MED-R
SUM NATS - 18 Final, 100m BK; 17 Final, 400m FR-R; 5 Final,
400m MED-R
US OPEN - 24 Final, 50m FR; 10 Final, 100m BK
JR NATS - 2 Final, 100m BK
SUM NATS - 24 Final, 100m BK