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02/03/2012 A Conversation with Emily Brunemann

National Team member Emily Brunemann took a break from training on a recent visit to Colorado Springs and shared her thoughts on the upcoming Open Water National Championships and the Olympic Trials in Omaha.

02/03/2012 Tyler Clary: Portal to London

It’s been nearly two years since Tyler Clary decided to forego his final season at the University of Michigan. Now, as the 2012 Olympic Trials quickly approach and his goal of making his first Olympic team comes more clearly into view, he’s more sure than ever that he made the right decision to put himself in the best position to fulfill his lifelong dream.

02/02/2012 O'Brien Participates in National Team Coach Enrichment Program

National Group Coach Tim O'Brien of Nitro Swimming took part in USA Swimming's National Team Coach Enrichment program. O'Brien took a few minutes to share his thoughts from the experience.

02/02/2012 The Buzz: Katie Hoff in a Better Place

She was an hour and a half late for our interview. I don’t blame her. She was in the midst of unpacking after a cross-country move, settling into her new Naples, Fla., apartment. Just six months before the Olympic Trials, Katie Hoff has changed teams, locations and coaches.

02/01/2012 Martin Luther King Jr. Swim Invitational Highlights

Earlier this month Nu-Finmen Swimming held their 31st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Swim Invitational at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in Long Island, NY. This video includes highlights of the meet and an interview with the founder of the invitational Robert Trotman. Visit metroswimming.org for full meet results.

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Jessica Hardy

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SWIMMER STATS

NAME: Jessica Hardy
DOB: March 12, 1987
HOMETOWN: Long Beach, Calif.
BIRTHPLACE:

Career Highlights

Won gold in the 50m breast and swam a leg on the silver medal winning 4x100m free relay at the 2011 FINA World Championships; also finished eighth in the 50m free ... won the 100m breast at the 2011 ConocoPhillips National Championships ... Helped the 4x100m free-relay and 4x100m med-relay teams bring home two silver medals at the 2010 FINA Short Course World Championships ... Four-time gold medalist

at the 2010 MOO Pan Pacific Championships … earned gold and broke the 50m and 100m breaststroke world records at the 2008 Short Course World Championships … at the 2005 World Championships, in which she was a U.S. National Team Rookie, set a world record in the semis of the 100m breast before ultimately finishing second in the finals; also earned silver in the 50, breast and as a member of the 400m medley relay … won the 50m breast and captured silver on the 400m medley relay at the 2007 World Championships … won her first NCAA title in the 100y breast at the 2006 NCAA Championships

World Champs History

2011: Gold, 50m BR; Silver, 400m FR-R; 8, 50m FR ... 2007: Gold, 50m BR; Silver, 400m MR-R(pr); 4, 100m BR ... 2005: Silver, 50 & 100m BR and 400m MR (set 100 WR in sf-now broken)

World Champs History

2007: Gold 50 Br

World Champs History

WC Medal Count: 5 - 1G, 4S

World Champs History

2011: Gold 50 BR, 8th 50 FR, Silver 4x100 FR-R

Pan Pacs History

2010: Gold, 50m BR & 50m FR & 400m FR-R & 400m MR; 6, 50m FL ... 2006: Gold, 400m MR; 9, 100m BR(CR in finals)

SC Worlds History

2008: Gold, 50m & 100m BR (WR); 400m MR-R; 4, 50m FR ... 2006: Silver, 400m MR(pr); Bronze, 50m BR; 4, 100m BR

SC Worlds History

2010: Silver 4x100 Fr-R, 4x100 Med-R

Duel in the Pool History

2011: 1, 100m BR; 2, 4x100m FR-R (AM) ... 2009: Gold, 400m MR(WR); Silver, 50m FR & 100m BR ... 2007: 4, 100m BR; 7, 50m FR ... 2005: Silver, 50 & 100m BR and 400m MR (set 100 WR in sf-now broken)

Olympic Trials History

2008: 1, 100m BR; 2, 50m FR; 4, 100m FR

U.S. Nationals History

2011: 1, 100m BR ... 2010: 2, 100m FR; 6, 50m FR; 7, 100m BR

U.S. Nationals History

2011 Winter- Gold 50 Fr, Gold 100 Fr ,Silver 100 Br

Short Course National Championships

2009: 2, 50y FR; 9, 100y BR

NCAA History

2007(So): 1, 100y BR/400y MR-R; 2, 200y MR-R; 14, 100y FR ... 2006(Fr): 1, 100y BR; 3, 400y MR-R; 4, 200y MR-R; 18, 200y BR

Fun Facts

High School

Long Beach Wilson '05

College Major

Communications

Future Professional Aspirations

Sports Media/Marketing

Parents

George Hardy and Denise Robinson … father is a chemical engineer, and mother is a Psychotherapist … Denise was a former swimmer at Indiana State University … stepfather is Bill Robinson, and he is an aviation and intellectual properties attorney who attended the U.S. Naval Academy

Sibling(s)

Younger sister (Amanda) is attending the University of Southern California. Stepsister (Kerri Robinson-Johnson) works as a corporate marketer for Coca Cola.

Notable Relative(s)

Grandfather (John Tourtellot) was on the crew team at Columbia University and maternal grandfather invented the diamond tip needle on the record player

Started Swimming

Age 7... Started going to the community pool during the summer...noticed a club team at the pool and asked mom if she could go "beat them," instead of asking to join the team. Shortly after she decided to join the swim team.