2008 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials – Swimming Set for April 3-5 at University of Minnesota

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 19, 2008

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Approximately 150 athletes are expected to compete at the 2008 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials – Swimming, April 3-5 at the University of Minnesota Aquatic Center.
Preliminaries will begin at 9:00 a.m. on all three days, with finals starting at 5:00 p.m. The athletes nominated to the 2008 U.S. Paralympic Team will be announced Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. in the Aquatic Center lobby.

Among the athletes slated to compete are: Jessica Long (Dundalk, Md.), nine-time gold medalist at the 2006 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships and 2006 Sullivan Award winner, Erin Popovich (Ft. Collins, Colo.), eight-time medalist at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships and seven-time gold medalist at the 2004 Paralympic Games, and 2004 Paralympic Games gold medalists and world record holders Rudy Garcia-Tolson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Riverside, Calif.) and Jarrett Perry (Colorado Springs, Colo./Wichita, Kan.)

WHAT: 2008 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials - Swimming
WHERE: University of Minnesota Aquatic Center
WHEN: April 3-5, with preliminaries starting each day at 9:00 a.m. and finals starting at 5:00 p.m.
WHO: Approximately 150 athletes attempting to make the 2008 U.S. Paralympic Team

About U.S. Paralympics: U.S. Paralympics, a division of the U.S. Olympic Committee, is dedicated to becoming the world leader of the Paralympic sports movement and to promoting excellence in the lives of persons with physical disabilities. Visit the U.S. Paralympics website at www.usparalympics.org.