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By Arizona Athletics
July 8, 2009

The University of Arizona will be well represented this week at the 2009 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships with 20 current or former Wildcats in the water.

The Championships, which run through Saturday, will be held in the Indiana University Natatorium. The swimmers will be vying for a spot on the U.S. World Championships team to compete in the FINA World Championships in Rome, July 17-Aug. 2.

Among the current Wildcats competing are senior Marcus Titus, who is swimming the breaststroke competitions, sophomore Alyssa Anderson in freestyle and butterfly events and senior Jack Brown in the individual medley's and breaststroke competitions.

A few international Wildcats will also be in the water using the U.S. nationals as a last-chance meet before they swim in Rome. Senior-to-be Jean Basson, who is on the South African national roster for Rome along with UA graduate and Venezuelan team member Albert Subirats will swim against America's best.

Beijing Olympics gold medalist and Frank Busch trainee Matt Grevers will be one of the favorites in Indy this week. Grevers will compete in the 100 and 200 backstroke, 50 and 100 freestyle as well as on relay teams.

Two of Arizona's Canadian standouts, Jake Tapp and Joel Greenshields, will be in action as well, only they will be in Montreal looking to represent Canada later this summer in Rome.

Arizona Women
Erin Campbell: 100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke, 200 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Whitney Myers: 200 IM, 200 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 freestyle
Julie Stupp: 200 IM, 400 IM 200 breast, 200 butterfly
Annie Chandler:  200 IM, 100 breast, 200 breast, 50 freestyle
Alyssa Anderson: 200 freestyle, 400 freestyle, 800 freestyle, 200 butterfly
Monica Drake: 400 freestyle
Ellyn Baumgardner: 100 breast
Justine Schluntz: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
Lacey Nymeyer: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle
Lara Jackson: 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle
Katherine Raatz: 200 butterfly

Arizona Men
Jean Basson: 400 freestyle, 200 freestyle
Marcus Titus: 100 breast, 200 breast            
Bart Steninger: 100 breast, 200 breast
Jack Brown: 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 breast
Jordan Slaughter: 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly
Adam Small: 50 freestyle
Adam Ritter: 100 freestyle, 200 freestyle, 200 IM
Bryan O'Connor: 100 backstroke, 200 backstroke
Albert Subirats: 100 backstroke, 100 butterfly, 100 freestyle