DID YOU KNOW:
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Wheaton Swim Club is one of only 5 teams in Illinois with more than one qualifier. |
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No team has more than 2 qualifiers! |
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Wheaton Warrenville South High School is one of only 2 high schools in Illinois with 2 qualifiers! |
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No high school has more than 2 qualifiers. |
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There are 15 current qualifiers from Illinois. |
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There are 33 current qualifiers who have swum in Illinois (such as Northwestern College Swimmers and Foriegn athletes) |
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| 2008 Olympic Trials Team |
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The Wheaton Swim Club will have two representatives compete at the United States Olympic Trials this summer. The event will take place from June 29th through July 6th at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The meet will be televised on the USA Network and NBC. The top two finishers in each individual event will represent the United States in the 2008 Olympic games in Beijing.
Check out all the great information to the right or follow the links below! Throughout the summer will conduct a few fundraisers to help send our Olympic Trials Team to Omaha! Please be willing to help!
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Taylor Zafir
Taylor's Bio
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The Wheaton Swim Club has two of the total fifteen swimmers in Illinois who have qualified for the meet, which makes them one of the biggest teams in Illinois. Typically, less then 90 swimmers qualify in each event from the entire country. Only 31 Illinois swimmers have qualified for the Olympic trials since the United States’ first modern games participation in 1896.
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Swimmers Taylor Zafir and Will Shaffer will be competing against world record holders and Olympic gold medallists, such as Michael Phelps, Katie Hoff, Natalie Coughlin and Brendan Hansen.
Zafir is currently a senior at Wheaton Warrenville South and will attend Rutgers University on a full scholarship this fall. Zafir has qualified for more events then any other swimmer in Illinois. This summer she will be competing for a spot on the USA Olympic Team in the 400 individual medley, 100 breaststroke, and 200 breaststroke competitions.
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Will Schaffer
Will's Bio
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Bob Strube
Bob's Bio
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Schaffer is a former state swimming champion at Wheaton Warrenville South High School and is now a junior at Princeton University. He helped lead his team to a second place finish at the spring conference championship. Schaffer has qualified and will compete for a spot on the USA Olympic Team in the 200 individual medley event.
The 29 th Olympic Games swimming event will be held at the National Aquatics Center in the Olympic Green from August 9-24, 2008.
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Bob Strube has been coaching since 1977, and in the area since 1986. His list of accomplishments are nearly unparalleled in Illinois and across the country. He has coached 16 Olympic Trials swimmers, countless National Champions, and dozens of state qualifiers. Many of his swimmers have earned college swimming scholarships and have been named Captain of their college teams. Many others have gone on to enjoy successful college careers. Bob is the two time recipient of the YMCA Long Course National Coach of the Year award. He is also an assistant coach to Marc Gamble for the College of DuPage Swim Team. |
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Wheaton Swim Club Contacts
630-752-5770 (Phone)
630-752-7007 (Fax)
PO Box 5246
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