Teenage swimming sensation Missy Franklin of Centennial and Regis Jesuit High School will be on a U.S. team led by several Olympians that will take on a European team in a Duel in the Pool in Atlanta, Dec. 16-17.
Olympians on the U.S. squad announced Wednesday include Ryan Lochte, Brendan Hansen, Natalie Coughlin, Rebecca Soni, Amanda Beard and Dana Vollmer.
Olympians Laszlo Cseh and Daniel Gyurta of Hungary, Lotte Friis of Denmark and Marleen Veldhuis of the Netherlands are among the 41 European swimmers who will compete.
The biannual short-course competition will be at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, site of the 1996 Olympics.
Among those on the European men’s team are Olympians Markus Rogan of Austria, Dominik Meichtry of Switzerland and Pal Joensen of the Faroe Islands. The women’s team includes Gemma Spofforth of Britain, Katinka Hosszu of Hungary and Ranomi Kromowidjojo of the Netherlands.
American Dennis Pursley will coach the European team. The U.S. is 4-0 in the history of the event.
Swimmers will be awarded $1,500 for gold medals, with world records earning up to $15,000.
Eagles rally for win.
The Colorado Eagles scored four unanswered goals to beat the Idaho Steelheads 4-2 in Boise in their first trip to Idaho as a member of the ECHL. Jon Landry, Patrick Cey, Riley Nelson and Jack Combs, the league’s leading scorer, scored for the Eagles.
