Entry Lists Released for Westmont Stop of World Cup Circuit; UVA Sending College Stars
The entry lists for the next stop of the World Cup series have been released by World Aquatics and while the majority of the athletes who raced at the first leg are set to compete again, there are a few new additions. Notably, the University of Virginia will send an impressive group to Westmont (Ill.), with the school’s college athletes set to race alongside the pro group that excelled during the first stop.
UVA, which has won the past five NCAA women’s championships, will send the likes of Katie Grimes, Anna Moesch and Sara Curtis to the World Cup’s second meet. Moesch recently clocked a 1:41 performance in the 200-yard freestyle, so seeing what the sophomore standout can do in a short-course meters format will be interesting. In Carmel, Virginia’s professionals were sensational, as Gretchen Walsh and Kate Douglass earned three victories each, with Alex Walsh adding a title in the 200 individual medley.
Although her name remains on the entry lists for Westmont, which will host from Friday through Sunday, Canadian superstar Summer McIntosh has announced that she is withdrawing from the Westmont and Toronto stops while battling illness. McIntosh initially withdrew from the Carmel leg, with the hopes of being healthy enough to race at the second and third legs.
Heading into the second meet of the tour, Walsh sits atop the women’s points standings while Hungary’s Hubert Kos leads the men’s standings. Walsh set a world record in the 50 butterfly in Carmel while Kos swept the backstroke events.
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