Wilbraham & Monson Academy's Ania Axas '19 will be packing her swimsuit when she heads to Florida during Spring Vacation of 2019, but she's not going to a waterpark.
Ania will line up against the top swimmers in the country when she competes at the National Club Swimming Association Championships in Orlando, Florida, March 19-23.
Quotes
Ania regarding qualifying for the National meet:
"I'm really happy because I've been working on this for a while, especially to qualify in the 200 fly and the 100 fly. Those are the events I've been wanting to make those cuts in. And since I qualified for those I can swim bonus events. I can swim pretty much every day. It's going to be a good experience to swim around other fast people."
Ania regarding her performance at the USA Futures Swimming Championships in Richmond, Virginia, in August:
"With the traveling, this is the first time I did well at a major meet. I reached the final in both events, which means I finished in the top 24. It was a great experience all together. I was at that pool a few years ago for a meet but I didn't swim well there so I'm glad I have a good memory at that pool finally."
Ania's Fast Facts
- At Futures, swam the 200 fly in two minutes, 22.79 seconds; 100 fly in 1:04.37
- Holds four WMA school records
- Holds five WMA pool records
- Has won four New England Division III prep titles
- Qualified for the National meet a few years ago but did not attend
- Also attended the 2017 Futures in Ohio
- Swims club for Mei's Typhoons
- Being recruited by Division I and Division III college programs