Wheaton College Illinois Adds Backstroker Abriel Phelps for 2022-2023

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Abriel Phelps, a backstroker from Pennsylvania, has introduced her dedication to proceed her educational and athletic careers at Wheaton School in Illinois. She has been swimming competitively for 10 years, and will probably be persevering with her profession on the collegiate degree starting within the 2022-2023 season.

I selected Wheaton in order that I couldn’t solely additional my swimming profession and schooling, however most significantly develop in my religion in Christ as I pursue a Christian schooling.

Phelps attended Springfield Excessive College in Pennsylvania for her senior 12 months. In prior years, she lived in New Mexico the place she swam for Artesia Excessive College and Artesia Aquatic Membership. She certified for and competed at her faculty’s district championships all 4 years, and likewise certified for the New Mexico State Championships in 2020 and 2021.

Phelps’s major occasion is the 100 backstroke, and she or he additionally swims dash freestyle. On the 2022 PA District I Ladies Swimming Championships, she competed within the 100 backstroke. There, she posted a time of 1:05.11 and earned eighth place. 

In 2020 and 2021, Phelps competed on the NMAA State Swimming Championships as a part of Artesia Excessive College’s relay groups. In 2020, she was on the 200 medley, 200 free, and 400 free relays. In 2021, she was part of the 200 and 400 freestyle relays. That 12 months, Artesia’s 400 free relays positioned ninth with a last time of three:56.62. Phelps cut up a 1:01.47.

Finest Instances SCY: 

• 50 free- 26.80
• 100 free- 59.20
• 100 back- 1:05.04

Wheaton School is a Division III program that competes within the School Convention of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW). In 2022, the Wheaton girls completed in 4th place out of 6 groups. The Wheaton Thunder are led by Head Ladies’s coach Megan Ayers who will probably be heading into her sixth season. Ayers’ husband, Jacob, is the Head Males’s coach. 

On the CCIW Championships, Wheaton had two women qualify for finals within the 100 again, Phelps’ finest occasion. They completed in 2nd and sixteenth place. Together with her finest time, Phelps would have completed nineteenth total and been the fourth-fastest finisher for Wheaton. 

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