Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Athing Mu headline a long list of New Jersey athletes training for the Paris Olympics, which begin in July 2024.
). Mu, just 21, has said that her goal is to become the first woman to complete a “double” with victories in the 400 and 800 meters — a lofty goal, to be sure, but no one should rule out a runner who wore a barrette emblazoned with the word “CONFIDENT.”The 20-year-old Mendham native and Delbarton graduate won the 100 meter freestyle at the U.S. swimming championships in 47.93 this summer and will swim in the world championships for the first time.
, eight tenths of a second off the medal stand. He made headlines for juggling his swimming career with a “9 to 5″ job in engineering.The Linwood native and Mainland Regional graduate qualified for the 200 meter backstroke and the 4x100 freestyle relay at the world championships, missing out on winning a national title by just seven hundredths of a second in the 100 free. Lasco, teammates at Cal with Alexy, is gunning for his first Olympics.
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