Lake Orion Graduate Vies for Spot on Olympic Team This Weekend
“A year ago, I wouldn’t have thought I would be at the Olympic tryouts,” Annelise Jongekrijg said.
Recent Lake Orion High School graduate Annelise Jongekrijg didn’t start competitively swimming until her sophomore year in high school. But after just three years of swimming, the 18-year-old managed to set seven school records, receive a substantial scholarship to Ohio State University and earne a trip to the Olympic Swimming Trials. Five of the school records were individual while the other two were relay records. After clinching the time cut at the Charlotte UltraSwim Grand Prix in North Carolina in May by quickly swimming the Women’s 50 Long Course Meter Freestyle, Jongekrijg secured a chance to tryout for a spot on the U.S. Olympic Swim Team. “When I made the cut I was really excited. It was crazy,” she said. “I’m really proud of that…
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