Elizabeth Pelton

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Elizabeth Pelton
Personal information
Full name Elizabeth Anne Pelton
Nationality  United States
Born (1993-11-26) November 26, 1993
Fairfield, Connecticut
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Backstroke, medley
Club T2Aquatics Swim Club

Elizabeth Anne Pelton (born November 26, 1993 in Fairfield, Connecticut) is an American swimmer.

Personal

Pelton trained at the T2 Aquatics Swim Club under Paul Yetter, who also coached Katie Hoff.[1] Elizabeth comes from a swimming family with her older brother Gregory swimming for Harvard, and siblings Mary and William swimming for North Baltimore Aquatic Club. Her father also swam for Pittsburgh.

High School

At the 2009 USA Nationals and World Championship Trials, Pelton placed second in the 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, and 200 m individual medley, earning berths on the US roster for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome. Pelton opted not to compete in the 200 m IM in Rome because of a scheduling conflict with the 100 m backstroke, and was replaced by Ariana Kukors for the event. Pelton also opted to swim the 50 m backstroke at the World Championships.

At the World Championships, Pelton placed sixth in the 200 m backstroke (2:08.04), 13th in the 100 m backstroke (1:00.51), and 22nd in the 50 m backstroke (28.86). Additionally, Pelton swam the backstroke leg of the 4x100 m medley preliminaries, but the United States did not advance to the final.[2]

College

Elizabeth joined the Cal Bears swim team in 2012. In her first season at Cal, she set the American record in the 200 m backstroke, then bested her own record again at 2013 PAC 12s (1:48.39), then breaking the national, US Open Record at the 2013 NCAAs with 1:47.84.[3]

Personal bests (long course)

As of June 28, 2013.
Event Time Date
50 m backstroke 28.86 July 29, 2009
100 m backstroke 59.27 June 28, 2013
200 m backstroke 2:06.29 June 26, 2013

See also

References

  1. ↑ USA Swimming (September 12, 2011). "USA Swimming Organization National Team". 
  2. ↑ Amy Shipley (August 1, 2009). "Pelton Grabs 6th in 200 Back After Relay Disappointment". 
  3. ↑ "Pelton Breaks American Record at PAC 12s"

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