BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Nine WKU swimmers will be competing in the 2010 ConocoPhillips National Championships August 3-7 in Irvine, Calif.  The event features the top swimmers from across the nation, and the competition will be nationally televised by NBC.  Held at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center, the competition also serves as trials for numerous events.

Headlining the WKU swimmers in the event will be Claire Donahue, who will be competing in the 100M and 200M butterfly. Donahue was one of only 16 female swimmers in the nation to be named All-American by CollegeSwimming.com after finishing 4^th in the nation in the 100 Fly at the 2010 NCAA Swimming Championships.  She became the first female swimmer and only the second person in WKU history to qualify for the finals session at an NCAA Championship meet (Steve Crocker, 4^th in 50 freestyle in 1985).  She also finished 9^th nationally in the 200 Fly.

A complete list of WKU athletes in the event is listed below:

Claire Donahue - 100M and 200M butterfly

Brittany Doss - 100M breaststroke

Kristiana Feeser - 100M backstroke

Alexandre VanOoost - 200M backstroke

Hilary Mishler - 100M and 200M backstroke

Meredith Dement, joining Donahue, Doss and Feeser - women's 400M medley relay

Nick Slattery - 100M butterfly

Billy Kunkel - 100M freestyle

Cameron Watkins - 100M backstroke