Daily Word: Mann and Cooper Prepare for Olympic Trials

Daily Word: Mann and Cooper Prepare for Olympic Trials

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New for the 2011-2012 seasons, the America East Daily Word, a collaboration between AmericaEast.com and AExtra, will recap the previous day's games and on goings on our nine campuses and provide links to previews, recaps, features and exclusive coverage.

She became the first swimmer in America East championship history to earn the Most Outstanding Swimmer and Rookie awards. She broke both the 200 and 400 IM records at the championship meet. And now she is preparing for the Canadian Olympic Trials.

It’s been quite a year for New Hampshire freshman Katie Mann.

A native of British Columbia, Mann will swim the 200 and 400 IM along with the 100 and 200 breaststroke events. She won three of those events at the conference championship meet and did not compete in the fourth. The Canadian trials will be held on March 27-April 1 in Montreal, Quebec.

Fellow Wildcat swimmer Oneida Cooper, a native of South Africa, will also participate in the Olympic trials for her country. The freshman is set to compete in the 100 fly, the 200 IM and the 100 and 200 backstroke events. At the conference championship meet, Cooper took bronze in the 100 back.

The Portsmouth Press Herald has more on the two swimmers who will be representing their countries in the next few weeks.

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