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April 16, 2022 |
Julia Huffmaster, BOZ, is one of 52 top athletes from across the country selected to attend the USA Swimming National Diversity Select Camp. Congratulations, Julia!!
USA
Swimming announced on April 15th the names of the 52
up-and-coming athletes selected for its National Diversity Select
Camp. The camp will be held May 5-8 at the U.S. Olympic and
Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The full list of athlete and coach participants may be found
here. Forty-five different clubs from 24 states will be
represented. Alumni of the program include Tokyo Olympians Simone
Manuel and Torri Huske.
“The National Diversity Select Camp is an amazing opportunity
for swimmers from diverse backgrounds to receive elite-level
support, opportunity and exposure within the sport of
swimming,” USA Swimming Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Program Director Leland Brown III said. “For many who attend,
this is the first time they have the opportunity to compete and
connect with swimmers, coaches and USA Swimming staff who look like
them, which is such an important experience and opportunity for
these athletes.”
An athlete at last year’s camp noted, “NDSC helped me
realize that the sport of swimming is diverse even if I may not see
it. It helped me realize that I have a community here
too.”
The purpose of the camp is to instill a vision of success and
inspire athletes from ethnically under-represented populations to
become leaders in the sport of swimming. Some of USA
Swimming’s most diverse talent is brought to the camp for an
extended weekend of pool training, leadership development,
team-building activities and learning. Athletes’ personal
coaches are encouraged to attend the camp as well.
The goal of USA Swimming’s National Diversity Select Camp is
to:
• Demonstrate the viability of multicultural success in
swimming
• Achieve performance excellence at every level of the
sport
• Expound on the benefits and value of participating in the
sport of swimming
• Be positive leaders and role models that others from
multicultural backgrounds can emulate.
Originally created in the 1990s as an Outreach Camp, the National
Diversity Select Camp was renamed in 2006. The camp hosts swimmers
between the ages of 14 and 16 and selection is based on times swum
at USA Swimming sanctioned events. Each athlete selected for the
camp will receive complimentary room and board at the Olympic and
Paralympic Training Center, ground transportation and full airfare
to Colorado Springs.
For more information on National Diversity Select Camp please
visit
https://www.usaswimming.org/swimmers-parents/swimmers/swim-camps#national-diversity-select
Read the story on the USA Swimming website at: https://www.usaswimming.org/news/2022/04/15/Fifty-two-athletes-selected-to-2022-national-diversity-select-camp
